Looking toward Spruce with Shavers Fork on the left. Left to Right 1. Page McCloud (killed 1/25/23 at Sugar Grove), 2. not identified, 3. not identified, 4. not identified, 5. Piney Williams, Engineer, 6. Fireman; Ready to head down the steep mountain to Cass, Shay no. 11 and crew pause at Spruce water tower in 1916. This engine was the biggest engine on the R.R. until the purchase of # 12 in 1921.
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.