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)

With her brakemen winding up the hand brakes, a Mower Lumber Company log train descends off the 8.7% grade below Whittaker Camp. The power for this trip is the 90-ton, former Meadow River Heisle... (more)

After tackling the steepest grade on Cass Hill, at 8.7%, the former Meadow River Heisler #6 enters the station area at Whittaker Camp. At this location, the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park has n... (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.

With a combined 100,000 lbs of tractive effort, Shays 11 and 6 take the 10-car, Cass Railfan Weekend double-header across the first of two bridges over Leatherbark Creek. The train's destination... (more)

Cass Shay #11 and Western Maryland Big 6 pause at Oats Creek Tank to take on water before double-heading to Bald Knob. Back in the day, logging engines such as these often operated on temporary ... (more)

The former Meadow River Heisler #6 barks loudly as she runs the last 100 yards to the entrance to Whittaker Logging Camp at Milepost 3.8. The 90-ton Heisler was the featured engine at this year'... (more)

Mountain muscle in the limelight. The former Meadow River Lumber Company Heisler #6, now in the stable of the Cass Scenic Railroad, is posed for photographers on the bridge over Leatherbark... (more)

Cass Scenic Railroad's 103-ton Shay Number 11 whistles the Logging Road Crossing at MP 2.9 as she drifts downhill with a log train. Number 11 is a transplant to the Eastern United States, having ... (more)

Shay #11 reverses a train of log flats up the 6% grade between the 1st and 2nd switchbacks on Cass Hill under a threatening sky.

My favorite shot from Cass this year is this simple wedge of Western Maryland Big 6 pushing a log train up the 6% grade at Gum Field. The weather on Cheat Mountain in the spring is often cloudy a... (more)

Long before Top Fuel and Pro-Stock were ever thought of, manly gear-heads were settling scores with more primitive muscle machines. Pictured here is a drag race between Shay Locomotives some place... (more)

Shay Power! Cass Engine Crews unleash 135,000 lbs of tractive effort in an impressive demonstration of mountain muscle. With the 104 year-old Shay #5 on point, this triple-header also in... (more)

Shay Power! Cass Shays 5, 11 and Big 6 team up to haul a log train toward the Cass Water Tank on a misty spring morning. This impressive demonstration of geared steam power was orchestrat... (more)

Almost there... Western Maryland Shay #6 storms past a little-used emergency water stop as she hauls her log train up the last half mile to the summit of Bald Knob. This is probably Carl... (more)