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Spruce town and mill.
Shay train engine No. 10 and its crew.  (Lima 1914) at Cass.  Spruce, WV. Crew  Ed Lyle - fireman on far right.  Note Lantern on Locomotive.
Loading completed, Shay No. 3 prepares to depart a log landing on Cheat Mountain 1904.  In Cab:  Cal Bradley.  On Ground:  1.? 2.? 3.?
Shay train engine at the Cass Mill Yard in Cass, W.V.  Foreground:  1. Slim Snyder  2. Charlie Craddock. Men in the Cab of No. 8:  1.?  2.?
Shay train engine.  Construction camp.  At throttle:  Charlie Crommer.  In doorway:  Unknown
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Mower Lumber Company train engine.  In doorway:  Granville Barkley.  In Window:  Guy Stanley.
Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.
View from coal dock.  John Warner standing on locomotive.
Train engine with a man standing beside it.
Two men standing at doorway in front of large building.
Shay train engine No. 7 on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
Men standing in front, on, and around the locomotives.
Locomotive on tracks in Hagerstown or Ridgely.
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).
Loader placing logs on lumber cars.
Shay No. 3 train engine on a wooden trestle.  Lima Shay, shop/order No. 754 W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company.  (Greenbrier and Elk River No. 3) T.K.A. 65 ton - 3 Tu?k
Lima Shay c/n 3156 (192 tons) BH 1921 Class c 150, Rebuilt Cass shops Class 'D' 192 sitting on siding at Cass after final retirement in 1945? Scrapped Cass, W.Va. in 1951 or 55?  (Shay behind believed to be No. 13 c/n 1586 Class 'D' 150) BH 1906.  Gear Ratio 1 to 2.45.
'Cheat Bridge W.Va. near Rt. 250. 1st house, Clyde Folks; 2nd house (high porch), C.P. Gillepsie.  Harlan's mother on porch, with motor car on tracks.'
Marion Steam Shovel and Shay in Big Cut rear view at distance.  'Shovel is near the end then track is thrown in low place and shovel is brought back to start where track is now.'
Paul James and Ray McClelland pose in front of loaded log cars.
Three Shay train engines during the Richmond National Railway Historical Society trip.
Close up of Spruce stump on Cup Run.
Loader placing logs onto a Greenbrier and Elk Car.
In 1900 Samuel Slaymaker, a timber broker, set up a construction camp at the mouth of Leatherbark Creek (the present site of the Cass Scenic Railroad shops).
Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.
Shay No. 8 train engine with two men standing beside it and two men in the cabin.
Sign on the Stoney River Dam.  'KEEP OFF CONCRETE PART OF DAM AND IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED'.  W.Va. Pulp Paper Co.  Grant County, W.V.
3/4 front view of Shay train engine.