Two former South Branch Valley ALCOs, one still in B&O paint, sit in the weeds near Cass without a single intact pane of glass to their name.

Engineer Brad Hoover seems to be posing but the grin is no doubt because he’s chuckling and thinking, “hmmm, look at all the foamers.”

A log train trundles down the old Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk mainline.

The Tweetsie crew poses in the evening with the engines, the only operating steam in NC recently.

Here’s a look inside the smokebox at the superheater header of an abandoned 1943 consolidation on the Cass dead line. It seems that a few plants decided to call this rather inhospitable env... (more)

An interesting study of the nozzle structure and front flue sheet inside the open smoke box of 102 year old Shay 5 residing in the Cass Shop. Even without the spark arrestor, that stack is rather... (more)

In a time honored tradition, all 5 crew members of this Mower Lumber log train take a rest as their Shay siphons water out of an old stationary boiler at Oats Run.

A faded out Dash 7 skirts alongside the scenic James River valley passing the Cushaw Hydroelectric Dam, which makes for an interesting backdrop. The crew worked east out of Glasgow, picking up fal... (more)

Loaded logs wait to make the descent from West Virginia’s second highest peak.

Nothing says logging railroad like geared locomotives and spruce trees.

Ah, the tedium of steam restoration. Chalk markings show the cylinder mount bore of a 1919 Climax being restored by the Mtn. State RR & Logging Hist. Assoc. The clock on the wall seems fitting as ... (more)

With the falls of the James River created by the Cushaw Hydroelectric plant in the foreground, this loaded coal train goes east across the valley. Just visible behind the RR bridge is the Appalach... (more)

Both engineer Danny Seldomridge and his fireman look quite obviously perplexed. They’re probably trying to figure out what Carl Franz is dreaming up for them to do next.

Cass acquired this 1920 class 80-3 Shay from Washington in 2002. Initial plans, which called for restoring this engine in short order because of the sound boiler, never happened. One can see that... (more)

A log train crosses the second Shavers Fork bridge north of Spruce.