The steel tire from Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #11 is removed from its wheel. The tire is heated, expanding the tire and then it is beat off of the wheel with a sledge hammer.

The 12.13 mile Graham County Railroad operated between Topton and Robbinsville from the wye at Junction, the interchange with the Southern Railroad’s Murphy freight only branch. Graham County Sh... (more)

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #11 travels down the Cass main during a light snowfall.

The sun broke through the clouds for literally a minute, giving me just enough time to capture this impressive shot of Western Maryland Shay 6 powering down the Cass main.

Fall peak in Cass! The 3pm train has just pulled into the station at Cass during an incredible season of fall color.

Arriving at Bald Knob, Western Maryland 6 has successfully pulled a loaded train up the 11% grades of the Cass Scenic Railroad. Despite the early fall, colors are incredible this year.

Cass Shay #11 crosses Leatherbark Creek with the 3pm trip to Whittaker Station on a beautiful fall day.

The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay #6 sits near MP 9 while a tree is removed from the tracks after having been toppled from the heavy wet snowfall.

The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay #5 and #6 take on water at Oats Run on a cold and wet day on Cheat Mountain.

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #5 takes on water at Oats Run after helping the Bald Knob train up the mountain earlier in the day as the snow begins to fall.

The Cass Scenic Railroad's Western Maryland Shay 6 takes on water at Oats Run during an early October snowfall which dropped 9" in the highest elevations of West Virginia.

Marshal at Roaring Camp has shooed tourists away from climbing on front of locomotive for family photos, allowing an opportunity for me to take my own unobstructed photo.

Gear driven Shay locomotives tackles its first hill on the last excursion of the day through the coastal redwood forest above Santa Cruz, CA.

Fireman Chris Lambert throws another shovel of coal into the firebox of Western Maryland Shay 6 as we head up the mountain to Bald Knob on a rainy August afternoon.

Stopped at Whittaker, WM 6 unloads passengers for a quick bathroom break.