On June 20th, 2020, In celebration of West Virginia Day, Cass Scenic Railroad fired up all of their operational steam locomotives in an event called "The Cass Scenic Railroad Parade of Steam!" This event saw multiple runbys and photo sessions around the Cass Depot and Shops with Shay Locomotives 2, 4, 5, & 11, as well as their newly restored Climax Locomotive, #9. The events included side by side runbys with a doubleheader of Shay 2 and 11, as well as triple header of Climax 9 and Shays 4 and 5. After that, the locomotives all lashed up for a quintuple-header (All 5 steam locomotives lashed together) making for a great way to wrap up the day. This event was a truly awesome event to be a part of and an amazing way to see steam after the recent Covid-19 Pandemic.
CORRECTION - Special Thanks should say Walter Scriptunas II.
Climax 9: 3 Truck - 70 tons. Wearing a Mann's Creek Crosby 3 Chime
Climax 9 is a class 70-3 type Climax Locomotive, and was built in 1919 by the Climax Locomotive Works of Corry PA. She was built as locomotive 6 for the Moore-Keppel & Co. She was likely the last commercially operated Climax locomotive and Cass' only logging-era climax.
Shay 2: 3 Truck - 80 tons. Wearing a Lunkenheimer 3 Chime
Shay 2 is a class PC-13 type Shay Locomotive, built in 1928 by the Lima Locomotive Works. She is a "Pacific Coast" type locomotive, and boasts as the only locomotive thats ever burned all types of fuel. She was built to burn wood, converted to burn oil, then converted to burn coal by Cass.
Shay 4: 3 Truck - 70 tons. Wearing a Louisville & Nashville 3 Chime - Or a Custom Built 3 Chime by Cass Legend Artie Barkley?
Shay 4 is the smallest at Cass, and is a class C-70 type Shay Locomotive built in 1922 for the Birch Valley Lumber Co. She was acquired by Mower Lumber Company and is one of the originals from Cass' logging days. She was also the first locomotive used for the tourist operations at Cass.
Shay 5: 3 Truck - 80 tons. Wearing a Lunkenheimer 3 Chime
Shay 5 is the oldest operating Shay in the world, Cass's oldest locomotive, and the state locomotive of West Virginia. She was built in 1905 by Lima for the original logging operation in Cass, and is a C-80 type Shay locomotive.
Shay 11: 3 Truck - 90 tons. Wearing a custom-built Single Chime Hooter
Shay 11 is the second biggest Shay at Cass and is a C-90 type shay locomotive built in 1923 for Hutchinson Lumber Co in California. Shes a newer member to Cass, often handling the trains to Bald Knob.
Special thanks to my friends who made this day a lot more enjoyable and special thanks to those responsible for hosting this event.
I'd like to thank my friend, MPT 1225 (Mark), to convince me to go on this trip and teach me some tips on how to use my gear better.
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Locations:
0:00 Greenbrier River
0:14 Cass, WV
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