Shay #5 passes the emergency water tank during a very wet day on Cheat Mountain.

Big Six takes on water as Heisler #6 pulls the log train down the old C&O mainline. Railfan Weekend 2010

Shay #11 takes on water as Heisler #6 passes by on the mainline. Railfan Weekend 2010

Shays 11 & 6 pull the passenger train over the Leatherbark Creek Bridge. Railfan Weekend 2010

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 5 heads out of the WYE as Cass Shay 11 sits waiting for its next move during 2010 Cass Railfan Weekend.

Shay #5 pulls the log train through the rain and fog on its way to the top of Bald Knob.

Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler #6 is engulfed in a steam bath as she is prepped for the 2010 Cass Railfan Weekend.

Cass Scenic Railroad Western Maryland Shay 6 passes the former lumber drying kilns of the once massive lumber mill.

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay's 11 and 6 take on water before heading up the mountain to Spruce pulling the Chesapeake and Allegheny Live Steamers photo trip.

Cass Scenic Railroad Western Maryland Shay 6 rolls past the water tower while performing a runby for the Chesapeake and Allegheny Live Steamers photo trip.

Window into the past! Former Mower Lumber Co. Shay 4 is seen pulling a log train up the hill from this view out of the former Elk River Coal and Lumber Co. bobber caboose window.

Shay 2 and 11 generate a lot of smoke and noise as they double-head a log train up the steep 8.7% grade approaching Whitaker Station.

Shay #19 at the end of the track in a typical West Virginia logging railroad scene at Browsing Branch, WV in July 1961.

Twin Seams Mining Shay 5 (former Meadow River) working near Holt, AL in August 1962. This operation was a former Frisco line with wooden trestles with limited maintenance, so much so that crews wo... (more)

Triple header at Cass in 1965.