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'Charles Helms on Engine 104; First proprietor, Blen Avon Hotel, N.D. Grafton.'

1. Charles Helms on Engine 104

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2. Charles Helms on Engine 104

'#1 R.H. Gratz, BLW 1743, 7/18/68, 15x18" 44 0 21 ton. Ancient engine, the Gratz, one of the two engines which operated on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Rail Road.  Taken around 1880-1890.  Two persons on the tender are unidentified, but Swearingen said the two others were David Reece, engineer, and C. M. Jones, master mechanic.  The engine was scrapped in 1897, along with th railroad system.  (Picture to accompany Parkersburg News article, July 10, 1960).'

3. Engine on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

'The old double engine used on the Laurel Fork and Sand Hill R.R. Taken near high trestle, Wilch Rollin, fireman with whiskers; Bob Fleming, engineer; Oth Collin, passenger with cane. #2 Mas W. R. Sterling BLW 3222, 5-1873.'

4. Double Engine Used on Laurel Fork and Sand Hill Railroad

5. Locomotive No. 1626 Travelling through W.Va.

'1906 postmark.'

6. Train No. 5 on Green River, from Elk River Railroad, W.Va.

Portrait of men posing with a logging train.

7. Pickens and Hacker Valley Railroad Locomotive and Crew

An unidentified man stands beside the thirty-five ton steam engine as it's ferried across the river.

8. Class-B Climax Locomotive Being Floated Across New River to New River Lumber Co., Longbottom, W. Va.