Cass Shays rest overnight at the shop after the first day of Railfan Weekend 2013.

Cass Scenic 4 and 5 stand ready on the old C&O Greenbrier Division main line to head up the hill towards Old Spruce on the first day of Railfan Weekend 2013.

Shay No. 4 rests outside the Cass shops, on a pleasant May evening within the quiet hollows of West Virginia..

Exhibiting scars from years of service on Cass Hill, Cass Scenic Shay No. 5 has been called a “dented, sway-backed carcass” with “not a straight line on her.” The 80-ton Shay was delivere... (more)

Shay No. 5 puts on an impressive show with a short freight in the Cass yard.

How's this for a heritage paint scheme? When the Cass line was saved for use as a tourist railroad, it ran one trip (in 1961) for the NRHS, with both Shay locomotives used that day lettered for th... (more)

Western Maryland Shay 6 performs a smoky runby at the Cass depot during the 2013 MSRLHA Railfan Weekend.

During Railfan Weekend's Shay runbys on Saturday morning, I went a little more "nose on" than most other folks, in an attempt to include all five Shay engines in the shot. (See No. 3 back there by... (more)

When the 1923 C&O depot at Cass burned down in 1975, it was replaced with this replica depot that combines decorative elements of an earlier, smaller C&O depot that stood at Cass with the floor pl... (more)

As of May 2013, this is the current active roster of the Cass Scenic Railroad (excluding No. 3, the display loco). Cass No. 2 is in the shop competently torn down for an overhaul; Heisler 6 is do... (more)

162-ton Western Maryland No. 6 dwarfs Agnew Lumber No. 3 (which at 80 tons, is no small locomotive) near the Cass Depot. Number 3 has been restored as a static display.

At 103 tons, Cass Scenic No. 11 (ex- Feather River Railway No. 3) is one of the largest Shays operating in the United States. (Of course, it pales in comparison to the 162-ton Western Maryland No... (more)

At the Cass shop, Western Maryland 6 is prepped to do battle against the mountain. A MSRLHA event.

Come rain or come shine, the trains still run. Cass Shay #11 shoves excursion cars toward the yard during a late afternoon downpour.

Shay No. 4 performs a photo run-by as Cass, W.Va., on a pleasant morning during their annual Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.