The only oil-fired locomotive there, something of a sacrilege in WV but looking good none the less. This little lokie is now in Oregon.
No. 4 steams upgrade through the "S" curve below Whittaker.
No. 4, with a short freight, steams downgrade past the Gum Farm between the upper and lower switchbacks.
Fireman Andy Cassell keeps Western Maryland 6 hot as it steams upgrade towards Whittaker.
Sounding like a 4-8-4 at 70 mph, Western Maryland 6 charges up Cheat Mountain towards Whittaker with engineer Danny Seldomridge at the throttle.
The business side of the "Big Six."
Cass 5 wins the "Shay Race" during Railfan Weekend 2013 (Don't bet your money...I think it's rigged!)
What you see is a small portion of the backhead of Western Maryland Shay 6 as it operates over the rails at Cass Scenic Railroad. Every oil can in this photo was used on a different location of t... (more)
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)
Western Maryland 6 stands outside the Cass depot as night falls in Appalachia.
Cass Scenic 5 and Western Maryland 6 on a cool night at the Cass, West Virginia, depot. Lighting by MSRLHA.
Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat & Bald Knob Scenic No. 4 (Cass Scenic 4 in heritage lettering) steams on the former C&O Greenbrier Division main line in downtown Cass, West Virginia. The long name was us... (more)
Four Shays pose for night photos near the Cass shop on a cool night in the Appalachians.
The age-old tradition of polishing the brass at the start of the day is kept alive by the dedicated employees at Cass.
