Sweet Appalachia. Shay 5 steams through the hills that she's called home since her birth.

Cass Scenic 4 and 5 stand ready on the old C&O Greenbrier Division main line to head up the hill towards Old Spruce on the first day of Railfan Weekend 2013.

Exhibiting scars from years of service on Cass Hill, Cass Scenic Shay No. 5 has been called a “dented, sway-backed carcass” with “not a straight line on her.” The 80-ton Shay was delivere... (more)

Shay No. 5 puts on an impressive show with a short freight in the Cass yard.

Engine Number 5 has been going up against the mountain since 1905 - it's the second oldest Shay in existence, and the oldest still operating. Here it takes a well-deserved rest outside the Cass s... (more)

Cass Scenic No. 5 poses for photos at the Cass Depot during the 50th Anniversary Railfan Weekend. Thanks to the Mountain States Railroad & Logging Historical Association for making this image pos... (more)

Cass Scenic Railroad Shays #4 and #5 doublehead through the town of Cass.

Engineer Brad Hoover power washes the gears of Shay #5.

In their element. Amidst the deep woods and mountain mist, Shays 5 and 11 meet at Old Spruce on a wet spring morning in May.

Running the Shavers Fork. A Mower Lumber Company train, led by the 1905-vintage Shay #5, drifts along the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River on a murky afternoon in May. This re-creation made... (more)