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'Charles Helms on Engine 104; First proprietor, Blen Avon Hotel, N.D. Grafton.'

1. Charles Helms on Engine 104

IDNO:
025687
Title:
Charles Helms on Engine 104
Description:
'Charles Helms on Engine 104; First proprietor, Blen Avon Hotel, N.D. Grafton.'
Refer to image 025687.

2. Charles Helms on Engine 104

IDNO:
025689
Title:
Charles Helms on Engine 104
Description:
Refer to image 025687.
'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road. Taken around 1880-1890. Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic. The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system. (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

3. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

IDNO:
025742
Title:
Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad
Date:
ca. 1880-1890
Description:
'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road. Taken around 1880-1890. Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic. The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system. (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'
'The old double engine used on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Taken near high trestle, Wilch Rollin, fireman with whiskers; Bob Fleming, engineer; Oth Collin, passenger with cane. #2 Mas W. R. Sterling BLW 3222, 5-1873.'

4. Double Engine Used on Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

IDNO:
025743
Title:
Double Engine Used on Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad
Description:
'The old double engine used on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Taken near high trestle, Wilch Rollin, fireman with whiskers; Bob Fleming, engineer; Oth Collin, passenger with cane. #2 Mas W. R. Sterling BLW 3222, 5-1873.'

5. Locomotive No. 1626 Travelling through W.Va.

IDNO:
025921
Title:
Locomotive No. 1626 Travelling through W.Va.
'1906 postmark.'

6. Train No. 5 on Green River, from Elk River Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025933
Title:
Train No. 5 on Green River, from Elk River Railroad, W.Va.
Description:
'1906 postmark.'
Portrait of men posing with a logging train.

7. Pickens and Hacker Valley Railroad Locomotive and Crew

IDNO:
035195
Title:
Pickens and Hacker Valley Railroad Locomotive and Crew
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
Portrait of men posing with a logging train.
An unidentified man stands beside the thirty-five ton steam engine as it's ferried across the river.

8. Class-B Climax Locomotive Being Floated Across New River to New River Lumber Co., Longbottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
048929
Title:
Class-B Climax Locomotive Being Floated Across New River to New River Lumber Co., Longbottom, W. Va.
Date:
1927
Description:
An unidentified man stands beside the thirty-five ton steam engine as it's ferried across the river.