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Locomotive engine on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, W.V.

1. Shay No. 4

Locomotive engine with conductors. Cass Scenic R.R. Cass, WV; Artie Bailey in the door; "Doc" Carlson at the throttle.

2. Shay No. 5

Fireman boarding train. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; Richard Carter, N. Whitehall Road, Norristown, R.D. 3, P.A.

3. Shay No. 7. Artie Barkley, Fireman, Boarding Locomotive

Shay trains on tracks. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, WV; John P. Killoran, Promotion Office, WV State Parks, Charleston, WV 25305.

4. Shay No. 7 and One Other Shay

Shay No. 4 pushing passenger cart up a hill. Cass Scenic R.R.; Cass, W.V.

5. Shay No. 4

Train moving along tracks.

6. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

7. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

Group portrait of men standing in front of a train.

8. Shop Crew, Cass Scenic Railroad

Cass - Greenbrier Excursion. Cass, W.Va.

9. Rod Engine on Passenger Run at Depot

Cass Scenic Railroad.  Two trains connected on a railroad track.

10. Shay No. 3 and One Other

Train engine on tracks beside a hill.

11. Shay No. 4 (Front 3/4 View)

Cass Scenic Railroad.  Train engine with loaded passenger cars on tracks beside hill and forest.

12. Shay No. 5 with Loaded Passenger Cars.

Cass Scenic Railroad.  Locomotive train engine with caboose on train tracks.

13. Heisler No. 6 and Caboose No. 90788D.

Side view of Shay train engine.

14. Shay No. 7 Cass Scenic Railroad

Shay No. 7 train engine from the side.

15. Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad

Side view of Shay No. 7 train engine. Tracks in foreground.

16. Shay No. 7. Cass Scenic Railroad

Cass Scenic Railroad.  Two train engines at station.  Original from Earl Palmer.

17. Shay No. 5 and No. 7 at Cass Station.

No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is.  The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.

18. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

Walter Good applies wrench to the grease cups lubricating the side rods of his engine before going up on the Mt. while fireman, Paul Bradley looks on.  Both were veterans of log hauling days before passengers where hauled on Cass Scenic Railroad.

19. Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups

20. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.

21. Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad

Earl Palmer, "Blue Ridge Mt's Roamin' Cameraman," Cambria, Va.  'This decaying building was once the worlds largest double bandmills'.  During the hey-day of operations at Cass, 2500 men worked here and in the woods round about, turning out a quarter million feet of wood products per day, working two 10 hour shifts.  Nowadays the old bldg. is an object of curiousity amongst thousands of rail fans who pass by on logging train excursions to Bald Knob.

22. Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.

Shay train engine on tracks.  Large smoke cloud coming from smoke stack.

23. Shay No. 1 and Another Engine at Turn above Switchback. Cass Scenic Railroad

Close-up shot of a Shay train engine. Three cylinders fronting the cab of this 1880 Model Shay engine dispatches power to all twelve wheels equally.  When one wheel spins, they all spin, which is a rarity indeed.

24. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad,