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)
In this time warp shot of Ely Thomas Shay #2 at Fenwick, WV, one can project one's self back to the 1930's.
Graham County shay #1926 at the Southern Rwy interchange at Topton during the summer of 1963.
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.
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay 6 is seen at Gum Curve as it heads back to Cass.
Shay 19 arriving at Lilly Fork, WV in December 1961 with an inbound log train.
Graham County Shay #1926 at Topton, NC (the junction with the Southern Rwy) during the summer of 1963.
The Cass Scenic Railroad's Western Maryland Shay #6 speeds along as it heads towards Bald Knob from this dramatic head-on view at 1/4 sec . The plume from pusher engine Shay #5 can ... (more)
