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

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

IDNO:
000340
Title:
Shay No. 5 and No. 7 at Cass Station.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cass Scenic Railroad. Two train engines at station. Original from Earl Palmer.
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.

2. Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000349
Title:
Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
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.

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

IDNO:
000350
Title:
Engineer Walter Good and Fireman Paul Bradley Adjust Grease Cups
Date:
undated
Description:
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.

4. Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000351
Title:
Railroad Men on Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.

5. Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000353
Title:
Shay No. 4 Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Philip Bagdon looking at Shay #4 train engine.
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.

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

IDNO:
000358
Title:
Band Mill in State of Disrepair at Cass, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
Shay train engine on tracks. Large smoke cloud coming from smoke stack.

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

IDNO:
000396
Title:
Shay No. 1 and Another Engine at Turn above Switchback. Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine on tracks. Large smoke cloud coming from smoke stack.
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.

8. Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad,

IDNO:
000397
Title:
Shay No. 4, Cass Scenic Railroad,
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
Shay train engines on tracks.

9. Shay No. 5 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000403
Title:
Shay No. 5 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engines on tracks.
Shay engines pulling passenger cars.

10. Shay No. 3 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000408
Title:
Shay No. 3 and No. 1, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay engines pulling passenger cars.
C.S.R. Engine at the switch. Man bending over beside it.

11. Shay No. 4 at Switch with Caboose, Cass Scenic Railroad

IDNO:
000423
Title:
Shay No. 4 at Switch with Caboose, Cass Scenic Railroad
Date:
undated
Description:
C.S.R. Engine at the switch. Man bending over beside it.
Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.

12. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,

IDNO:
000453
Title:
Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.