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Shay  No. 7 and 4 at Whittaker Station. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

97. Shay No. 7 and 4

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, West Virginia.  'Made on Little River which commonly known as the East Fork of Greenbrier River, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.'

98. Logging Crew

Whitmer Lane Boom and Lumber Company. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, West Virginia.

99. Train Wreck and Group Portrait

Looking toward Spruce with Shavers Fork on the left.  Left to Right 1. Page McCloud (killed 1/25/23 at Sugar Grove), 2. not identified, 3. not identified, 4. not identified, 5. Piney Williams, Engineer, 6. Fireman; Ready to head down the steep mountain to Cass, Shay no. 11 and crew pause at Spruce water tower in 1916.  This engine was the biggest engine on the R.R. until the purchase of # 12 in 1921.

100. Shay No. 11 and Crew at Spruce Watertank

"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business.  They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

101. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing:  Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera:  Alfred Higgins; first on left:  Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner

102. Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp

GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front:  Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

103. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

104. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row.  Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

105. Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

From left to right: 'Police Chief John Lewis, William Musgrave, Bill Hughes, Bennie Palmer, George Katchur, Robert West'.

106. Morgantown Policemen, Morgantown, W. Va.

Train moving along tracks.

107. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Engine parked in shop.

108. Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.