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Side view of Shay #8 train engine.  Two crew members in the front, two crew members in the train engine.

1. Shay No. 8 at Water Tanks, With Crew Front-Side

Side view of train engine with nine crew members standing in front of it.

2. Shay No. 10 Side View, with Crew

Train engines and crews line railroad tracks.

3. Shay No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Tracks with Crews

Mixed crew of Whites and Blacks.

4. Mixed White and African American Section Crew

Group portrait of men standing in front of a train.

5. Shop Crew, Cass Scenic Railroad

6. Rod Engine No. 509 and Crew

Train engine with crew standing in front and top of it.

7. Shay No. 3 and Crew (3/4 Front)

Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.

8. Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.

A. B. Adams and Wm. Henry Arrington pictured beside the engine.

9. Railroad Employees with Engine No. 737, Hinton, W. Va.

A group of unidentified workers and what appears to be their African-American cook gather for a picture. Behind them are Chesapeake and Ohio Railway cars.

10. Railroad Workers in Summers County, W. Va.

Daughter of Jeremiah Mills and Louisa Elva Cassell (Mills). Grace had one brother, Jeremiah IV, and four sisters, Mabel, Elizabeth, Susie, and Louisa Elva.Grace was born December 3, 1871. She was employed by the C. &  O. Railroad as a telegraph operator from July 1, 1893 to August 11, 1942. She died July 8, 1958.

11. Grace Mills Diefenbach of Hinton, W. Va.

Plumley pictured in a nice dress and bow holding a bouquet of flowers. She married John H. Plumley, a sheet metal worker for the C. & O. Railroad, in 1928. In 1930, she began to work for the railway, as well, and in 1948 became the Chief Operator. She has one son, John Jr. Plumley.

12. Vida Pearl Lilly Plumley as a Young Girl, Summers County, W. Va.

The former employees pose for a group portrait. Pictured is Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock, Henry Lee, Thomas Haskins, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Krim Bess, Mr. King, J. W. McCallister, Jr., D. B. Murphy of Clifton Forge, Va., E. L. Wiseman, Mr. Reese, and W. L. Taylor. The group was attending the 38th convention of the Veterans' association held in Greenbrier Valley Fair Grounds.

13. Retired Employees of the C. & O. Railroad in Hinton, W. Va.

Group of train conductors.

14. Train Conductors

The workers and caboose belong to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.

15. Railroad Workers in front of a Caboose