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Viewing Album:  Cass Scenic RR Shay #6
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/20/2009 - 10/20/2009
Album Info:For our trip to Bald Mountain on the Cass Scenic RR, we had Shay #6, built in 1945 for coal service on the Western Maryland. According to their webpage, the locomotive's commercial life was short, lasting only four years. #6 was then stored and finally donated to the Baltimore & Ohio Museum in Baltimore, MD, where it remained for 26 years. In 1981, an exchange was arranged for Shay #1 and a Porter 0-4-0 owned by Cass Scenic Railroad. Shay #6 was carefully removed from the old museum. Today, #6 is still like new and a spectacular example of the fine technology of geared locomotives. It combines the grace and refinement of the Pacific Coast Shay with sheer mass (162 tons). The locomotive is about twice as large as any other locomotive at Cass. Pictures of our trip to Bald Knob that day will be in another album as well as assorted pictures of activities and equipment in other albums to be posted later.
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Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Shay #6 backing past the water tower and toward the station.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:07:04 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Getting ready for its excursion to Balk Knob.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:07:08 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Small children are especially fascinated by a puffing steam engine.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:07:12 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  The sound and the smell of a steam engine fill the crisp fall air.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:07:15 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Shay #6 is at the station and ready for the day's climb to Bald Knob.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 5:07:17 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  169   Comments: 1
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Scenic Shay #6 is taking a break at Whittaker Station
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 8:59:59 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Shay #6 is taking a break at Whittaker Station high in the West Virginia mountains.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 9:00:02 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Shay #6 is taking a break at Whittaker Station high in the West Virginia mountains.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 9:00:06 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Cass 6 gears closeup
Title:  Cass 6 gears closeup
Description:  Intricate parts of the Shay locomotive
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 9:00:09 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Cass 6 gears closeup
Title:  Cass 6 gears closeup
Description:  Massive gears up close
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 9:00:14 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Cass 6
Title:  Cass 6
Description:  Cass Shay #6 is clearing its firebox. Don't think pollution - think instead of the power it represents that helped shape our nation.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 9:00:17 PM
Location:  Cass, WV
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CASS 6(3-Truck)
Views:  149   Comments: 0

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