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.
Still Smiling Cass Veteran Bud Cassell rides the caboose while preparing for some switching moves at Spruce. Bud has been working at Cass since the 60's and has done everything from engin... (more)
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
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 5 performs a runby during MSRLHA's Cass Railfan Weekend.
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 5 travels past Leatherbark Creek near the Back Mountain Road Crossing.
The 11 crosses over Leatherbark Creek... there's just something magical about a Shay and a babbling creek deep in the woods.
Rockin and a Rollin Western Maryland Shay 6 leads the three train race from this dramatic head on view. Shot during the 2009 Cass Railfan Weekend.
Shay 5 leads a log train during MSR&LHA's Cass Railfan Weekend, as seen here from the 'wrong' side of a Shay.