Re: NNG: Steam Rio Grande Scenic

One of the very cool parts about Cass is the generations of employees that still work there.

Many of the former Mower Lumber Company employees went to work for the State to run the Cass Scenic Railroad. Some of their children (and now their grand children) now work there. I should also mention that some of those old Mower guys were the sons of West Virginia Pulp & Paper employees who's legacy goes back to the founding the operation in the early 1900's.

Just like Cass Scenic RR Shay #5: It was built for West Virginia Spruce Lumber (which quickly became WVP&P) in 1905. It has spent it's 110 year existence within 50 airline miles of Cass. Some of these guys working at Cass now had their grandfathers run and fire that engine.