Rails and Trails Imaging

Shay #11 at Gum Field, Cass Scenic RR

Type C Color Print, printed on KODAK paper

8" x 10"   $45

Shay #2 as Helper, Cass Scenic RR

Type C Color Print, printed on KODAK paper

8" x 10"   $45

The Cass #11 was built in 1923. It operated both as a logger and a common carrier.  Until 1965, it served the Hutchinson Lumber Company, and then the common carrier Feather River Railway as #3.  Weighing 103 tons, the wheels are 36" and the cylinders measure 14.5 X 15. 

See Cass Shay #4

Shay #2, a Pacific Coast Shay, was built in July,1928, for the Mayo Lumber Company of Paldi, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  While originally a wood burner, it was converted to burn oil then rebuilt to burn bituminous coal at Cass.  It is a 3-truck shay with 36" drivers and a weight of 93 tons.  Shay # 2 is temporarily out-of-service for replacement of boiler tubes and firebox side sheets.