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Spruce town and mill.
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.
Train engine with a man standing beside it.
Two men standing at doorway in front of large building.
Shay No. 1, 'Old Barney' (the original #1) at the Spruce Shop.
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 6.
Shay train engine No. 8 with five men standing beside it.
Boiler Room, chipper shed, pan room and extract plant.  Looking east towards structures facing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Business section of Cass, W.Va.  Cass wagon fording river.  Swinging bridge on the side.
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 8.  Five men standing beside the train engine.
West Virginia Spruce Lumber Co. American Log Loader, Model C, No. 2.  On loader says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39' on car.  Says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad' on engine.  Log loader, engineer, John Geraw; Engine 2, engineer Lewis Collins; Fireman, Robert Dean.
'Controls inside the cab of a Shay look like this.  Shown are train and engine brake controls, reverse bar, water injector, and throttle and water-gauge cocks.  Visitors are welcome to visit the cab between 'runs' and they do!'
Lima Pacific Coast Shay c/n 3320 BH 1928 in Cass Shops 8/2/1971 cylinders 13 x 16 -36 wheels.  Shay in Cass Shop left hand front 3/4.  Arrived Cass 1971.  Sold:  Mayo Lbr. Co. No. 4. Paldi B.C. 702601928; Lake Logging Co. No. 5 Cowichan Lake B.C. 2-43; Western Forest Industries No. 5, Honeymoon Bay B.C. 12/46; Railway Appliance Research Ltd. No. 144, North Vancouver B.C. 1-64
Hesiler No. 6 train engine on tracks.
The 'Cass Symphony' plays spritely folk and logging camp tunes to the delight of a Sunday afternoon audience on the railroad station platform of the Cass Scenic Railroad.  This informal group is composed of ex-loggers.
"W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company.  American Log Loader,  Model C, No. 2" on loader.  "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39" on car. "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad" on engine.  Log loader, engineer, John Geraw.  Engine 2, engineer, Lewis Collins.  Fireman, Robert Dean.
Unlike standard steam engines every wheel of the Shay engine and tender is a drive wheel no wheel can spin unless they all spin, thus giving the Shay tremendous power.  Vertical cylinders and the crankshaft make multiple power strokes per revolution of the gear driven wheels for a smooth, even flow of power to negotiate steep grades with heavy loads effortlessly.
North Fork Lumber Co. No. 3? could be Cheat and Elk.
Standing right to left in the woods:  1. Geo Cromet  2. Ralph Riddle  3. Pat Lannan  4. Fred Lannan  5. --  Sitting right to left:  6. Charley Sealey  7. Larnce? Bradley  8. Andy Berriel  9.  Jess Tuesey?
Marion steam shovel and Shay No. 10 in Big Cut, one mile from Spruce on Elk River.  Shay No. 10 is giving the shovel water.  Robert Dean of Sayre, Pa. says on back of original pix that he hauled there from start to finish.
Shay No. 12 of the Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Company (top) and Shay No. 3 of the Raine Lumber Company (bottom).