Cass conductor Gene Lambert provides hand signals to Big 6 engineer Danny Seldomridge as crews work to build a double header featuring both Western Maryland 6 and Shay No. 5.

While Shay No. 4 and a short log consist pose south of the depot in the background, Shay No. 5 leads a freight consist north on the Cass main toward the water tower. An MSRLHA event.

Cass 5 wins the "Shay Race" during Railfan Weekend 2013 (Don't bet your money...I think it's rigged!)

One of the traditions during Railfan Weekend is the "Shay Race" on Sunday morning. Here Western Maryland 6, Cass Scenic 5, and Cass Scenic 4 "race" away from the depot.

Shay No. 5 was delivered to this very location by the Lima Locomotive & Machine Works in 1905, which makes it "one of the oldest engines in continuous service on its original line, and the second ... (more)

Shays 5 and 6 doublehead the passenger train past the water tanks at Oats Run.

Short photo freight hauled by Cass Scenic No. 5 as part of Railfan Weekend 2013.

Cass Number 5 climbs the mountain during Railfan Weekend 2013.

A women's job too. Yes, that's right. A women working on a steam engine! Cass Scenic Railroad employee Amy McGrew was the fireman on Shay 5 all throughout the Cass Railfan weekend and did a... (more)

Shay 5 and Shay 6 perform a doubleheaded runby with the passenger train after taking on water at Oats Run while patrons of the Cass Railfan Weekend grab their own photos. A MSRLHA event.

Sweet Appalachia. Shay 5 steams through the hills that she's called home since her birth.

Cass Scenic 4 and 5 stand ready on the old C&O Greenbrier Division main line to head up the hill towards Old Spruce on the first day of Railfan Weekend 2013.

Exhibiting scars from years of service on Cass Hill, Cass Scenic Shay No. 5 has been called a “dented, sway-backed carcass” with “not a straight line on her.” The 80-ton Shay was delivered to the... (more)

Shay No. 5 puts on an impressive show with a short freight in the Cass yard.

Engine Number 5 has been going up against the mountain since 1905 - it's the second oldest Shay in existence, and the oldest still operating. Here it takes a well-deserved rest outside the Cass s... (more)