Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #5 takes his train to the yard.

Shay #5 in the Cass Railroad Parade of Steam

The crew at Cass and Durbin treated the fans to a great time for the Heritage Weekend 2021. Churning uphill, number 5 slides through a snakey S-curve.

116 year old Shay #5 hauls an empty log train up Cheat Mountain

116 year old Shay #5 shoves an empty log train up Cheat Mountain

116 year old Shay #5 shoves an empty log train around Gum Curve as she heads up Cheat Mountain

Volcanic! We steam photographers love a good plume, and no single locomotive type produces a classic Vesuvian plume as reliably as a Shay. Here, we find the 1905 vintage Shay #5, the olde... (more)

Shays 5 and 6 take a rest at Whittaker station on a rainy fall afternoon with the Whittaker and Bald Knob trains, respectively. Both trains would later coast downhill to Cass.

Shay #5 runs upgrade during a runby for Cass Railfan Weekend.

Engineer Brad Hoover takes a break from brushing cinders off the running board of Shay No. 5.

Smoke rolls back over Cass Scenic Shay 5 during a photo runby at Spruce, WV.

In this photo taken while Shay No. 6 had been turned for the Great West Virginia Train Race in July, Shay No. 6 sits on the former C&O mainline while Shay No. 5 heads towards the shop.

In a rare move, Shay #6 backs down the C&O main while Shay #5 runs past the Cass depot. This photo was taken while Shay #6 had been turned for the Great West Virginia Train Race in July.