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1. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Being Built at Cass, W. Va. Mill Site

Loading completed, Shay No. 3 prepares to depart a log landing on Cheat Mountain 1904.  In Cab:  Cal Bradley.  On Ground:  1.? 2.? 3.?

2. Shay No. 3 at Log Landing with Train

Mill, log pond, and four stacks.  W.Va. Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va. (Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad No. 5) Believed to been at time No. 1503 in operation.

3. Lumber Mill and Log Pond at Cass, W. Va.

Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad No. 2 for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. at Cass, W. Va; Shay No. 2 on Cheat Mtn. 1908.  Bob Hivick, Engineer.

4. On Cheat Mountain

Train engine.  At bottom of pix says:  Note:  Also applicable to shop No. 2248, C&O Rd. No. 11 (1910), built to same plan No. 1586.

5. Shay Shop No. 1933 Chesapeake & Ohio Road No. 8

Train engine with log carts.  Two men in engine, four men standing by tracks.

6. Shay No. 5 with Log Cars and Crew, Front 3/4, at Switchback

Shay No. 1, 'Old Barney' (the original #1) at the Spruce Shop.

7. Shay No. 1 'Old Barney'

Men standing in front, on, and around the locomotives.

8. Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Shays No. 1,2, and 4 at the Spruce Shop

Three men in front of a train engine.

9. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders) Front View (3/4)

Large group of men posed on the Skidway.

10. Skidway, Cheat Mountain

Four men standing on logs.  Preston Moore on left.

11. Logging Crew Posing at Landing

Front view of Shay No. 11 train engine at the water tank with six crew members in front.

12. Shay No. 11 at Spruce Water Tank With Crew

"Baker House $1.00 per day" on sign.  Cass, W.V.

13. Hotel (Baker House), Cass, W. Va.

14. Log Pond and Pulp Mill, Spruce, W. Va.

Newly completed, no water accumulated.  J.H. Collins, C.B. Cromer.

15. Stoney River Dam, Looking Downstream

Three train engines and crew. 1910 postcards Joe Crowl, Geo. Cramer, Bob Dean, Cal Bridly? (Bladley), Freddie Linan.

16. Shay No. 1, 2, & 3 at Spruce Shop

Shay train engine.  Construction camp.  At throttle:  Charlie Crommer.  In doorway:  Unknown

17. Shay No. 7 at Stoney River, W. Va.

18. Logging Crew of Camp Two, Crooked Fork of Elk River

View looking upstream of the Stoney River Dam.  Newly completed 1915.

19. Stoney River Dam

Shay No. 8 train engine with two men standing beside it and two men in the cabin.

20. Shay No. 8 at Cass Yard, with Crew

Logging machinery.

21. Marion Skidder at Sunburst, North Carolina

Boiler Room, chipper shed, pan room and extract plant.  Looking east towards structures facing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

22. Deer Creek Extract Plant, Cass, W. Va.

Plant with a house in the distance.

23. Deer Creek Extract Plant, Cass, W. Va.

Extract plant with large smoke stack.

24. Deer Creek Extract Plant, Cass, W. Va.

Paul James and Ray McClelland pose in front of loaded log cars.

25. Paul James and Ray McClelland at Log Pond with Loaded Log Cars

Two men standing on lumber at a log pond.  Original from Paul James.

26. Paul James and Ray McClelland on Walkway at Log Pond

Paul James leaning on Cheat Mountian elevation sign.

27. Paul James Standing Where Road Crosses Cheat Mountain, Elevation 3,948 Feet

Cass Mill and two of its smoke stacks.

28. Lumber Mill at Cass, W. Va.

Ray McClelland standing in front of a lumber pile on a train track.

29. Ray McClelland in Lumber Yard

30. Paul James and Ray McClelland at Log Pond with Loaded Log Cars

Cheat River bordered by trees.

31. Cheat River, Looking West

32. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp near Cass, W. Va.

The northern part of the town of Cass, W. Va. can be seen on the hill in the background.

