Search Results
IDNO:
000351
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000533
Title:
Spruce, W. Va. Town and Lumber Mill
Date:
undated
Description:
Spruce town and mill.
IDNO:
000472
Title:
Shay Locomotive
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine with man standing on the front end.
IDNO:
000486
Title:
Houses in Cheat Bridge, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'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.'
IDNO:
000488
Title:
Shay No. 3 on Wooden Trestle with Load of Logs.
Date:
undated
Description:
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
IDNO:
000353
Title:
Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.
IDNO:
000442
Title:
Shays at Spruce Shop
Date:
undated
Description:
Four Shay train engines at the Spruce Shop.
IDNO:
000513
Title:
Shay No. 8 and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine No. 8 with five men standing beside it.
IDNO:
000447
Title:
Fire Damage at Cass Repair Shop
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000393
Title:
Group of Men on Cement Bridge at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Five men leaning on a cement bridge looking west. Town in the background.
IDNO:
000424
Title:
East-Side of Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
View of East Cass showing Shorty's Restaurant and buildings.
IDNO:
000423
Title:
Shay No. 4 at Switch with Caboose, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
C.S.R. Engine at the switch. Man bending over beside it.
IDNO:
000397
Title:
Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad,
Date:
undated
Description:
Close-up shot of a Shay train engine. Three cylinders fronting the cab of this 1880 Model Shay engine dispatches power to all twelve wheels equally. When one wheel spins, they all spin, which is a rarity indeed.
IDNO:
000403
Title:
Shay No. 5 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engines on tracks.
IDNO:
000459
Title:
Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Hotel at Cass showing several men on the porches and on the ground. Front view.
IDNO:
000426
Title:
Deteriorating Sawmill
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill, train tracks, 6 smoke-stacks, and lumber piles.
IDNO:
000446
Title:
Shay No. 12 Partial View of Front
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine with man standing beside it.
IDNO:
000526
Title:
Shay Wreck
Date:
undated
Description:
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000525
Title:
Shay Wreck
Date:
undated
Description:
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000441
Title:
Riding a Speeder
Date:
undated
Description:
Man riding a speeder on a train track.
IDNO:
000450
Title:
Lumber Mill and Town of Spruce, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mill and buildings in the town of Spruce, W.Va.
IDNO:
000375
Title:
Sawmill Crew at Mill
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of lumber crew, mill in background.
IDNO:
000346
Title:
Shay No. 11 Front 3/4
Date:
undated
Description:
Front view of a Shay train engine with forest in the background.
IDNO:
000373
Title:
Shay No. 1 on Cheat with Logs
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay engine with log cars traveling along hillside.
IDNO:
000425
Title:
Lumber Mill and Log Pond
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000389
Title:
Shay No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Tracks with Crews
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engines and crews line railroad tracks.
IDNO:
000344
Title:
Shay No. 4 Side View.
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of a train engine. Picture taken from 2nd level of boiler room of the mill.
IDNO:
000439
Title:
Pulp Mill, Spruce, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Pulp Mill in Spruce W.Va. Train tracks visible.
IDNO:
000451
Title:
Shay Locomotive Front 3/4 VIew
Date:
undated
Description:
Man leaning against a train engine.
IDNO:
000368
Title:
Lumber Town Women Posing on the Porch of their Boardinghouse
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of women on porch, possibly a hotel or boarding house.
IDNO:
000473
Title:
Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders)
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 1. Two men sitting on the front of the engine. One man standing beside the engine. Two men in the cab of the engine.
IDNO:
000358
Title:
Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va. 'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'. During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts. Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.
IDNO:
000385
Title:
Shay No. 6
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000388
Title:
Mixed White and African American Section Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
Mixed crew of Whites and Blacks.
IDNO:
000455
Title:
Loader at Landing
Date:
undated
Description:
Cars full of logs at the loader landing.
IDNO:
000348
Title:
Shay Front View
Date:
undated
Description:
Front view of Shay train engine. Man standing beside of it.
