The one and only "Big Six" poses for the assembled photogs in front of the Elkins Depot on the first night of her visit.

Western Maryland Shay #6 brings her excursion consist onto the platform lead at Elkins for the final time as she prepares to board her passengers and depart for home at Cass.

The sun came out for the second photo run-by location but it was a tough location to use it. Here the train comes around the curve with the photo line set up on the left and the sun coming from th... (more)

Western Maryland Shay #6 crosses the Tygart River in Elkins for the last time as she begins her long journey back to Cass. The tank car behind her is an auxiliary water car which was painted whi... (more)

Coaling a Shay in the 21st century. With no engine facilities in Elkins, a way to coal the locomotive had to be arranged. A pile of coal was dumped in a nearby parking lot and a backhoe pla... (more)

Western Maryland Shay #6 waits for its orders as a passenger train departs the station.

Time warp! Western Maryland Shay #6 returns back to the station after a day of pulling passengers. Western Maryland BL2 #82 sits on the siding.

The Western Maryland "Big Six" returns to Elkins Depot after an evening excursion to Kelley Mountain Tunnel. Every arrival during this event brought out the local townsfolk, many of whom had pro... (more)

Former Western Maryland Shay #6 and Western Maryland BL2 #82 pose side by side during a MSR&LHA night photo session.

Will She Fit?? One of the many unknowns on the inaugural steam trip to Elkins was will Western Maryland Shay #6 fit through Kelley Mountain tunnel. Well minus her whistle and with less than... (more)

After a hard day on the mountain, WM 6 shoves its caboose over the Tygart Valley River and back into the Elkins yard for the night.

Shay 6 wakes up the neighborhood as it leads its train over the Tygart River early in the morning. The train is making its way down to the depot to board passengers for the epic return trip to Cas... (more)

WM 6 sails over a small dam on the Tygart River on an original Western Maryland trestle during an early morning run.

The 6 shoves its train past the passenger shack in Elkins as it makes an evening run up to Kelley Mountain Tunnel.

MSR&LHA and Cass Scenic Railroad staff look at Shay 6 in amazement that it is really in Elkins! Many logistical issues played against Shay 6 coming to Elkins...Would Shay 6 fit through the Kelly M... (more)