Shay 6 simmers on the top of Bald Knob during the first Lunar Express ride to Bald Knob.

Shay #6 waits her next assignment at the Cass Water tank

Big 6.

Big 6 hauls the freight train high up on the mountain.

Man and his machine: veteran Cass engineer Danny Seldomridge checks over his charge prior to a trip up the mountain.

WM #6, CSRR #11 and a hand cart with 2 MSR&LHA members also a 5 yr. old boy pose during a night photo session for Cass Railfan Weekend.

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

Here is a scene from the Spruce festivities during Cass Railfan Weekend 2009. Western Maryland power in the form of an FP7 and BL2 head up a hopper train with Shay #6 "pushing". On the near track ... (more)

A machine room on wheels. That's my first impression every time I see a Shay Locomotive. The vertical cylinders, the massive drive shaft, the open gearing and the steam wafting out everyw... (more)

Rockin and a Rollin Western Maryland Shay 6 leads the three train race from this dramatic head on view. Shot during the 2009 Cass Railfan Weekend.

As the sunset approaches, Western Maryland Shay #6 returns to downtown Elkins after a special excursion to Kelly Mountain Tunnel. In July of 2008, Shay 6 and a mixed consist of cars from the Cas... (more)

With high winds on the mountain, Big Six takes the connection to Spruce toward home rails. The Western Maryland once owned the right of way at Spruce, these days it's under the control of The West... (more)

Western Maryland Shay 6 screams through the town of Junior in what is a very West Virginia-looking scene to me. What could be a better birthday present to me!

Coaling a Shay in the 21st century. With no engine facilities in Elkins, a way to coal the locomotive had to be arranged. A pile of coal was dumped in a nearby parking lot and a backhoe pla... (more)