IDNO:
000511
Title:
Cass, W. Va. (Looking East at Business Section)
Date:
undated
Description:
Business section of Cass, W.Va. Cass wagon fording river. Swinging bridge on the side.
IDNO:
000342
Title:
Crew Posing on top of Stack No. 1 at Cass Lumber Mill (during construction)
Date:
undated
Description:
Three men standing on top of a stack. Cass, WV.
IDNO:
000510
Title:
Shay No. 8 and Crew.
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 8. Five men standing beside the train engine.
IDNO:
000470
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men shaking hands. One man is wearing a conductor hat.
IDNO:
000428
Title:
Sawmill
Date:
undated
Description:
Front view of a mill and stacks. C&O train cars in front.
IDNO:
000363
Title:
Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)
Date:
undated
Description:
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.
IDNO:
000380
Title:
Shay No. 12 Looking Down from Coal Ramp at Sand House
Date:
undated
Description:
View looking down on Shay train engine. Man standing on engine.
IDNO:
000490
Title:
Shay No. 3 and 12, Builder's Photographs
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay No. 12 of the Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Company (top) and Shay No. 3 of the Raine Lumber Company (bottom).
IDNO:
000429
Title:
Portion of Mill
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber mill under contstruction.
IDNO:
000349
Title:
Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.
IDNO:
000345
Title:
Shay No. 12 Rear View Showing Added Trucks and Water Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of train engine.
IDNO:
000367
Title:
Cass Yard - Log Cars, Coal Cars and Old Model T with Steel Wheels on Track.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000419
Title:
Shay No. 14 at Cass, W. Va. with Springy Galford, Engineer, and Girl.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000476
Title:
Shay Locomotive
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000503
Title:
Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)
Date:
undated
Description:
Unlike standard steam engines every wheel of the Shay engine and tender is a drive wheel no wheel can spin unless they all spin, thus giving the Shay tremendous power. Vertical cylinders and the crankshaft make multiple power strokes per revolution of the gear driven wheels for a smooth, even flow of power to negotiate steep grades with heavy loads effortlessly.
IDNO:
000460
Title:
Marion Steam Shovel in Big Cut with Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Dump Cars.
Date:
undated
Description:
Man working a steam shovel.
IDNO:
000508
Title:
Shay Engine Controls
Date:
undated
Description:
'Controls inside the cab of a Shay look like this. Shown are train and engine brake controls, reverse bar, water injector, and throttle and water-gauge cocks. Visitors are welcome to visit the cab between 'runs' and they do!'
IDNO:
000445
Title:
Shay No. 7, Front 3/4
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay No. 7 train engine with two men in the cabin.
IDNO:
000475
Title:
Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay No. 13 train engine at a water tank.
IDNO:
000422
Title:
Mower, Edwin (Portrait)
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000364
Title:
East-side of Cass, W. Va. 'Negroe shanties,' in flood, looking across to main part of town.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000354
Title:
Long Incline Up Hill
Date:
undated
Description:
Train tracks going up a steep hill through the forest.
IDNO:
000481
Title:
West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company No. 1 Loader
Date:
undated
Description:
Loader placing logs onto a Greenbrier and Elk Car.
IDNO:
000485
Title:
Big Cut One Mile from Spruce, W. Va. on the Elk River.
Date:
undated
Description:
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.'
IDNO:
000458
Title:
East-Side of Cass, W. Va. Results of a Flood
Date:
undated
Description:
Damage to the east-side of Cass after a flood.
IDNO:
000398
Title:
Locomotive No. 1008. Western Maryland Rod Engine and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
Five men standing in front of a train engine.
IDNO:
000374
Title:
Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
View Looking West Showing Company Store, Ice House, Lumber Yard, and Houses.
IDNO:
000343
Title:
Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine in front of a water tank.
IDNO:
000431
Title:
Shay No. 11
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of the Shay train engine No. 11.
IDNO:
000395
Title:
Mill Engine, Spruce, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mill engine with two workers: Scott Lockard and Roy Cook.
