Former Western Maryland Railway Shay #6, the 2nd largest ever built and at 162 tons the largest left in existence, leads the freight train for Cass's annual Railfan Weekend downgrade into Spruce.
WM Shay 6 waits for it next assignment at the Cass Company Store
Cass railfan weekend 3 shay race featuring shay 6
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.
Shays 4 and 6 both run in reverse around either side of the water tank as the back towards town to start the day's activities.
If a switchstand could tell its story, I certainly wouldn't mind hearing the tales this one could tell. A story of one of the busiest lumber mills in WV, of countless Shays treading soft overhead ... (more)
The heart of the old logging operation at Cass was this mill built in 1922 after the original 1902 mill was destroyed by fire. The "new" mill ran until 1960, and it too burned in the early 1980s. ... (more)
The Three Train Race, a Cass Tradition.
Big Six rounds the curve passing the Bald Knob Emergency Water Tank. This is the last water tank on the way to Bald Knob and is rarely used by the railroad.
Big Six runs past the photo line at the Whittaker Water Tank.
Engineer Danny Seldomridge moves Big Six out of the tail of the Upper Switchback heading up the line toward Bald Knob. A Carl Franz Photo Charter
Big Six pulls the log train high above the Leatherbark Creek Valley.
Big Six at Bald Knob Former Western Maryland Shay #6 does its impression of a volcano while climbing the 9% grade to Bald Knob with the log train in tow during a photo charter at the Cass ... (more)
Western Maryland Shay #6 charges past the water tower as it photographed from this aerial view!
Western Maryland Shay #6 releases a large plume of smoke as she backs up before making another runbys for the photographer.
