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Shay No. 7 and 4 at Whittaker Station. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

97. Shay No. 7 and 4

IDNO:
000097
Title:
Shay No. 7 and 4
Date:
1970
Description:
Shay No. 7 and 4 at Whittaker Station. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, West Virginia. 'Made on Little River which commonly known as the East Fork of Greenbrier River, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.'

98. Logging Crew

IDNO:
000098
Title:
Logging Crew
Date:
ca 1903
Description:
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, West Virginia. 'Made on Little River which commonly known as the East Fork of Greenbrier River, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.'
Whitmer Lane Boom and Lumber Company. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, West Virginia.

99. Train Wreck and Group Portrait

IDNO:
000099
Title:
Train Wreck and Group Portrait
Date:
1912/07/19
Description:
Whitmer Lane Boom and Lumber Company. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, West Virginia.
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.

100. Shay No. 11 and Crew at Spruce Watertank

IDNO:
000100
Title:
Shay No. 11 and Crew at Spruce Watertank
Date:
1916
Description:
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.
"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business. They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

101. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

IDNO:
000101
Title:
R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.
Date:
undated
Description:
"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business. They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.
Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing: Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera: Alfred Higgins; first on left: Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner

102. Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp

IDNO:
000102
Title:
Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp
Date:
1946/08/07
Description:
Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing: Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera: Alfred Higgins; first on left: Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner
GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front: Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

103. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000103
Title:
Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front: Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.
Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

104. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

IDNO:
000104
Title:
County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.
O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row. Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

105. Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000105
Title:
Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca 1910
Description:
O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row. Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.
From left to right: 'Police Chief John Lewis, William Musgrave, Bill Hughes, Bennie Palmer, George Katchur, Robert West'.

106. Morgantown Policemen, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
000106
Title:
Morgantown Policemen, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
From left to right: 'Police Chief John Lewis, William Musgrave, Bill Hughes, Bennie Palmer, George Katchur, Robert West'.
Train moving along tracks.

107. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000107
Title:
Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Train moving along tracks.
Engine parked in shop.

108. Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000108
Title:
Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1969/07/29
Description:
Engine parked in shop.
Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.

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

IDNO:
000109
Title:
Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.
Date:
undated
Description:
Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.
This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.

110. Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.

IDNO:
000110
Title:
Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.
Train on tracks. From the collection of Harold K. Vollrath, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas.

111. Climax No. 6 of Middle Fork Railroad, Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
000111
Title:
Climax No. 6 of Middle Fork Railroad, Ellamore, W. Va.
Date:
1957/06
Description:
Train on tracks. From the collection of Harold K. Vollrath, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas.
Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.

112. Mower Construction Train, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000112
Title:
Mower Construction Train, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1946/08/07
Description:
Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.
P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works.

113. Shay No. 12. Builder's Photo

IDNO:
000113
Title:
Shay No. 12. Builder's Photo
Date:
1921
Description:
P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works.
Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

114. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000114
Title:
Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Engine No. 2

115. Shay No. 2 (Pulp Train) on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000115
Title:
Shay No. 2 (Pulp Train) on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Engine No. 2
Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA 22308

116. Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.

IDNO:
000116
Title:
Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA 22308
Tucker County, West Virginia. Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

117. Pulp mill at Parsons

IDNO:
000117
Title:
Pulp mill at Parsons
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Tucker County, West Virginia. Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia
Original Source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

118. High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000118
Title:
High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Original Source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

119. Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000119
Title:
Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

120. Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000120
Title:
Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

121. Shay Locomotive at a Lumber camp near Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000121
Title:
Shay Locomotive at a Lumber camp near Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Original source: Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia
From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.

122. Logging Crew

IDNO:
000122
Title:
Logging Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.
Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.

123. Logging Crew

IDNO:
000123
Title:
Logging Crew
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.
Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.

124. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp

IDNO:
000124
Title:
Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV

125. Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge

IDNO:
000125
Title:
Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge
Date:
undated
Description:
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV
From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957

126. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

IDNO:
000126
Title:
Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883
Date:
1883
Description:
From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.

127. Train Pulling Workers on Cars

IDNO:
000127
Title:
Train Pulling Workers on Cars
Date:
undated
Description:
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.
From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.

128. Log Loader and Crew

IDNO:
000128
Title:
Log Loader and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va. July 1903

129. Log Skidding Crew and their Team of Horses

IDNO:
000129
Title:
Log Skidding Crew and their Team of Horses
Date:
1903/06
Description:
From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va. July 1903
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."

130. Loggers Posing on Logs

IDNO:
000130
Title:
Loggers Posing on Logs
Date:
undated
Description:
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."
Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

131. Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company Log Train

IDNO:
000131
Title:
Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company Log Train
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.
Cass, WV; Looking from railhead; D.D. Brown Collection

132. Clearing Trees for a Road Up Shavers Fork

IDNO:
000132
Title:
Clearing Trees for a Road Up Shavers Fork
Date:
1946/08/07
Description:
Cass, WV; Looking from railhead; D.D. Brown Collection
Willdell, W.Va. 1911; Source of original: Earl Whitlach, Mill Creek, W.Va.

133. Loggers Posing with Logs

IDNO:
000133
Title:
Loggers Posing with Logs
Date:
1911
Description:
Willdell, W.Va. 1911; Source of original: Earl Whitlach, Mill Creek, W.Va.
O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

134. Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000134
Title:
Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.
Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

135. Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000135
Title:
Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.
Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

136. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers

IDNO:
000136
Title:
Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.
Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va. Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods. In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass. Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection

137. Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams

IDNO:
000137
Title:
Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams
Date:
1913/10/01
Description:
Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va. Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods. In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass. Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

138. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

IDNO:
000138
Title:
Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It
Date:
undated
Description:
From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.
O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

139. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000139
Title:
High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.
Cass, W.Va. Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump. Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV

140. Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain

IDNO:
000140
Title:
Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain
Date:
1908
Description:
Cass, W.Va. Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump. Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV
Lumber train on tracks moving through heavily lumbered area. <br />

141. Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000141
Title:
Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Lumber train on tracks moving through heavily lumbered area.
Cut trees in a forest.

142. Waste in Lumbering

IDNO:
000142
Title:
Waste in Lumbering
Date:
undated
Description:
Cut trees in a forest.
Near Davis, Tucker Co.-- Geological Survey.

143. Destruction of Vegetation and Soil by Fires Following Lumber Operations

IDNO:
000143
Title:
Destruction of Vegetation and Soil by Fires Following Lumber Operations
Date:
1912/09
Description:
Near Davis, Tucker Co.-- Geological Survey.
The 'Lucy Belle' named after the engineer's girl. On Hill's Creek near Lobelia, Pocahontas Co., WV.

144. Wreck of the Lucy Belle, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000144
Title:
Wreck of the Lucy Belle, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The 'Lucy Belle' named after the engineer's girl. On Hill's Creek near Lobelia, Pocahontas Co., WV.