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Refer to image 025687.

37. 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).'

38. 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.'

39. 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.'
'This stupendous bit of masonry was one of the greatest achievements of early railroading. It was built as a retaining wall for the bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by Benjamin H. Latrobe, along the Cheat River, near Rowlesburg, W. Va., enabling the railway to cling safely to the side of the mountain.'

40. Locomotive Passing Buckhorn Wall Along the Cheat River Near Rowlesburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
025768
Title:
Locomotive Passing Buckhorn Wall Along the Cheat River Near Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Description:
'This stupendous bit of masonry was one of the greatest achievements of early railroading. It was built as a retaining wall for the bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by Benjamin H. Latrobe, along the Cheat River, near Rowlesburg, W. Va., enabling the railway to cling safely to the side of the mountain.'
'Storms out of Alderson, towards Hinton on a winter day in 1909, pulled by an Atlantic (4-4-2) Locomotive, as a freight recedes into the background.

41. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No.13

IDNO:
025791
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No.13
Date:
1909
Description:
'Storms out of Alderson, towards Hinton on a winter day in 1909, pulled by an Atlantic (4-4-2) Locomotive, as a freight recedes into the background.
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3728; C. & O. H-6 Mallet #1479 doubleheading with a second 2-6-6-2 on coal train on Piney Creek branch near Sanaford, W. Va.'

42. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 1479

IDNO:
025800
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 1479
Date:
1945/10
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-3728; C. & O. H-6 Mallet #1479 doubleheading with a second 2-6-6-2 on coal train on Piney Creek branch near Sanaford, W. Va.'
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-308; C. & O. H-6 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1479 passing #1445 on Piney Creek branch.'

43. Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet Locomotive No. 1479 Passing No. 1445 on Piney Creek Branch

IDNO:
025804
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Mallet Locomotive No. 1479 Passing No. 1445 on Piney Creek Branch
Date:
1945/10
Description:
Image from the collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society. 'CSPR-308; C. & O. H-6 2-6-6-2 Mallet #1479 passing #1445 on Piney Creek branch.'

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

IDNO:
025921
Title:
Locomotive No. 1626 Travelling through W.Va.
'Cedar Grove to Lewis, W. Va. Still going 1969.'

45. Kelleys Creek and Northwestern Railroad Locomotive at Depot

IDNO:
025922
Title:
Kelleys Creek and Northwestern Railroad Locomotive at Depot
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
'Cedar Grove to Lewis, W. Va. Still going 1969.'
'1906 postmark.'

46. 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.'
'Climax manufacturing engine purchased new by Clover Run Lumber Company. Still in use 1938 by WA Mason as shifting engine in Elkins Yard, # 367= 30 tons'.

47. Climax Locomotive purchased new by Clover Run Lumber Company

IDNO:
034714
Title:
Climax Locomotive purchased new by Clover Run Lumber Company
Description:
'Climax manufacturing engine purchased new by Clover Run Lumber Company. Still in use 1938 by WA Mason as shifting engine in Elkins Yard, # 367= 30 tons'.
This train could be possibly carrying logging equipment.

48. Locomotive with Mobile Home Attached

IDNO:
034833
Title:
Locomotive with Mobile Home Attached
Description:
This train could be possibly carrying logging equipment.