33. Lumber Yards at Cass, W. Va.

Train engine with three crew members standing in front of it.

34. Shay No. 12

View of Bald Knob Mountain.

35. Bald Knob, 4,800 Ft. Elevation

Original photo from Paul James.

36. Paul James and Ray McClelland in Cab of Shay No. 19.

Shay No. 4 train engine pushing/pulling a lumber loading cart.

37. Shay No. 4 with Loader in Woods, Mower Lumber Co.

Back of the mill. Log slide down to the log pond.

38. Lumber Mill at Nallen, W. Va.

Loader placing logs on lumber cars.

39. Mower Lumber Company Loader & Engine at Landing.

Loader putting lumber on cargo cars.  Man standing on logs on the car.

40. Mower Lumber Company Loader and Car No. 151

Shay  No. 7 train engine.

41. Shay No. 7 Front 3/4

Large group of men standing in front of a building.  Shows E. Mower? standing with men.

42. Loggers at Camp

Train engine in the snow.

43. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4 in Snow

Train engine on tracks from the front.

44. Shay No. 4 Front

Front view of a train engine.

45. Shay No. 4 Front

View of Shay No. 4 train engine pulling log carts.

46. Shay No. 4, Front 3/4, with Load of Logs

Front view of the Shay No. 4 train engine.

47. Shay No. 4 Front

Side view of train engine and three crew members.

48. Shay No. 4 Side

View of a Shay Engine traveling on tracks.

49. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4

Back, side view of train engine.

50. Shay No. 4 Rear 3/4

Shay No. 4 engine traveling on tracks.

51. Shay No. 4 Front View.

In front, Mower Lumber Company skidder on yard siding.

52. Caboose No. 12 in Cass Shop Yard

Shay #4 on tracks from the front.

53. Shay No. 4 Front

54. Shay No. 4 Rear View

Train engine with conductor looking out the window.

55. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4

Shay train engine pushing empty carts.

56. Shay No. 4 Pushing Empties up Switchback, Front View of Engine

Train engine on tracks heading towards a cart.  Man standing on tracks.

57. Shay No. 4 Below Water Tank at Cass, W.Va.

Train traveling down tracks.

58. Shay No. 4 Front

Shay No. 4 at depot, Cass.

59. Shay No. 4 Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat and Bald Mountain Scenic Railroad

Shay No. 1 train engine.  Cass Station.

60. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders) Side View with a Second Shay

Side view with a second Shay.  Painted Red- June 15, 1963.  Cass Station.

61. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders), Cass Scenic Railroad

Side view of Shay train engine.  Four men standing beside it.  Clyde Galford, Engineer.

62. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad

Two Shay engines pulling passenger carts during Richmond NRHS trip, May 7, 1966 below Whittaker, W.Va.

63. Shay No. 7 and No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad

Three Shay train engines during the Richmond National Railway Historical Society trip.

64. Shay No. 4, 5, and 7 above Cass Station, Cass Scenic Railroad

65. Shay No. 4 at Cass Water Tank, Cass Scenic Railroad

Lima Shay No. 1907. Ex. GC and E No. 6 at Monitor No. 4 mine, Austen, WV March or April year 1969.

66. Shay Locomotive in Destroyed Engine House , 1967-68 Winter

67. Shay No. 7 and No. 4 Climbing up to Bald Knob, Cass Scenic Railroad

Hesiler No. 6 train engine on tracks.

68. Heisler No. 6 at Cass Depot, Cass Scenic Railroad

Side View of Shay train engine pushing a cart with two men on it.

69. Shay No. 4 at Whittaker, W. Va., Cass Scenic Railroad

70. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay and Crew

Locomotive traveling down tracks.

71. Heisler No. 6 at Water Tanks, No. 4 & No. 7 Behind It

Shay train engine on tracks beside a hill.

72. Shay No. 4 at Coal Bin, Cass Scenic Railroad

73. Shay No. 1 at Cass Shop Yard

Two Shay engines with crew standing beside them at water tank along tracks on mountain trip.

