Cass, W.Va. Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump. Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV
Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va. Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods. In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass. Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection
Looking toward Spruce with Shavers Fork on the left. Left to Right 1. Page McCloud (killed 1/25/23 at Sugar Grove), 2. not identified, 3. not identified, 4. not identified, 5. Piney Williams, Engineer, 6. Fireman; Ready to head down the steep mountain to Cass, Shay no. 11 and crew pause at Spruce water tower in 1916. This engine was the biggest engine on the R.R. until the purchase of # 12 in 1921.
Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing: Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera: Alfred Higgins; first on left: Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner
Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.
Locomotive and passenger cars; Walter Good, conductor, on left side with hand on walkway chain; P.F. "Bus" Long, C&O station agent, to Walter's right, also with hand on chain; photograph from Richard Carter, N. White Hall Rd., Norristown P.O. 3 P.A.
Pounding the Last Spike In the Bald Knob Extension Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
1968/05/25
Description:
Portrait of man in hardhat pounding the last spike in the Bald Knob extension of Cass Scenic R.R.; photograph from John P. Killoran, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.
Bald Knob Trains: 2nd Car Brakeman, Robert Long; Conductor, Gearold Cassoll; Standing on rear platform: Ken Caplinger; Cab of No. 7, Artie Barkley; On ground, right foreground, "Doc" Carlson; photograph from John P. Killorah, Promotion Officer, WV State Parks, Chas, WV 25305.
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, West Virginia. 'Made on Little River which commonly known as the East Fork of Greenbrier River, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.'
O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row. Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.
West Virginia and Pittsburgh Passenger Train, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1889
Description:
'Passenger train on the W. Va. and Pittsburgh Railroad on the grade between Hendricks and Thomas in Tucker County. This became a B. & O. branch. O. Homer Floyd Fansler.'