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The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.

1. Engine No. 490 at Huntington Yards, Huntington, W. Va.

IDNO:
048838
Title:
Engine No. 490 at Huntington Yards, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1949
Description:
The C. & O. Engine pictured on the yard tracks.
The crew on board is Phil Grove (engineer), Ralph "Gabe" Bostic (brakeman) and Clarence Mason (fireman). The train passed the bridge at approximately 12:25 p.m. that day.

2. First Train to Cross New Railroad Bridge in Lowell, W. Va.

IDNO:
048863
Title:
First Train to Cross New Railroad Bridge in Lowell, W. Va.
Date:
1949/05/10
Description:
The crew on board is Phil Grove (engineer), Ralph "Gabe" Bostic (brakeman) and Clarence Mason (fireman). The train passed the bridge at approximately 12:25 p.m. that day.
From left to right is Harry Lee (holding his daught, Lucy), Lum Bennett, Emmitt Crotty, Cap. Starrett Moore, John Dobbins, John Wilt, Mark Perkins, and Mitchell Dilly.

3. Sewell Valley Passenger Train Operating Between Rainelle, W. Va. and Meadow Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
048869
Title:
Sewell Valley Passenger Train Operating Between Rainelle, W. Va. and Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1917/08
Description:
From left to right is Harry Lee (holding his daught, Lucy), Lum Bennett, Emmitt Crotty, Cap. Starrett Moore, John Dobbins, John Wilt, Mark Perkins, and Mitchell Dilly.
A group of unidentified persons stands outside the building located beside the tracks.

4. Pence Springs Stock Yards Building, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048879
Title:
Pence Springs Stock Yards Building, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of unidentified persons stands outside the building located beside the tracks.
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.

5. Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048919
Title:
Ernest Bleau on a Railroad Bicycle by New River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
Bleau, a telegrapher and cousin to W.J.B. Gwinn of Meadow Creek, is pictured on top of a railroad bicycle, or "velosipede", in order to get him to the different telegraph offices that he had to work at on the New River Division.
Three unidentified women are pictured with the railroad bicycle, or "velocipede".

6. Three Women Posing with Velocipede in Meadow Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
048946
Title:
Three Women Posing with Velocipede in Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three unidentified women are pictured with the railroad bicycle, or "velocipede".
Eric Moody pictured walking across the tracks and advancing toward the railway cabin. Behind him, a sign reads, "Meadow Creek".

7. Man Crossing Railroad Tracks at Meadow Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
048947
Title:
Man Crossing Railroad Tracks at Meadow Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1991/10
Description:
Eric Moody pictured walking across the tracks and advancing toward the railway cabin. Behind him, a sign reads, "Meadow Creek".
Smoke billow from the locomotive as it speeds across the tracks.

8. Engine Pulling Train near Sandstone, W. Va.

IDNO:
049057
Title:
Engine Pulling Train near Sandstone, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Smoke billow from the locomotive as it speeds across the tracks.
A group of unidentified men pose on top of a transporting train. One of them holds a guitar.

9. Leisure Time at Sewell Lumber Company, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049431
Title:
Leisure Time at Sewell Lumber Company, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
A group of unidentified men pose on top of a transporting train. One of them holds a guitar.