With cylinder cocks open, Shay 11 backs past the ruins of the old WV Pulp and Paper Mill.

The Cass Crew: Firewoman Amy Beck goes about the daily rituals of readying her engine by tightening down the spark arrester.

In a scene repeated thousands of times, and hopefully thousands more to come, a Shay backs out of the yard headed to the station with cylinder cocks open. The building in the foreground was the dr... (more)

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.

Shay 5 pulls the log train to the top of Bald Knob during a run-by.

The Cass Crew: Here we see Dirk and Amy - the engineer and firewoman of Shay 11 - going out their morning rituals. Dirk seems to be imparting a little wisdom of greasing the gears which is accompl... (more)

Another interesting location high on Cheat Mountain is the wye that was used to turn the skidder in the logging days. We are on the ridge line here in the spruce forests as the star of the day's s... (more)

In the morning sun, Shay 5 negotiates the Appalachian Mountains with a log train in tow. An MSRLHA event.

One last detail shot from the MSR&LHA's restoration shop. That is one of the engines cylinders you see sitting in the background. I would encourage you to visit http://www.msrlha.org/climax/index.... (more)