Shays #5 and #4 pose at the water tank at night. These two are the only shays remaining at Cass that were a part of the logging operation prior to purchase by the state.
Shays #5 and #11 make their presence known as they begin the climb up the 11% grade to Bald Knob.
The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay #5 and #6 take on water at Oats Run on a cold and wet day on Cheat Mountain.
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #5 takes on water at Oats Run after helping the Bald Knob train up the mountain earlier in the day as the snow begins to fall.
In a scene repeated thousands of times, and hopefully thousands more to come, a Shay backs out of the yard headed to the station with cylinder cocks open. The building in the foreground was the dr... (more)
Another interesting location high on Cheat Mountain is the wye that was used to turn the skidder in the logging days. We are on the ridge line here in the spruce forests as the star of the day's s... (more)
In a volcanic fury of smoke and screaming high pitched 3 chime whistle, 106 year old Shay 5 does what she was built to do as she storms out of the woods on a comparatively light grade and prepares... (more)
Shay 5 passes the emergency water talk as she claws up the side of Cheat Mountain less than a mile from her destination of Bald Knob.
A scene at the Cass depot as part of the 2011 Mountain State RR & Logging Historical Assoc Railfan Weekend. Visit www.msrlha.org for info.
The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay #4 and #5 are seen from this aerial view as they depart the Cass depot for an impressive doubleheader up the mountain to Bald Knob. Shay #5, built in 1905, has spen... (more)
Doing her best impression of Mount Vesuvius in full eruption, the 105 year-old Mower Lumber Company Shay #5 charges past Oats Creek Tank in a pelting rain.
Shay #5 passes the emergency water tank during a very wet day on Cheat Mountain.
Cass Scenic RR Shay 5 (Lima 1905) with a short log train at the Oats Creek water tank. Railfan Weekend 2010.
Shay #5 pulls the log train through the rain and fog on its way to the top of Bald Knob.
Shays 4 and 5 pose by the Cass depot during the 2008 Cass Railfan Weekend. Similar scenes will be recreated in 2010.
