Cass scenic railroad railfan weekend provided railfans an opportunity to expeiriencne steam in the moutains.A big thanks to members and staff of The Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical As... (more)
Two Shays meet in the valley near the old town site of Spruce. Pictured here are 90-ton model 11 built in 1923 and 80-ton model 5 built in 1905. The 5 has spent its entire life hauling logs then t... (more)
Cass scenic railroad railfan weekend night shoot has Shay 11 getting water and WM Shay 6 waiting it next assignment.
Shay #11 navigates the wye in a driving rainstorm.
The Three Train Race, a Cass Tradition.
Big Six rounds the curve passing the Bald Knob Emergency Water Tank. This is the last water tank on the way to Bald Knob and is rarely used by the railroad.
Big Six runs past the photo line at the Whittaker Water Tank.
Engineer Danny Seldomridge moves Big Six out of the tail of the Upper Switchback heading up the line toward Bald Knob. A Carl Franz Photo Charter
Cass Train Crew member Bob Starks waits for Shay #11 to move the passenger train forward so he can align the switch for Big Six and the log train. A Carl Franz Photo Charter
Big Six pulls the log train high above the Leatherbark Creek Valley.
Big Six at Bald Knob Former Western Maryland Shay #6 does its impression of a volcano while climbing the 9% grade to Bald Knob with the log train in tow during a photo charter at the Cass ... (more)
An early spring snow storm dropped a few inches of wet snow on Cass over the weekend.
Grady Smith tack welds the inside of the new water tank for the Climax locomotive at Cass, WV. The tank will hold 2,500 gallons of water.
Just another day in the Cass Shop A look inside the firebox of Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 2 with part of the side-sheet removed for replacement.
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 2 sits with boiler removed inside the Cass Shop as she undergoes major repairs as part of the FRA form 4 recertification.
