Mower Lumber Shays 4 & 5 round the curve on the ex-WM trackage at Spruce.

Dirk slowly pulls Shay #5 into Spruce.

A Trains Unlimited charter lead by 103 year old Shay 5 siphons water from a below ground tank under the watchful eyes of the Cass crew.

Trains of the WVC and Cass Scenic Railroad converge at the site of the ghost town of Spruce.

A bit of an overhead detail shot of 1928 Pacific Coast #2.

Engineer Brad Hoover seems to be posing but the grin is no doubt because he’s chuckling and thinking, “hmmm, look at all the foamers.”

The lunch stop at Spruce provided ample time to hike up the ridge and get this overlook shot of the abandoned logging town. All three steam engines used during Railfan Weekend came be seen here, a... (more)

GC&E #6 and Mower Lumber Co. #11 doublehead a log train over the grade at Twin Bridges.

Shay #2 pulls a loaded passenger train down the former GC&E route.

Shay #11 travels through the S-curve near Spruce. Note the snow, this photo was taken on May 19th the weather in the mountains is always unpredictable.

A log train crosses the second Shavers Fork bridge north of Spruce.

Cass’s two popular west coast Shays (2 from British Columbia and 11 from California) arrive at the junction of the CSRR and the West Virginia Central at Spruce.

The entirety of this log train can be seen across the wide valley at Spruce. Directly behind the engine is a WWI-era American Log Loader.

Shay 11 rounds the big curve at Spruce on the former Western Maryland. It’s hard to imagine this remote valley was once the site of a bustling logging town.