Former Western Maryland Railway Shay #6, the 2nd largest ever built and at 162 tons the largest left in existence, leads the freight train for Cass's annual Railfan Weekend downgrade into Spruce.

WM Shay 6 waits for it next assignment at the Cass Company Store

From left to right, Shay locomotives 4, 6, and 11 race through the valley of Cass during one of the most popular photo runby's of the Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.

Western Maryland 6 pauses by the Cass water tank on the C&O mainline, north of downtown. A MSR&LHA night photo shoot as part of 2011 Cass Railfan Weekend.

Here is a scene from the Spruce festivities during Cass Railfan Weekend 2009. Western Maryland power in the form of an FP7 and BL2 head up a hopper train with Shay #6 "pushing". On the near track ... (more)

A machine room on wheels. That's my first impression every time I see a Shay Locomotive. The vertical cylinders, the massive drive shaft, the open gearing and the steam wafting out everyw... (more)

Rockin and a Rollin Western Maryland Shay 6 leads the three train race from this dramatic head on view. Shot during the 2009 Cass Railfan Weekend.

As the sunset approaches, Western Maryland Shay #6 returns to downtown Elkins after a special excursion to Kelly Mountain Tunnel. In July of 2008, Shay 6 and a mixed consist of cars from the Cas... (more)

With high winds on the mountain, Big Six takes the connection to Spruce toward home rails. The Western Maryland once owned the right of way at Spruce, these days it's under the control of The West... (more)

Western Maryland Shay 6 screams through the town of Junior in what is a very West Virginia-looking scene to me. What could be a better birthday present to me!

Coaling a Shay in the 21st century. With no engine facilities in Elkins, a way to coal the locomotive had to be arranged. A pile of coal was dumped in a nearby parking lot and a backhoe pla... (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)

After shadowing Big 6 from Cass, Western Maryland FP7 67 and BL2 82 run around the train on the lightly used and overgrown siding at Bowden. The diesels would be used to pull the train through Kel... (more)

After a hard day on the mountain, WM 6 shoves its caboose over the Tygart Valley River and back into the Elkins yard for the night.

The first steam engine along this line in decades definitely brought out both the young and old, as evidenced by this group in Bowden.