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No. 5, Sec. 24, part of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

39205. West End of Tunnel Under Construction, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039205
Title:
West End of Tunnel Under Construction, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1892
Description:
No. 5, Sec. 24, part of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. The only identified individual is Herbert S. Thomas Sr., standing, far left.

39206. Group Portrait of Civil Engineers and Crew, Tug Fork District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039206
Title:
Group Portrait of Civil Engineers and Crew, Tug Fork District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. The only identified individual is Herbert S. Thomas Sr., standing, far left.
Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.

39207. Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment

IDNO:
039207
Title:
Union Corporal Jacob Pierpoint, 19th Indiana Vol. Regiment
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Pierpoint was originally from Morgantown, Virginia (later West Virginia. He was employed in Indiana at the start of the Civil War and enlisted in a Indiana regiment. His parents, also loyal to the Union, were still living in Morgantown. This cased image is probably an ambrotype.
During the Civil War, Goff enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 17, in the 19th Virginia Cavalry and later, Company A, 26th Virginia Cavalry. After the war, he married Rachael Morton.

39208. Thomas M. Goff, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039208
Title:
Thomas M. Goff, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1869
Description:
During the Civil War, Goff enlisted in the Confederate Army at age 17, in the 19th Virginia Cavalry and later, Company A, 26th Virginia Cavalry. After the war, he married Rachael Morton.
Wrecked locomotive on the Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad, a coal feeder line between Swiss, Nicholas County and Rainelle.

39209. Train Wreck on Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039209
Title:
Train Wreck on Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad, Southern W. Va.
Description:
Wrecked locomotive on the Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad, a coal feeder line between Swiss, Nicholas County and Rainelle.
Train wreck near water tower in southern West Virginia. The train is property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad. It was a coal feeder line that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.

39210. Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039210
Title:
Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.
Description:
Train wreck near water tower in southern West Virginia. The train is property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad. It was a coal feeder line that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.
A photograph of a train wreck on a bridge in southern West Virginia. The train is a coal feeder line and is property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad.

39211. Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039211
Title:
Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.
Description:
A photograph of a train wreck on a bridge in southern West Virginia. The train is a coal feeder line and is property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad.
Unidentified railroad workers, among others survey the damage of a train wreck. The wreck occurred along a coal feeder line that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.

39212. Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039212
Title:
Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.
Description:
Unidentified railroad workers, among others survey the damage of a train wreck. The wreck occurred along a coal feeder line that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.
A train wreck which on a coal feeder line and property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad. Unidentified railroad workers and others inspect the wreckage which occurred on a track that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.

39213. Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039213
Title:
Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.
Description:
A train wreck which on a coal feeder line and property of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Railroad. Unidentified railroad workers and others inspect the wreckage which occurred on a track that ran from Rainelle to Swiss.
A train wrecked on a coal feeder line, which ran from Rainelle to Swiss. In the photo, unidentified railroad workers among others are surveying the damage.

39214. Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
039214
Title:
Wreck of Nicholas, Fayette & Greenbrier Train, Southern W. Va.
Description:
A train wrecked on a coal feeder line, which ran from Rainelle to Swiss. In the photo, unidentified railroad workers among others are surveying the damage.
Film negative of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad track running parallel to the New River, leading into the Shoo Fly Tunnel.

39215. Shoo Fly Tunnel and New River, Near Gauley, W. Va.

IDNO:
039215
Title:
Shoo Fly Tunnel and New River, Near Gauley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Film negative of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad track running parallel to the New River, leading into the Shoo Fly Tunnel.
Photograph taken in front of the Railroad Section House, where Frank Long, uncle of Roy Long, lived.

39216. Benjamin Franklin Long, Marlinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
039216
Title:
Benjamin Franklin Long, Marlinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Photograph taken in front of the Railroad Section House, where Frank Long, uncle of Roy Long, lived.