Mower Power
Cass Scenic Railroad's 3-truck Shay #4 is lettered for her long-time employer, the Mower Lumber Co, as she performs switching moves during a November 2025 photo shoot at the popular West Virginia State Park. Although originally built for the Birch Valley Lumber Co., the 70-ton, Shay #4 was acquired in 1943 by the Cass-based Mower Lumber Co. and she served the rest of her career here. In fact, Shay #4 was the locomotive that pulled the last log train off Cass hill before the Mower operation shut down in 1960 and was the first road engine on the newly established Cass Scenic Railroad State Park just 3 years later in 1963.
Mower Power
Cass Scenic Railroad's 3-truck Shay #4 is lettered for her long-time employer, the Mower Lumber Co, as she performs switching moves during a November 2025 photo shoot at the popular West Virginia State Park. Although originally built for the Birch Valley Lumber Co., the 70-ton, Shay #4 was acquired in 1943 by the Cass-based Mower Lumber Co. and she served the rest of her career here. In fact, Shay #4 was the locomotive that pulled the last log train off Cass hill before the Mower operation shut down in 1960 and was the first road engine on the newly established Cass Scenic Railroad State Park just 3 years later in 1963.