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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

24927 Cass, WV, United States of America (USA) (West Virginia)
Address 242 Main Street
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ
Railway

Opening times
 get PDF from: cassrailroad.com/fares.htm

Admission
Status from 02/2014
 see: cassrailroad.com/fares.htm
Contact
Tel.:+1-304-456-4300  eMail:cassrailroadsp wv.gov  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.cassrailroad.com
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Location / Directions
N38.396667° W79.914722°N38°23.80002' W79°54.88332'N38°23'48.0012" W79°54'52.9992"
Located in eastern West Virginia, Cass Scenic Railroad is accessible by State Route 28/92N between Dunmore and Green Bank in Pocahontas County. An 11-mile connector route, WV 66, now links the town of Cass to U.S. 219 at Slatyfork.

It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, an 11-mile (18 km) long heritage railroad that is owned by the state of West Virginia. The park also includes the former company town of Cass and a portion of the summit of Bald Knob, highest point on Back Allegheny Mountain.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Current operations

Today, visitors ride on historic converted log cars (flatcars?), pushed along by a powerful geared logging locomotive. Traveling on 11 miles (18 km) of standard gauge track laid in 1901 by immigrant workers, the line traverses the steep grades of Back Allegheny Mountain.

The railroad owns eight Shay locomotives, one Heisler locomotive, and one Climax locomotive, which is being restored by volunteers of the Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association. The Heisler and the Climax, both made in Pennsylvania, were competition to Shay's geared locomotive design.

Three trips are available: a two-hour round trip to Whittaker Station, a five-hour round trip to the abandoned site of the ghost town of Spruce (no current trains to Spruce for now) (once the coldest and highest town east of the Rockies), and a five-hour round trip to Bald Knob, the third highest point in the state.

Former company houses have been refurbished and are available for rent through Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. A small cabin on Bald Knob is also available for rent, and cabooses can be reserved for private use as well.

Town and shop tours are available daily to visitors who would like to learn more about the town and its lumber industry, and see how the rare geared locomotives are maintained by the Cass shop crew. A tour of a recreated logging camp is available at Whittaker.
 

Locomotives

Shay

* Shay 2 - 93 tons - builder #3320 - Class PC-13(In shops for Boiler Work)
* Shay 3 (not operational, on Display at Cass Depot)
* Shay 4 - 80 tons - builder number 3189 - Class C-70-3
* Shay 5 - 90 tons - builder number 1503 - Class C-80-3 - 1905 - WV state locomotive
* Shay 6 - 162 tons - builder number 3354 - Class C-150-3 - Cass's biggest engine, largest Shay in existence
* Shay 7 - 80 tons - builder number 3131 - Class-C-70-3(not operational)
* Shay 10/Brimstone Shay 36 (not operational)
* Shay 11 - 103 tons - builder number 3221 - Class C-90-3

Other

* Climax 9 - builder number 1551 (In restoration. Expected to be finished, by 2015)
* Heisler 6 - 100 tons - builder number 1591 - C-90-3
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