Portrait of the C&O Durbin Line. Folks who've read about, but never actually seen the old C&O Durbin Line may have formed a mental image of picturesque, well-manicured right-of-way along a ... (more)

Running the Greenbrier River. Cass Heisler #6 looks right at home hauling a short freight along the Greenbrier River just a couple of miles south of Durbin, WV on a sunny spring morning. S... (more)

V-Twin Power. No, she's not a Harley, but if you talk to the crews, she rides a bit like one. This is the former Meadow River Heisler #6, a 1929-vintage, 3-Trucker which was originally bu... (more)

Mounting a top-end charge. In the vernacular of the drag racer, the 162-ton Western Maryland Shay #6 makes her move to "drive around" the 90-ton Heisler #6 as the Mountain State R... (more)

Race ya to the water tower! Three of the Cass Scenic Railroad's four operable steam locomotives participate in the annual "Great Locomotive Race" at the Mountain State Railroad & ... (more)

Freight to Cheat Bridge. The former Meadow River Heisler #6 hauls a well-used freight consist across the Shaver's Fork of the Cheat River, en route from Spruce, WV to Cheat Bridge, as part ... (more)

Cass after dark. Three geared locomotives stand guard at the old C&O Railroad Depot in downtown Cass, WV, awaiting their next call to action at daybreak. At the front of the line-up is Hei... (more)

Five hot! Producing an awesome set of exhaust plumes, the entire operable fleet of steam engines at the Cass Scenic Railroad puts on a display of mountain muscle at the annual Railfan Weeke... (more)

Some were built for power and some were built for speed. The former Meadow River Heisler #6 hauls a short freight through the Cass Yard in the early morning light.

Like a car stuck in l... (more)

Whittaker arrival. In a scene that is just classic Cass, the former Meadow River Lumber Co. Heisler #6 makes its entrance into the Whittaker Station at MP 4, complete with the obligatory in... (more)

Cass Night Watch. Night hostlers keep the 90-ton Meadow River Heisler #6 ready for duty as she sits in front of the C&O Depot in the logging town of Cass, WV.

Lighting provided by the M... (more)

With her brakemen winding up the hand brakes, a Mower Lumber Company log train descends off the 8.7% grade below Whittaker Camp. The power for this trip is the 90-ton, former Meadow River Heisle... (more)

After tackling the steepest grade on Cass Hill, at 8.7%, the former Meadow River Heisler #6 enters the station area at Whittaker Camp. At this location, the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park has n... (more)

The former Meadow River Heisler #6 barks loudly as she runs the last 100 yards to the entrance to Whittaker Logging Camp at Milepost 3.8. The 90-ton Heisler was the featured engine at this year'... (more)

Mountain muscle in the limelight. The former Meadow River Lumber Company Heisler #6, now in the stable of the Cass Scenic Railroad, is posed for photographers on the bridge over Leatherbark... (more)