Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

Identifier:

000349

Collection Number:

Neighbors, Kyle

Title:

Shay No. 4. Cass Scenic Railroad

Date:

undated

Creator:

Palmer, Earl (Blue Ridge Mountain Roaming Cameraman)

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.

Subjects:

Tanks--West Virginia--Cass., Logging and Lumbering--Neighbors' Collection., Shay locomotives., Steam locomotives--West Virginia--Cass.

Corporate Names:

Cass Scenic Railroad.

Geographic:

Cheat Mountain (W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

Snyder, Mary; Cass, W.V.; Through Prof. Roy B. Clarkson

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView