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F. S. Baird, Vice President of Norfolk & Western Railway, address crowd during Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

F. S. Baird, Vice-Pres., Norfolk & Western Ry. Photo by N.&W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.

  1. James Madison University
  2. Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956
  3. Photographs, 1949/1954
  4. Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board the Stonewall Jackson's first fun, after the Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

Text on photo: Harrisonburg High School Band plays as invited guests board first train, after ceremony. 5/29/53 Photo by N.&W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.

  1. James Madison University
  2. Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956
  3. Photographs, 1949/1954
  4. Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

Major General Carl R. Gray Jr. drives the golden spike for the Shenandoah Central Railroad while others look on, 1953

Text on photo: Driving of the Golden Spike, Shandoah Central Railroad, Lakeside Station (Penn Laird, Va.), 4:30 P.M. May 29, 1953 by Major-General Carl R. Gray, Jr., Veterans Administrator of the U.S. (former Vice-Pres., Chicago & Northwestern Ry., and Chief, Military Railway Service, European Theater, W.W.II). L to R - C.G. Price, Jr., Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr., Shenandoah Central R.R., W.W. Menefee, Jr., Sect'y.-Treas., Shenandoah Central R.R., L.W. Huncke, Pres., Wm. A. Smith Contracting Co., Kansas City, Kas. (donors of track-laying), F.S. Baird, Vice-Pres. (Traffic), Norfolk & Western Ry., Sherman Pippin, Engineer of last train when E.T.&W.N.C.R.R. abandoned narrow-gauge division in 1950. (Equipment bought by Shenandoah Central R.R.), General Gray, A.W. St. Clair, Gen'l. Mgr., Southern Ry. System - Lines East, C.R. Wilburn, Vice-Pres., Operations, East Broad Top R.R., Dr. P.S. Hill, Pres., Shenandoah Central R.R., (Mr. D.W. Thomas, Pres., Chesapeake Western Ry. temporarily absent when picture taken.) Photo by: N.&W. Ry. - handwritten; Please return to: C.G. Price, Jr. 531 Ott Street Harrisonburg, Va. 22801 - handwritten and address label.

  1. James Madison University
  2. Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956
  3. Photographs, 1949/1954
  4. Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

Sherman Pippin, retired ET&WNC engineer, addresses crowd during Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

Text on photo: Sherman Pippin, retired E.T.&W.N.C. R.R. engineer. He was engineer on last run of their narrow-gauge division in October, 1950. Taken at S.C.R.R.'s Golden Spike Ceremony May 29, 1953, Photo by N.&W. Ry. - handwritten; Property of C. G. Price, Jr. 276 Franklin Street Harrisonburg, Virginia - handwritten and address label.

  1. James Madison University
  2. Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916/1997, bulk 1948/1956
  3. Photographs, 1949/1954
  4. Golden Spike Ceremony, 1953

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