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Coal train going past houses.

1. Oswald Coal on the Move

IDNO:
001956
Title:
Oswald Coal on the Move
Date:
undated
Description:
Coal train going past houses.
Loaded coal cars sit on the track in Tucker County.

2. Loaded Western Maryland Coal Cars, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001999
Title:
Loaded Western Maryland Coal Cars, Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Loaded coal cars sit on the track in Tucker County.
Loaded coal cars outside preparation plant.

3. Coal Cars Outside of Preparation Plant

IDNO:
002001
Title:
Coal Cars Outside of Preparation Plant
Date:
undated
Description:
Loaded coal cars outside preparation plant.
Shipping center with numerous coal cars.

4. Coal Shipping Center, Williamson, Mingo County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002019
Title:
Coal Shipping Center, Williamson, Mingo County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Shipping center with numerous coal cars.
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."

5. Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia

IDNO:
048690
Title:
Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."
Miners light up cigarettes and sit on rail cars. Subjects unidentified.

6. Miners Taking a Break after a Hard Day's Work Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

IDNO:
052041
Title:
Miners Taking a Break after a Hard Day's Work Likely Somewhere in West Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Miners light up cigarettes and sit on rail cars. Subjects unidentified.
Two unidentified men stand on the railway that leads into the mine entrance.

7. Mine Entrance Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

IDNO:
052042
Title:
Mine Entrance Likely Somewhere in West Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Two unidentified men stand on the railway that leads into the mine entrance.
An unidentified coal miner leads the coal cart across the rails.

8. Cable Reel Locomotive Transporting Coal at Lady Dunn Mine

IDNO:
052043
Title:
Cable Reel Locomotive Transporting Coal at Lady Dunn Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
An unidentified coal miner leads the coal cart across the rails.
Men sit on the side of the locomotive. The Mann's Creek Railroad carried coal from the Babcock Coal and Coke Company in Clifftop, W. Va. to sawmills in Landisburg, Pa.

9. Likely Mann's Creek Railroad Engine and Workers

IDNO:
052103
Title:
Likely Mann's Creek Railroad Engine and Workers
Date:
undated
Description:
Men sit on the side of the locomotive. The Mann's Creek Railroad carried coal from the Babcock Coal and Coke Company in Clifftop, W. Va. to sawmills in Landisburg, Pa.
Men carry coal from a railroad car and shovel coal into furnaces.

10. Coke Ovens in Eagle, W. Va.

IDNO:
052110
Title:
Coke Ovens in Eagle, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Men carry coal from a railroad car and shovel coal into furnaces.