IDNO:
000504
Title:
Shay No. 2 and Loader No. 2
Date:
undated
Description:
"W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company. American Log Loader, Model C, No. 2" on loader. "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39" on car. "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad" on engine. Log loader, engineer, John Geraw. Engine 2, engineer, Lewis Collins. Fireman, Robert Dean.
IDNO:
000381
Title:
Shay No. 13 in Cass Yard
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Ivan Clarkson standing next to train engine. Sunday afternoon; Ivan Clarkson Collection.
IDNO:
000509
Title:
Shay No. 2 and Loader No. 2
Date:
undated
Description:
West Virginia Spruce Lumber Co. American Log Loader, Model C, No. 2. On loader says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39' on car. Says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad' on engine. Log loader, engineer, John Geraw; Engine 2, engineer Lewis Collins; Fireman, Robert Dean.
IDNO:
000435
Title:
Loggers in an Old Convertible Model T, Possibly at Cass, W.Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000420
Title:
Shay No. 14 at Cass, W. Va. with Ralph Tallman, Engineer, and Girl.
Date:
undated
Description:
Man and girl standing beside a Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000396
Title:
Shay No. 1 and Another Engine at Turn above Switchback. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine on tracks. Large smoke cloud coming from smoke stack.
IDNO:
000449
Title:
Sign in the Woods
Date:
undated
Description:
'Bascom-McFall Last-Seen-Alive Dec. 19, 1918. Found Here April 7, 1919, Cass, W.Va.' Bascom McFall was a lumberman who stopped in Cass, W. Va. on his way home from camp. He was robbed and murdered by three men. An account of his death can be found in the journal Goldenseal, 20:1; p24.
IDNO:
000391
Title:
Loading Logs at Landing
Date:
undated
Description:
Lumber pile beside a log car.
IDNO:
000384
Title:
Shay No. 7 Front 3/4
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000418
Title:
Shay locomotive and Engineer
Date:
undated
Description:
Pictured with possibly his wife.
IDNO:
000383
Title:
Shay No. 12 Left Side View
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000408
Title:
Shay No. 3 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay engines pulling passenger cars.
IDNO:
000502
Title:
Shay No. 3 in Woods with Loader and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
North Fork Lumber Co. No. 3? could be Cheat and Elk.
IDNO:
000527
Title:
Lumbermen Pose in front of a Building
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000340
Title:
Shay No. 5 and No. 7 at Cass Station.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad. Two train engines at station. Original from Earl Palmer.
IDNO:
000520
Title:
Shay No. 11 (Front 3/4 View)
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine with a man standing beside it.
IDNO:
000390
Title:
Log Loader on Elk River
Date:
undated
Description:
Log loader with crew. "This is the way they load logs on the Elk River. S.G."
IDNO:
000464
Title:
Railroad Work Crew in Front of Boiler, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
IDNO:
000522
Title:
Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut
Date:
undated
Description:
Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.
IDNO:
000421
Title:
Mower, Donald (Portrait)
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Donald Mower (one of the twins).
IDNO:
000454
Title:
John Reda's Store at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
John Reda's grocery store with a man and five children standing in front of it.
IDNO:
000453
Title:
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.
IDNO:
000479
Title:
Shay No. 4 and One Other Shay with Crowded Train on the Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.
IDNO:
000347
Title:
Shay No. 11 Side View
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine.
IDNO:
000338
Title:
Cass Shop Under Construction
Date:
undated
Description:
Unfinished engine shop.
IDNO:
000491
Title:
Shay No. 10 and Marion Steam Shovel in the Big Cut.
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
IDNO:
000432
Title:
Results of Blasting in Big Cut
Date:
undated
Description:
'The hump you see is where it has been blasted.'
IDNO:
000413
Title:
Baxter Auto Sales, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Front view of Baxter Auto Sales. People and automobiles in front of the building.
IDNO:
000519
Title:
Loggers Posing in Front of Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men standing at doorway in front of large building.
IDNO:
000465
Title:
Unloading Horses at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men with horses, timber piles in the background.