A pair of WM-painted F units reflected in a pond alongside the West Virginia Central main line, which is ex-Western Maryland.
Veteran Cass Engineer Danny and West Virginia Central Trainmaster Matt clear the area ahead as Western Maryland Shay #6 pulls its special excursion train out of Cheat Bridge Station and heads sout... (more)
Besides the photo stop at the High Bridge, the only other runby performed on the northbound Cass to Elkins trip was held at this bridge over the Shavers Fork near Milepost 77, about five miles sou... (more)
WVC's FP7 67 and BL2 82 tagged along on the rear of the train from Elkins to Spruce during Shay 6's return trip to Cass. From Spruce, the diesels returned to Elkins with the WVC passenger equipmen... (more)
Shay 6 performs a photo run-by in the rain at Cheat Bridge as it makes its way back to Cass from Elkins. As an irrelevant side note, a raindrop hit me square in my left eye just after I took this ... (more)
Almost looking like a freight train from 60 years ago, Shay #6 and her excursion consist emerge from the woods and become visible for the first time to railfans gathered along Rt. 250 above Cheat ... (more)
It is not often that steam enthusiasts get to photograph these historic machines in truly remote wilderness settings. Having waited patiently on the shores of the Cheat River for over an hour, I... (more)
Homeward bound! The "Big Six" puts on a show for the cameras at Cheat Bridge Station under a misty gray sky. Following a brief water stop, she and her trainload of adventurous railfans would c... (more)
The Salamander wiggles its way down Cheat Mountain.
A Cheat Bridge Extra is passing a popular fishing hole on the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River as it brings an empty ballast train using elderly coal cars southward over former Western Maryland Rai... (more)