A great example of what makes Cass, West Virginia, so special. Coal-fired logging steam in the Appalachian Mountains. Yep, it's Almost Heaven.

A couple of crew members shoot the bull at the Cass depot after a long day on the road. Photographed during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Ass... (more)

Cass Scenic Shay 4 and Western Maryland Shay 6 pose at the Cass depot during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Heisler 6 backs up for another runby between Cheat Bridge and Spruce, West Virginia.

Heisler 6 steams across Shavers Fork of the Cheat River during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Heisler 6 is coming off the Cass connection into the siding at Spruce, high in the mountains of West Virginia.

Smoke darkens the sky during a photo runby at Spruce during Cass Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Heisler No. 6 is switching out its freight train at Spruce during the first day of Railfan Weekend 2015.

Cass No. 4 poses alongside the water tower during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Nature giveth....and nature taketh away. The overgrown siding on the old C&O Durbin Branch is home to a number of pieces of ancient railroad equipment that probably should have been scrappe... (more)

Dead Lined..... Squirreled away on a little-used, overgrown siding off the C&O Durbin Branch, sits a rather rusty piece of machinery that I never expected to see as I hiked along the Greenb... (more)

Miller Time...... After dropping his photo freight on a siding adjacent to the depot, long-time Cass Engineer, Dirk Caloccia takes his 70-ton Shay #4 back to the shops, where she'll join 3 ... (more)

Heisler 6 smokes it up at Spruce during a Railfan Weekend photo runby

Earl Knoob eases Heisler 6 back towards the shop during preparations for Railfan Weekend 2015.

Saturday of the 1981 Cass railfan weekend found Bald Knob mountain encased in patchy fog, with the scenic view from the summit being all of about fifty feet. On the way up, doubleheaded Shays 4 an... (more)