Climax 9 Debut at Cass Scenic Railroad

For their 2019 Rail Heritage Weekend, the Cass Scenic Railroad staged two major firsts. The star of this year's show was the return of Climax 9, built originally for the Moore Keppel & Company in 1919. After several years in the restoration shop, the 9 was restored back to operation under her own power!
The first run took place on new trackage too, over the old Greenbrier Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Following a devastating flood in 1985 that washed out the track, the railroad has slowly been rebuilt to eventually carry trains alongside the Greenbrier River to the town of Durbin. This photo freight train would be the farthest north a train had traveled on this line.