Shay No. 4 rests outside the Cass shops, on a pleasant May evening within the quiet hollows of West Virginia..

Exhibiting scars from years of service on Cass Hill, Cass Scenic Shay No. 5 has been called a “dented, sway-backed carcass” with “not a straight line on her.” The 80-ton Shay was delivere... (more)

Shay No. 5 puts on an impressive show with a short freight in the Cass yard.

How's this for a heritage paint scheme? When the Cass line was saved for use as a tourist railroad, it ran one trip (in 1961) for the NRHS, with both Shay locomotives used that day lettered for th... (more)

Western Maryland Shay 6 performs a smoky runby at the Cass depot during the 2013 MSRLHA Railfan Weekend.

During Railfan Weekend's Shay runbys on Saturday morning, I went a little more "nose on" than most other folks, in an attempt to include all five Shay engines in the shot. (See No. 3 back there by... (more)

When the 1923 C&O depot at Cass burned down in 1975, it was replaced with this replica depot that combines decorative elements of an earlier, smaller C&O depot that stood at Cass with the floor pl... (more)

At 103 tons, Cass Scenic No. 11 (ex- Feather River Railway No. 3) is one of the largest Shays operating in the United States. (Of course, it pales in comparison to the 162-ton Western Maryland No... (more)

Come rain or come shine, the trains still run. Cass Shay #11 shoves excursion cars toward the yard during a late afternoon downpour.

Shay No. 4 performs a photo run-by as Cass, W.Va., on a pleasant morning during their annual Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.

Engine Number 5 has been going up against the mountain since 1905 - it's the second oldest Shay in existence, and the oldest still operating. Here it takes a well-deserved rest outside the Cass s... (more)

Cass' Shay 11 approaches Bald Knob in a thick layer of fog as he prepares to de-train to allow the 300+ railfans attending Cass' Railfan Weekend to eat lunch and prepare to head back down the moun... (more)

Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association held it's 2013 Railfan Weekend May 17 through 19 at Cass Scenic RR State Park in Cass WV. . Here Shay 11 is climbing out of the forest an... (more)

The Fireman on Shay No. 6 shovels coal into the heart of the beast while performing a photo run-by at Whittaker, W.Va., on a rainy afternoon along Cass Scenic Railroad. Thanks to the MSRLHA and th... (more)

Cass Scenic Shays 4 and 5 pose for photos alongside the coal dock. Lighting by MSRLHA/Steve Barry