ing an overhaul. Shay No. 3: Built in 1920 for East-
ern Railway & Lumber in Washington state, this Shay 3 has never operated at Cass. Privately owned until 2002, it has been cosmetically restored and has sat near the Cass depot since 2012. Shay No. 4: Built by Lima in 1922,
Shay 4 has spent its entire life in the Mountain State starting with Birch Valley Lumber. It went to the Mower Lumber Co. in 1943 and pulled the last log train for the company in 1960. It is currently in service. Shay No. 5: Constructed in 1905, Shay 5 has spent all 108 of its years at Cass. Semi-retired in 1953, it spent 1959 as a stationary boiler for the Cass mill. It returned to service in 1966, it is now designated “West Virginia’s Offi- cial Steam Locomotive.” Shay No. 6: “Big Six” was the last Shay ever built, going to the Western Maryland in 1945 where it worked for a mere five years. Donated to the B&O Railroad Museum in 1953, it was re- trieved by Cass in 1980. It
is the
world’s largest surviving Shay. Heisler No. 6: The only non-Shay currently in service at Cass, Heisler 6 was built in 1929 for Bostonian Coal & Clay Products in Pennsylvania. It came to West Virginia in 1930 to work for Meadow River Lumber and was retired in 1965. It came to Cass in 1966 and is currently in service.
TOP: Fireman Andrew Cassell feeds the fire in Western Maryland “Big Six,” the last Shay ever constructed. STEVE BARRY RIGHT: The “Big Six” is working the former C&O along the Green- brier River in October 1981. ROBERT KAPLAN BELOW: Shay 4 pauses at the reconstructed C&O Cass depot at dusk. STEVE BARRY
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