The Cass water tower is silhouetted against the night sky on a clear summer evening.

Making our way back down the mountain at 8MPH, WM 6 passes Lower Gum while a teenage girl enjoys the sights of beautiful Appalachia.

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.

The Milky Way glows over the C&O Water Tower.

The Milky Way lights up the night sky over the Cass water tower.

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

The scene many of us have grown to know and love Cass for: 3 Shays rock and roll down the old C&O "racing" side by side as they fill the Greenbrier Valley with clouds of smoke and steam.

The Cass Crew: Engineer Dirk Calocia waits for a orders to move.

Shay 4 surmounts the 9% grade into Whittaker.

Shay 4 performs runbys alongside Leatherbark Creek.

The Cass Crew: A face familiar to many visitors to the Cass Scenic RR over the past 20+ years, engineer Danny Seldomridge pilots the "big 6" through the yard at Cass.