Heisler number 6 shoves a log train by Gum Field with a fine view of the mountains in the distance. Notice the guardrail inside of Gum curve, this is a 22-29 degree curve on a 2.4-3.7% grade!
Heisler number 6 siphons water from an old boiler shell that is fed by a spring. The boiler shell came from the power house of the Cass sawmill.
This water tank is rarely used anymore, but it remains for emergency use. The tank is an old boiler shell from the power house of the Cass Mill. Notice the brakemen on the caboose and flatcar. ... (more)
There is not a steeper grade on the entire railroad than the final grade into Bald Knob. Ruling Grade is 9%!!! The forest at this altitude is primarily Spruce and Hemlock, much differnt than are... (more)
A member of the engine crew "oils around" on the old shay during a water stop.
Heisler number 6 rolls through Old Spruce at top speed since her tender is almost dry. The passenger train has cleared the main onto the Spruce Line so that the log train can pass and head on up ... (more)
Heisler number 6 with Bald Knob in the distance.
Heisler number 6 works up to Whitaker Station with a log train. A Lidgerwood Log Skidder sits in the yard to the left of the train. The skidder is part of the Mountain State Logging and Historic... (more)
Heisler number 6 works up to the lower switchback with a log train, while Shay number 2 waits with the passenger train on the upper leg of the lower switchback. Ruling grade is 6.3% at this point... (more)
Shay number 2 is topped off at the watertank as she leaves the old C&O Greenbriar Branch for Mower Lumber Co. trackage. The water tank belonged to the C&O and once had a penstock on both sides. ... (more)
A three train race was staged on the old C&O Greenbriar Branch at Cass, WV during a Carl Franz Photo Charter.
Heisler number 6 leads Shays 5 and 2 on a tripleheaded log train on the old C&O Greenbriar Branch at Cass, WV.
Mower Lumber Company Shay Number 5, now working for the Cass Scenic Railroad is 100 years old this year. She is the only locomotive on the Cass Scenic Railroad that was purchased NEW for operatio... (more)
