This photo of another heavy pacific in Terminus, shows some the famous arches that were so well known as part of Underground Terminus.  The city of Terminus was built up a level from the original city, therefore allowing streets to cross over the rail line and eliminate grade crossings.  This made for some very interesting scenes, especially as photograph from the so-called Terminus railroad gulch.

Eagles eye view of Terminus Terminal Area

This view was taken from atop a factory that bordered the Terminus railroad gulch area. Once again we see two passenger trains at the Terminal Station platforms.  The terminal station head house is above track level off camera to the right.  This station saw trains from the Bluefield as well as the N&W and The Ironball System.

P5 2916 and P5a 2922 sit with southbound passenger trains at Terminus Terminal Station, sometimes in the late '20s. Both engines were regular passenger power on the line from the mid '20s through the '50s. This scene would be repeated daily for years to come. 2922 has The Southbound Bluefield Flyer while 2916 is in from the Point Pleasant Branch with #7.  Both trains are bound for Bluefield.

Pacifics in the Roundhouse

 Here we see pacifics, 2900 and 2922 with their noses sticking out of the Mount Frigid roundhouse. Mount Frigid was a division point and essentially the midpoint of the Bluefield to Fairmont mainline. All north and southbound trains would change engines and crew here. 2900 and 2922 were  regular locomotives on the Bluefield Flyer and Pittsburgh Limited as availability allowed, and both engines were kept exceptionally clean for that service all the way up to the end. 2900 was one of 4 locomotives painted "Bluefield Blue" with gold lettering for service on the flyer. In later years she would be the only heavy pacific to keep her Blue Livery. Early on, all passenger engines ran with gold lettering instead of the standard yellow, but this too was [mostly] phased out later on.

This color slide, taken the same day as the previous photo shows P5a pacific 2922 proudly displaying the gold lettering on black livery.  She was one of several engines to keep the gold lettering, even after the railroad had mostly phased it out for the cheaper yellow used by all freight power. 2922 is about to back to the waiting Bluefield Flyer for the run north to Fairmont where the train will likely be turned over to a New York Central Hudson for the run into Pittsburgh.

Two passenger trains pose in front of the William's Ridge Depot in June of 1940.  The train closest to the camera is the Bluefield flyer pulled by a well maintained and spotless P5a class pacific, number 2922. P5 2916 is one track over, with a passenger local.

A Bluefield Pacific, 2916, crosses the crossing in the middle of downtown William's Ridge. A 4-4-2 class E, Atlantic type sits with a short passenger train at the station platform. In the far background, there looks to be a Mikado running down main street, delivering some freight cars to their industries.

A line of of 3 locomotives illustrates the main 3 locomotive classes used in the 1940s and early 1950s. The B class Berkshire stands obscuring the view of a P5 Pacific and M4 Mikado.