Shay 4 takes on water at the Cass water tower before beginning the "Parade of Steam" at the Cass Scenic Railroad

A Sierra Railway passenger excursion rolls westward on a summer afternoon. The train is just out of Jamestown, crossing Bell Mooney Road.

A photo freight on the City of Prineville Railway performs a photo runby on the west side of Prineville.

Grham County shay #1925 simering, ready for the next run.

Five locomotives under steam. Shay #2, #4, #5 and #11 (hidden behind #2) and Climax #9 are lined up for the West Virginia Rail Heritage Weekend.

Leetonia Railway - Ely Thomas Lumber Company Shay number 1 on display in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

Cass Shay no. 2 approaches the crossing at Back Mountain Road during the 2016 Cass Fall Photography Workshop.

Like horses to water, three thirsty Shays crawl up to the water tank in Cass.

The tender of "#4" sits idle, yet in beautiful condition, as a triple header of Shay steam locomotives head for the shops at the Cass Scenic Railway.

While most of the locomotives on the roster at Cass scenic Railroad had spent their careers in the lumbering business, Western Maryland Shay 6 was used to haul coal on remote mining branches in We... (more)

On its debut weekend after being released from the B&O Museum in Baltimore, Western Maryland Shay 6 brings a photo freight up the former C&O line to Durbin, West Virginia.

Cass Shay 4 poses in front of the company town with a Barnhart loader and some log cars during the 1981 Cass Railfan Weekend.

A two-truck Shay steam locomotive sits in Columbia Falls not far away from BNSF's Hi-Line Sub. It's true history is uncertain, some sources identify it as GN 1 or GN 2769, but it's generally agree... (more)

Hesston Steam Museum's Shay type locomotive heads out of the forest and towards the station depot.

Hesston Steam Museum's Shay type locomotive makes one last run for the season before being put away for the winter.