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Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.

1. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048850
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Engine at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1947/06
Description:
Passengers stand beside the track looking at engine no. 500.
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.

2. 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".

3. 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".
An unidentified boy rides down the street near the Eighth Avenue intersection.

4. Boy Riding Bicycle on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
049202
Title:
Boy Riding Bicycle on Temple Street, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
An unidentified boy rides down the street near the Eighth Avenue intersection.
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.

5. Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049382
Title:
Leonard McVey Shelton and Oxen Transporting Goods, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Oxen "Buck" and "Berry" could travel up to 5 miles an hour with a wagon load of tanbark, which was loaded at Alderson, W. Va. They delivered on average 2-2.5 cord (one cord cost between $8 and $10) from Ted Wills of Madams Creek.