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1. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000351
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Locomotive engine on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, W.V.

2. Shay No. 4

IDNO:
000061
Title:
Shay No. 4
Date:
undated
Description:
Locomotive engine on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, W.V.
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.

3. Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000353
Title:
Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.
Cass - Greenbrier Excursion. Cass, W.Va.

4. Rod Engine on Passenger Run at Depot

IDNO:
000240
Title:
Rod Engine on Passenger Run at Depot
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass - Greenbrier Excursion. Cass, W.Va.
C.S.R. Engine at the switch. Man bending over beside it.

5. Shay No. 4 at Switch with Caboose, Cass Scenic Railroad

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.
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.

6. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad,

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.
Shay train engines on tracks.

7. Shay No. 5 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000403
Title:
Shay No. 5 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engines on tracks.
Train moving along tracks.

8. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000107
Title:
Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Train moving along tracks.
Shay trains on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Office, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

9. Shay No. 7 and One Other Shay

IDNO:
000088
Title:
Shay No. 7 and One Other Shay
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay trains on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Office, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.
Cass Scenic Railroad. Two trains connected on a railroad track.

10. Shay No. 3 and One Other

IDNO:
000264
Title:
Shay No. 3 and One Other
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad. Two trains connected on a railroad track.
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.

11. Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.

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.
Two men shaking hands. One man is wearing a conductor hat.

12. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000470
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men shaking hands. One man is wearing a conductor hat.
Cass Scenic Railroad. Locomotive train engine with caboose on train tracks.

13. Heisler No. 6 and Caboose No. 90788D.

IDNO:
000318
Title:
Heisler No. 6 and Caboose No. 90788D.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad. Locomotive train engine with caboose on train tracks.
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.

14. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

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.
Fireman boarding train. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Road, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.

15. Shay No. 7. Artie Barkley, Fireman, Boarding Locomotive

IDNO:
000083
Title:
Shay No. 7. Artie Barkley, Fireman, Boarding Locomotive
Date:
undated
Description:
Fireman boarding train. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Road, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.
Train engine on tracks beside a hill.

16. Shay No. 4 (Front 3/4 View)

IDNO:
000296
Title:
Shay No. 4 (Front 3/4 View)
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine on tracks beside a hill.
Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

17. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000114
Title:
Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
Locomotive engine with conductors. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Artie Bailey in the door; "Doc" Carlson at the throttle.

18. Shay No. 5

IDNO:
000062
Title:
Shay No. 5
Date:
undated
Description:
Locomotive engine with conductors. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Artie Bailey in the door; "Doc" Carlson at the throttle.
Group portrait of men standing in front of a train.

19. Shop Crew, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000237
Title:
Shop Crew, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of men standing in front of a train.
Shay train engine on tracks. Large smoke cloud coming from smoke stack.

20. Shay No. 1 and Another Engine at Turn above Switchback. Cass Scenic Railroad

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.
Shay engines pulling passenger cars.

21. Shay No. 3 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000408
Title:
Shay No. 3 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay engines pulling passenger cars.
Cass Scenic Railroad. Two train engines at station. Original from Earl Palmer.

22. Shay No. 5 and No. 7 at Cass Station.

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.
Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.

23. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,

IDNO:
000453
Title:
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.
Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.

24. Shay No. 4 and One Other Shay with Crowded Train on the Cass Scenic Railroad

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.
Cass Scenic Railroad. Train engine with loaded passenger cars on tracks beside hill and forest.

25. Shay No. 5 with Loaded Passenger Cars.

IDNO:
000317
Title:
Shay No. 5 with Loaded Passenger Cars.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad. Train engine with loaded passenger cars on tracks beside hill and forest.
The 'Cass Symphony' plays spritely folk and logging camp tunes to the delight of a Sunday afternoon audience on the railroad station platform of the Cass Scenic Railroad. This informal group is composed of ex-loggers.

26. Cass Symphony

IDNO:
000505
Title:
Cass Symphony
Date:
undated
Description:
The 'Cass Symphony' plays spritely folk and logging camp tunes to the delight of a Sunday afternoon audience on the railroad station platform of the Cass Scenic Railroad. This informal group is composed of ex-loggers.
Side view of Shay No. 7 train engine. Tracks in foreground.

27. Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000328
Title:
Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay No. 7 train engine. Tracks in foreground.
Shay train engine No. 7 on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

28. Shay No. 7, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000518
Title:
Shay No. 7, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine No. 7 on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
Shay No. 4 pushing passenger cart up a hill. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

29. Shay No. 4

IDNO:
000092
Title:
Shay No. 4
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay No. 4 pushing passenger cart up a hill. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

30. Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups

IDNO:
000350
Title:
Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups
Date:
undated
Description:
Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on. Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.
Shay No. 7 train engine from the side.

31. Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000327
Title:
Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay No. 7 train engine from the side.
Side view of Shay train engine.

32. Shay No. 7 Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000325
Title:
Shay No. 7 Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Side view of Shay train engine.

33. Shay No. 5 Cass Railroad, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015861
Title:
Shay No. 5 Cass Railroad, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1965
Cass Scenic Railroad Engine #4

34. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
025896
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1964/08
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad Engine #4

35. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
025897
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1964/08
Train crossing a river on the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia.

36. Shay No. 11, Cass Scenic Railroad, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

IDNO:
025691
Title:
Shay No. 11, Cass Scenic Railroad, Pocahontas County, W.Va.
Date:
2000/08/04
Description:
Train crossing a river on the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia.
'Black and white print of Cass Scenic Shay #11 is posing along with Bret Evanich who is standing on the Collis P. Huntington Chapter, National Railway Historical Society of Huntington, WV's handcar. Photo by Herbert Parsons.'

37. Shay No. 11, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.

IDNO:
025692
Title:
Shay No. 11, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.
Date:
2000/05
Description:
'Black and white print of Cass Scenic Shay #11 is posing along with Bret Evanich who is standing on the Collis P. Huntington Chapter, National Railway Historical Society of Huntington, WV's handcar. Photo by Herbert Parsons.'

38. Wash Basins at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025633
Title:
Wash Basins at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996

39. Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025634
Title:
Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996

40. Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025635
Title:
Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996

41. Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025636
Title:
Inside Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996

42. Wood Building at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025637
Title:
Wood Building at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996
Keith Norman, WVU History Student in blue shirt.

43. Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025640
Title:
Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996
Description:
Keith Norman, WVU History Student in blue shirt.

44. Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025639
Title:
Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996
Keith Norman, WVU History Student, in blue shirt.

45. Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025643
Title:
Group of Tourists at Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996
Description:
Keith Norman, WVU History Student, in blue shirt.
Keith Norman, WVU History student, in blue shirt.

46. View of Tracks and Park Area, Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.

IDNO:
025644
Title:
View of Tracks and Park Area, Whittaker Station, Cass Scenic Railroad, W.Va.
Date:
1996
Description:
Keith Norman, WVU History student, in blue shirt.
'Built as Strouds Creek and Muddlety no.5. To Mower Lumber Co. in 1943, their No.4. Later to Cass Scenic R.R. No. 4. Type: 3 Truck Shay. Builder: Lima Loca, Works. Dec. 1922. Builder's No. 3189'

47. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.

IDNO:
025649
Title:
Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.
Date:
1975/08/20
Description:
'Built as Strouds Creek and Muddlety no.5. To Mower Lumber Co. in 1943, their No.4. Later to Cass Scenic R.R. No. 4. Type: 3 Truck Shay. Builder: Lima Loca, Works. Dec. 1922. Builder's No. 3189'
'Built as Strounds Creek and Muddlety No. 5. Sold in 1943 to Mower Lumber Co., their No. 4. Later to Cass Scenic Railroad. Type: 3-Truck Shay. Builder: Lima Loco. Works, Dec. 1922. Builder No. 3189'

48. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.

IDNO:
025650
Title:
Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W.Va.
Date:
1975/08/20
Description:
'Built as Strounds Creek and Muddlety No. 5. Sold in 1943 to Mower Lumber Co., their No. 4. Later to Cass Scenic Railroad. Type: 3-Truck Shay. Builder: Lima Loco. Works, Dec. 1922. Builder No. 3189'