Cass Heisler #6 moves freight around the sweeping curve during the Cass Railman Weekend

Heisler #6 poses at the water tank during Cass Railfan Weekend.

During Cass Railfan Weekend 2 Shay's and a Heisler race.

Heisler #6 dressed up as GC&E leads Shay #11 dressed as Mower Lumber Company during Cass Railfan Weekend.

A great example of what makes Cass, West Virginia, so special. Coal-fired logging steam in the Appalachian Mountains. Yep, it's Almost Heaven.

Always a spectacle! The geared locomotive race at Cass during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

The crew of WM 6 job brief before departing the Cass depot. Photographed during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

A couple of crew members shoot the bull at the Cass depot after a long day on the road. Photographed during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Ass... (more)

Cass Scenic Shay 4 and Western Maryland Shay 6 pose at the Cass depot during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Cass No. 4 poses alongside the water tower during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Nature giveth....and nature taketh away. The overgrown siding on the old C&O Durbin Branch is home to a number of pieces of ancient railroad equipment that probably should have been scrappe... (more)

Dead Lined..... Squirreled away on a little-used, overgrown siding off the C&O Durbin Branch, sits a rather rusty piece of machinery that I never expected to see as I hiked along the Greenb... (more)

Miller Time...... After dropping his photo freight on a siding adjacent to the depot, long-time Cass Engineer, Dirk Caloccia takes his 70-ton Shay #4 back to the shops, where she'll join 3 ... (more)

"Big Six" poses at the Cass water tower during Railfan Weekend 2015, sponsored by the Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association.

Earl Knoob eases Heisler 6 back towards the shop during preparations for Railfan Weekend 2015.