After shadowing Big 6 from Cass, Western Maryland FP7 67 and BL2 82 run around the train on the lightly used and overgrown siding at Bowden. The diesels would be used to pull the train through Kel... (more)

After a hard day on the mountain, WM 6 shoves its caboose over the Tygart Valley River and back into the Elkins yard for the night.

The first steam engine along this line in decades definitely brought out both the young and old, as evidenced by this group in Bowden.

WVC's FP7 67 and BL2 82 tagged along on the rear of the train from Elkins to Spruce during Shay 6's return trip to Cass. From Spruce, the diesels returned to Elkins with the WVC passenger equipmen... (more)

Shay 6 performs a photo run-by in the rain at Cheat Bridge as it makes its way back to Cass from Elkins. As an irrelevant side note, a raindrop hit me square in my left eye just after I took this ... (more)

Shay 6 wakes up the neighborhood as it leads its train over the Tygart River early in the morning. The train is making its way down to the depot to board passengers for the epic return trip to Cas... (more)

WM 6 sails over a small dam on the Tygart River on an original Western Maryland trestle during an early morning run.

The 6 shoves its train past the passenger shack in Elkins as it makes an evening run up to Kelley Mountain Tunnel.

WM 6 crosses the Tygart River bridge as it prepares for a day of pulling short excursions out of Elkins.

With the excursion runs done for the day, the Big 6 pulls down for coal and water.

The younger generation is introduced to steam as WM 6 is watered by the Elkins Fire Department during its visit for the depot's centennial. Thanks to Cass Scenic, WVC, and MSR&LHA for making this ... (more)

WVC's BL2 poses next to Cass Scenic's Western Maryland Shay 6, which is in town for the centennial celebration of the depot in Elkins. Made possible by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Histor... (more)

Steam returns to Elkins! 'Big Six' is greeted by some local children as she crosses the Tygart River just a few yards from the station bringing steam back to Elkins for the first tim... (more)

A classic EMD BL2 and FP7A sits at the Elkins Depot along with a Lima Shay steam engine for a night photo session arranged by the fine folks at MSRLHA.

Signaling a changing of the guard, WM 82 sits ahead of a Shay steam engine at the Elkins Depot.