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Unidentified teamster holds the reins of a team of horses, while standing in an empty wagon parked alongside a C & O railroad car. The photograph was possibly taken at a depot in Summers County.

13. Teamster Holds Team of Horses Hitch to Empty Wagon

Unidentified railroad workers pose in front of Chesapeake and Ohio Engine No.380. The photograph was possibly taken at a depot in Summers County. Information on the back includes: "From Roy Long Coll. C & O RR".

14. Group Portrait of Railroad Workers In Front of Engine No. 380

Unidentified engineer sits at the controls of a locomotive of probably a Chesapeake and Ohio train, looking out the window, down the track. Information on the back includes, "Stephen D. Trail Su. Co. W. V. 2000 From Roy Long Collection".

15. Locomotive Engineer in Cab

The post office was located along a railroad track. The bridge in the background of the photograph crosses the New River near the mouth of Glade Creek.

16. Glade Post Office, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Originally operated by the Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Company, the 750 foot railroad bridge was salvaged by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad during World War II. Information on the back of photograph includes: " Stephen D. Trail Su. Co. W. V. 2000; Roy Long Coll."

17. Removing Superstructure Off Railroad Bridge Over New River, Glade, W. Va.

The piers were part of the a 750-foot railroad bridge spanning the New River near the mouth of Glade Creek. The line was operated by the Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Railway, 1924-1929 and Babcock Coal & Timber Company, 1929-1936 . The bridge was salvage by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad during World War II.

18. Piers Of Glade Creek Coal and Lumber Railway Bridge Looking Down New River, Glade, W. Va.

Color postcard of the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the Gladys Inn. The Inn was taken over by the YMCA in 1930.

19. Gladys Inn and Chesapeake and Ohio Station, Clifton Forge, Va.

Color print of the C&O (Chesapeake and Ohio) Depot at Eagle Rock, Virginia.

20. Eagle Rock Station, Botetourt County, Va.

Photograph postcard of a coal company store in Fayette County. See the original for the correspondence on the postcard.

21. Company Store, Nuttalburg, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back, "Mr. Humphreys got killed in the wreck."

22. Gauley Bridge Wreck, Fayette County, W. Va.

The cars belong to the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O)Railroad.

23. Camp Cars at Gauley Station, Fayette County, W. Va.

Foreman George Washington Saunders, standing, far left, with unidentified others in camp during the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Railroad in Fayette County. Other information on the back of the photograph includes: "Photo courtesy William N. Kaempf, his grandson. Retired Chesterfield County , Va. school administrator."  Also., " from Roy Long to Stephen Trail 01-31-1997, Su Co WV photo ca. 1972 Hawk's Nest".

24. George Washington Saunders, Foreman of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Near Hawks Nest, W. Va.