With nearly a half a dozen passenger cars in tow with tourists, Western Maryland 6 makes her way up switchbacks of the Cass Scenic Railroad.

Waiting: Fort Steele Steam Railway shay 115 waits in the wings on a summer day in July, 2011. The engine - a vet of Vancouver Island logging roads - hasn't run in sometime, but hopefully wi... (more)

Shay 5 renamed for Mower Lumber Company # 5 takes the log train toward spruce.

WM Shay 6 waits for it next assignment at the Cass Company Store

Shay # 11 ready for a days work

Cass railfan weekend 3 shay race featuring shay 6

Cass 5 with the log train at the wye

Taking the Old Spruce main, Shay 5 rumbles upgrade with a log train in tow. An MSRLHA event.

Railroading in Appalachia..

Making the trek over the Appalachian Mountains toward Lower Switchbank, we negotiate wet rail during day two of the Cass Railfan Weekend, as seen by this fisheye perspective on the platform of ful... (more)

Before making the commute to Lower Switchback, CSRR 11 has paused for water. An MSRLHA event.

From left to right, Shay locomotives 4, 6, and 11 race through the valley of Cass during one of the most popular photo runby's of the Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.

Briefly pausing just south of the water tank, Shay 4 leads a log train in the mountains of Appalachia. Shay 4 will provide power to our photo freight today, as far as of the MSRLHA Cass Railfan We... (more)

Shay 4 and Shay 5 briefly pause from their duties in downtown Cass.

Approaching the Apex, Shay 5 will soon negotiate the wye high above Cass along the Cheat Mountain Ridge.