74. Shay No. 7 & No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad

Photo of Spruce Mill site taken from logging grade.  Believed same spot that old Spruce pictures taken in early 1900's.

75. Ruin of Lumber Mill, Spruce, W. Va.

Where tracks to Cass took off in the Mower Lumber Days.

76. Western Maryland Railroad Tracks, Spruce, W. Va.

From Western Maryland R.R. at Spruce, W.Va. on Big Cut side of loop at Spruce.  Western Maryland Railway wires across bottom of photo.

77. Bald Knob Scene withTrain in the Distance at Spruce, W. Va. Cass Scenic Railroad

Two train engines: Heisler and Shay No. 7 from Cass Scenic Railroad, at Gum Curve.

78. Heisler No. 6 and Shay No. 7 Cass Scenic Railroad

Lima Shay #2563 built in 1912, originally G.C.& E. Railroad No. 7 of Cass, W.Va.  Shown after being sold to the Deep Run Coal Company, Shaw, W.V.  The town of Shaw and Deep Run to be flooded by the Bloomington Dam now being built by the Army Corp of Engineers on the Potomac River.

79. Shay Locomotive, Deep Run Railroad, Shaw, W. Va.

Kyle Neighbors and Wendy standing beside a train engine.

80. Heisler No. 3 with Kyle Neighbors and Small Girl, Wendy, Cass Scenic Railroad

Out of Service Since 1961.  Built 1922-23.  Mill from pond side, in state of disrepair.

81. Derelict Lumber Mill at Cass, W. Va.

Train engine with boiler removed.  Cass, W.V.   C/H 3131 Class C70 BH 1920.

82. Shay No. 7

Train engine in a work shop.  Cass Scenic  Railroad

83. Pacific Coast Shay in Shop at Cass

Close up of Spruce stump on Cup Run.

84. Spruce Stump on Cup Run

Sign on the Stoney River Dam.  'KEEP OFF CONCRETE PART OF DAM AND IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED'.  W.Va. Pulp Paper Co.  Grant County, W.V.

85. Stoney River Dam Sign

Six men in front of a log camp building, early 1900s or before.

86. Logging Crew at Log Camp

87. Logging Family Posing on their Front Porch

88. Class Photo Unidentified School

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company train engine.  S.I.C.E [?]  1912 Atlanta (Perrell).  Credit copy, Mallory Hope Ferrell.

89. Climax No. 1

Shay train engine No. 10 and its crew.  (Lima 1914) at Cass.  Spruce, WV. Crew  Ed Lyle - fireman on far right.  Note Lantern on Locomotive.

90. Shay No. 10 and Crew

Shay train engine at the Cass Mill Yard in Cass, W.V.  Foreground:  1. Slim Snyder  2. Charlie Craddock. Men in the Cab of No. 8:  1.?  2.?

91. Shay No. 8 at Cass Mill Yard

92. Pulp Mill and Log Pond at Spruce, W. Va.

One of 12 Shay Engines pulling log trains at Cass, W.Va. during 1920's.  Now Site of W.Va. Scenic Railway.

93. Shay with Load of Logs

Locomotive on tracks in Hagerstown or Ridgely.

94. Shay No. 14 at Hagerstown or Ridgely (Western Maryland 5 on the Side)

Derelict train engine.

95. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

Lima Pacific Coast Shay c/n 3320 BH 1928 in Cass Shops 8/2/1971 cylinders 13 x 16 -36 wheels.  Shay in Cass Shop left hand front 3/4.  Arrived Cass 1971.  Sold:  Mayo Lbr. Co. No. 4. Paldi B.C. 702601928; Lake Logging Co. No. 5 Cowichan Lake B.C. 2-43; Western Forest Industries No. 5, Honeymoon Bay B.C. 12/46; Railway Appliance Research Ltd. No. 144, North Vancouver B.C. 1-64

96. Lima Pacific Coast Shay