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| View Original: | The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay Locomotive -5 pulls past a water tower enroute to the station in Cass, West Virginia LCCN2015634278.tif.tiff (0x0) | |||
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| Keywords: The Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay Locomotive -5 pulls past a water tower enroute to the station in Cass, West Virginia LCCN2015634278.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Designed to climb the steepest grades swing around hairpin curves and negotiate frail temporary tracks this direct-gear Shay logging locomotive pulled incredibly heavy loads from woods to mill in the early 1900s Unlike standard steam locomotives Shays and the similarly designed Climax and Heisler engines also run at the park are driven by direct gearing to each and every wheel Power was all-important in the days of widespread lumber harvesting when West Virginia led the nation with more than 3 000 miles of logging railroad lines All that are left as of 2015 are 11 miles at Cass restored as a tourist route up the mountains No 5 built in 1905 has been in continuous service since The railroad adjacent company town of Cass and what's left of gigantic lumber and planing mills are now 2015 part of a West Virginia State Park ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015634278 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/34200/34262a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 34262 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 34262 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||