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Front Row, left to right: Fred B. Secrest, engineer; Arthur Ratliff, brakeman; Sam May, fireman; Walter O'Brien, conductor. Back Row L to R: Harry Gatewood, brakeman; Albin Haynes, brakeman.

1. Railroad Workers Pose on Kanawha and Michigan Engine # 547, Southern West Virginia

IDNO:
038858
Title:
Railroad Workers Pose on Kanawha and Michigan Engine # 547, Southern West Virginia
Date:
1909
Description:
Front Row, left to right: Fred B. Secrest, engineer; Arthur Ratliff, brakeman; Sam May, fireman; Walter O'Brien, conductor. Back Row L to R: Harry Gatewood, brakeman; Albin Haynes, brakeman.
Fred Secrest, an engineer for the Kanawha and Michigan Railway was not to be stopped by the flooded Wagner Railroad Yard in Point Pleasant, along the Ohio River. He backed the engine into the flooded yard, pulled down the hose into the water and filled up the boiler. Secrest is seen standing in back of the locomotive. (Engine 51-2511-566; Bald. 0-6-0 '87)

2. Engineer Fred B. Secrest Fills Up Engine No. 566 With Flood Water, Point Pleasant, W. Va.

IDNO:
038873
Title:
Engineer Fred B. Secrest Fills Up Engine No. 566 With Flood Water, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
Date:
1902
Description:
Fred Secrest, an engineer for the Kanawha and Michigan Railway was not to be stopped by the flooded Wagner Railroad Yard in Point Pleasant, along the Ohio River. He backed the engine into the flooded yard, pulled down the hose into the water and filled up the boiler. Secrest is seen standing in back of the locomotive. (Engine 51-2511-566; Bald. 0-6-0 '87)
Postcard photograph of workers posing on Engine #302; Identified workers are Engineer Fred B. Secrest, in white and Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, sitting right of Secrest.

3. Employees of Kanawha and Michigan Railroad in Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
038874
Title:
Employees of Kanawha and Michigan Railroad in Southern W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Postcard photograph of workers posing on Engine #302; Identified workers are Engineer Fred B. Secrest, in white and Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, sitting right of Secrest.
Postcard photograph of probably a Kanawha and Michigan Railroad train and workers with Engine No. 518. Identified are Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, 2nd from the left and Engineer Fred B. Secrest, 4th from the left.

4. Group Portrait of Employees With Engine No. 518, Southern W. Va.

IDNO:
038876
Title:
Group Portrait of Employees With Engine No. 518, Southern W. Va.
Date:
ca.1909
Description:
Postcard photograph of probably a Kanawha and Michigan Railroad train and workers with Engine No. 518. Identified are Brakeman Arthur Ratliff, 2nd from the left and Engineer Fred B. Secrest, 4th from the left.