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A group of men are pictured on and beside a locomotive. Subjects unidentified.

325. Round House Crew, Thurmond, W. Va.

The walk way on the right is identified as leading to the Dun Glen Hotel. Wallace Bennett lived in the first house from 1918 to 1922, and the second house from 1925 to 1933.

326. Railroad Section Houses, Thurmond, W. Va.

P. H. Kelly and a colleague stand outside of a dog wagon--a small restaurant often specializing in short orders that occupies a converted vehicle or that is built to suggest such a vehicle.

327. Dog Wagon at Depot, Thurmond, W. Va.

An unidentified man stands at the building's entrance.

328. National Bank of Thurmond, Thurmond, W. Va.

On the left, a man stands at the window of New River Banking & Trust Co. On the right is Mankin Drug Co.

329. Mankin Building, Thurmond, W. Va.

Standing at the gate are Mother, Emma and Andy Oschlager.

330. Home of Turkey Knob Company Coal Miner, Turkey Knob, W. Va.

Three men stand beside the tracks while steam pours out of the building's many chimneys.

331. White Oak Fuel Company Facilities, Whipple, W. Va.

Men stand around the "Whipple Tipple."

332. White Oak Fuel Company Tipple, Whipple, W. Va.

The White Oak Railway was constructed during the early-1900's and came under the control of the New River Company. The short-line railroad was originally incorporated to provide citizens of the area a direct rail-connection between the primary business centers in Beckley, Mount Hope, and Oak Hill.The railroad consisted of two unconnected "pieces" that never were completely finished. The first section consisted of about 7 and ½ miles of track connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Carlisle, running from there through Oak Hill to Stuart. The second section was about 4 to 5 miles in length connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Price Hill Junction, running to a mine located at Price Hill.Under an agreement with the C. & O. Railway, the White Oak Railway operated passenger and freight trains along the tracks of the C. & O.'s White Oak Branch  between Glen Jean and Carlisle. In 1912, the New River Company sold the locomotives and rolling stock of the White Oak Railway and jointly leased operation of the railroad to Virginian and the C. & O.

333. White Oak Railroad, Somewhere in West Virginia

Scene at Hawks Nest State Park.

334. Hawks Nest Overlook, Fayette County, W. Va.