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.

Shays 5, 6, and 11 blast off for the popular Shay race during the MSR&LHA's Cass Railfan Weekend.

Cass Shays 5 and 11 doublehead the Railfan Weekend passenger train into Spruce. Unfortunately the gorgeous weather that morning did not hold out for the majority of the weekend.

Shay 5 performs a run-by for the railfans on the S-curve below Whitaker Station. It is impressive to see these engines climbing grades exceeding 5% and in some places 9%.

Carl Franz Photo Special