Double Take On the left side of the photo, engineer Danny Seldomridge is keeping a keen eye on the tracks ahead and on the right you see fireman Chris Lambert working to keep up boiler pres... (more)

Taking the high line! Cass Scenic Railroad #5 pushes hard towards Whittaker as Shay #4 sits before heading on down to Cass. Photo taken at the upper switch back.

Engineer Danny Seldomridge keeps an eye on the tracks ahead and a hand on the breaks as we coast down grade just past the first switchback.

Fireman Chris Lambert works hard to maintain boiler pressure on the steep grade to Bald Knob.

Fireman Chris Lambert rakes the coals in the firebox of Big Six on the way back to the Depot

Speeding along Cass Scenic Railroad #5 nears the first switchback. A blur shot at 1/10 sec. Note the gears spinning in the bottom of the photo.

Shay #11 reverses a train of log flats up the 6% grade between the 1st and 2nd switchbacks on Cass Hill under a threatening sky.

Jerry Beck works to build up boiler pressure as we approach the first switch back.

CASS-HOME OF THE SHAYS. Shay #6 ( The last Shay ever built ) and Shay #11 ( Former Feather River #3 ) are standing by at the station awaiting for the evenings events.

Basking in a cloud of steam and smoke. Three steamers in close proximity is such a beautiful site.

Shay 5 getting ready to head up the mountain with a load of lumber.

Shay 5 heads up a log train for a photo run-by during the MSRLHA railfan weekend.

Shay #11 crossing over the culvert at Sugar Grove, about to tackle the 8.7% grade toward Whittaker Station

Big Six is running in reverse, shoving the log train up the hill toward the second switchback. Carl Franz Photo Special

Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #5 backs through Limestone Cut