Cass Scenic Railway May 2002 Page 1
Cass Scenic Railway
May 3,4,5, 2002
Page 1
Every Year, the CALS (Chesapeake and Allegheny Live Steamers)
holds a private run at the Cass Scenic Railway. They basically
rent the railway for the weekend, limiting the total number of
people on the entire railway to members of live steam clubs (no
more then 50 to 75 people total). The lack of people makes the
weekend special, the railroad was meant for 75, not 400 to 500
as is usually present at Cass. This year's journey, May 3 through
5, was fantastic. The first day, the 10 hour train ride took us
over the mountain and down the valley to the Norfolk and Western
MainLine through Spruce. The second day we took the more traditional
ride up to Bald Mountain. Unfortunately, due to track work, we
were not able to travel all the way up to the summit, falling
short by about a mile. The follow is a small sampling of the photos
taken on this trip. Many more are available upon request, including
detailed photos of the locomotives of the Cass Scenic Railway.
Enjoy...
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Our group, from left the right: Frank Bagnati, George
Quiles, Ralph Lombardo, Jason Lombardo, Keith Denton
Western Maryland Shay #6, the largest Shay ever built
A Climax under restoration in the Cass shops
A small 2 axle Bobber Caboose under restoration, also
in the Cass shops
One of the 2 locomotives utilized during our trip,
Shay #11
The other locomotive used during our run at Cass, Shay
#5
A view of our excursion train, headed by Shays #5 and
#11
A beautiful shot of Shay #11 and Shay #5 beginning
the journey out of the Cass yards heading up the mountain
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