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Three Shay train engines during the Richmond National Railway Historical Society trip.

481. Shay No. 4, 5, and 7 above Cass Station, Cass Scenic Railroad

Paul James and Ray McClelland pose in front of loaded log cars.

482. Paul James and Ray McClelland at Log Pond with Loaded Log Cars

Marion Steam Shovel and Shay in Big Cut rear view at distance.  'Shovel is near the end then track is thrown in low place and shovel is brought back to start where track is now.'

483. Big Cut One Mile from Spruce, W. Va. on the Elk River.

'Cheat Bridge W.Va. near Rt. 250. 1st house, Clyde Folks; 2nd house (high porch), C.P. Gillepsie.  Harlan's mother on porch, with motor car on tracks.'

484. Houses in Cheat Bridge, W. Va.

Lima Shay c/n 3156 (192 tons) BH 1921 Class c 150, Rebuilt Cass shops Class 'D' 192 sitting on siding at Cass after final retirement in 1945? Scrapped Cass, W.Va. in 1951 or 55?  (Shay behind believed to be No. 13 c/n 1586 Class 'D' 150) BH 1906.  Gear Ratio 1 to 2.45.

485. Shay No. 12. Standing Ready to be Junked (Left Side View).

Shay No. 3 train engine on a wooden trestle.  Lima Shay, shop/order No. 754 W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company.  (Greenbrier and Elk River No. 3) T.K.A. 65 ton - 3 Tu?k

486. Shay No. 3 on Wooden Trestle with Load of Logs.

Loader placing logs on lumber cars.

487. Mower Lumber Company Loader & Engine at Landing.

Shay No. 12 of the Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Company (top) and Shay No. 3 of the Raine Lumber Company (bottom).

488. Shay No. 3 and 12, Builder's Photographs

Marion steam shovel and Shay No. 10 in Big Cut, one mile from Spruce on Elk River.  Shay No. 10 is giving the shovel water.  Robert Dean of Sayre, Pa. says on back of original pix that he hauled there from start to finish.

489. Shay No. 10 and Marion Steam Shovel in the Big Cut.

Piles of logs on the edge of the forest.

490. Logs Cut on Sugar Creek, Webster County by the Ranwood Lumber Company

491. Dock for Air Drying Cut Lumber at Ranwood Lumber Company, Webster County, W. Va.

The logger identified in this image, John Hinkle was born August 23, 1856 in Braxton County, W. Va. and later moved to Webster County where he married his wife Eliza Ann Anderson on August 19,1876.  They established their home on Holly River, which would later be known as Wheeler.  John Hinkle was reported to have been a businessman, farmer, jeweler, and photographer.  He also started a general store, A.J. Hinkle and Son, in Wheeler, and was Postmaster at Wheeler Post Office from 1905 until 1913 when his son, Perry, succeeded him.  John Hinkle died October 8, 1930 in Webster County, W. Va. and is buried at the Alexander Anderson Cemetery.(source: genealogy research of Sherry P. Gallagher-Jaffre)

492. Logger, John Hinkle, Posing with a Large Poplar Log Near the Holly River, Webster County, W. Va.