Breaking the silence of the mountains in Cass, WV, one of Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay locomotive navigates through the mountains with the whistle screaming. As the train slows down, Danny prepares... (more)

The Great Train Race Big 6 races the Durbin and Greenbrier's train around the horseshoe curve at Spruce, passing the NARCOA's line of speeders.

Local lore says that if you drink the water of the Leatherbark that you'll never leave Cass... It seems to be so!

Up Cass Hill.

Big 6 leads the day's train to Bald Knob upgrade at the upper switchback, meeting #5 leading the 11am Whittaker train downhill. Some of you may notice that it is unusual for a Cass engine to lead,... (more)

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.

It's lettered "Greenbrier, Cheat, & Elk" on the tender tank, but the front number plate says "Cass Railroad." Shay No. 1 was painted red and green and wore "Cass, Greenbrier, Cheat, & Bald Knob S... (more)

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.

Cass 5 wins the "Shay Race" during Railfan Weekend 2013 (Don't bet your money...I think it's rigged!)

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)

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)

Shay 11 idles among the Red Spruce on the line to Bald Knob.