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Side view of Georges Creek train engine and two crew members.

1. Locomotive Georges Creek Taken at Mt. Savage

'Eng No. 33 Placed on Road 1870.'

2. Locomotive No. 33 and Crew

'C. & O. R.R. Locomotive #32; Builder Name--Danforth Loco, Co. placed in service 1870.  Cylinders 16" x 24"; weight of engines with three gauges of water 61650 pounds;  Diam drivers 60:; dimensions of fire box 58 1/2 feet by 35 feet by 60 1/2 feet; No. of Flues 149; Diam of flues 2 inches; length of flues 11 feet, 1 inch; Diam of Boiler 46 7/8 feet; Service Passenger.'

3. Chesapeake and Ohio Locomotive No. 32

Established in 1866. The route of the line ran from the Baltimore & Ohio's Parkersburg Branch, the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, north, east and west. In practice it went to the oilfield at Volcano and no farther. In the photograph, the name "Maj. W. R. Sterling" is written across the engine.

4. Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad Owned by William C. Stiles, Jr., William R. Sterling, J. N. Camden, Samuel D. Karns, and Austin Gunnison

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

Three men in front of a train engine.

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

8. View of an Engine Wreck

Men posing with the Consol. Coal. Co. Locomotive No. 2 on its trial trip.

9. Consolidation Coal Company 20 Ton Locomotive No. 2 on Trial Trip

Passengers aboard a special train car.

10. Special Train, S. V. and E. Railroad

Baltimore and Ohio car with passengers in the center.

11. Special Train, S.V. & E. Railroad

Shown a locomotive crossing a bridge over a river; noted 'sold by R.F. Whitmer & Co., Inc Dobbin, W. Va.'

12. Scenery Along the Western Maryland Railroad