Meadow River Lumber Heisler - 3 truck No. 6 (Cass Scenic 6)
Cass, WV, United States 		Location: Cass Scenic RR
Status: Operational
Posted: Jun 1, 2025 @ 15:06:32 by
In service as of March 2025
Posted: Feb 13, 2025 @ 13:02:49 by Jesse Eaton
4-16-2016 - Locomotive sent by truck to Durbin, WV 2-1-2023 - Locomotive returned by rail to Cass, WV. Shay No.5 retrieved Heisler 6 and brought it back home over the newly rebuilt Greenbrier River line between Cass and Durbin. Locomotive shopped for repairs including new ash pans, new smokebox, new diamond stack, rebuild of all three trucks with new brasses, tires re-profiled, and other misc. maintenance.
Posted: Feb 2, 2023 @ 09:02:39 by Luke
Heisler 6 has returned to cass
Posted: Oct 16, 2017 @ 19:10:23 by
There is a great possibility that 6 will become a permanent runner on the Durbin Rocket. 3 will return, but 6 has been said to be not well liked by the crews at Cass and may stay in Durbin. Had 6 stayed and came to the point of the 1472 inspection, she would most likely have been left as a inoperable hunk. She actually handles the flatter terrain of the Rocket better than she did either route at Cass.
Posted: Nov 24, 2016 @ 22:11:16 by Chris Little
No. 6 is currently at the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad to fill in for Climax 3.
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 @ 10:06:13 by Hyde seybold
heisler #6 is definately operational and is in regular service
Posted: May 29, 2009 @ 08:05:37 by
This Heisler passed the hydro test and should be in service around the end of summer.
Posted: Dec 12, 2008 @ 20:12:37 by Brian Wentworth
This heisler was non-operational due to boiler leaks when we went there last year. There are plans to repair and place inservice by 2010
Posted: Jul 23, 2007 @ 14:07:09 by Kevin Madore

Heisler #6 continues to be operational at Cass.   She is mostly kept as a hot spare for either the Bald Knob or Whittaker runs.   On 7-16-07, she handled both Whittaker trains solo.

Posted: Aug 12, 2005 @ 20:08:03 by Andrew Accornero
Locomotive is now Operational. back-up engine for the Blad Knob run
Posted: Jun 17, 2004 @ 21:06:21 by Chris Elpatric
This locomotive is now a helper engine up to Baldknob while shays #11, #2, and #5 are lead engines for the 2004 season. 
Posted: Dec 25, 2003 @ 20:12:54 by Matt Wilson

Merry Christmas!

It was recently brought to my attention that the paint scheme on Heisler #6 is not WHITE, but is instead ALL SILVER.  The reason for this is to follow paint scheme standards that were used on ALL NEW Heisler locomotives, just as they use the gold lettering on all of the Shays at Cass to mimmick their factory new font style.

Posted: Oct 18, 2003 @ 21:10:17 by Chris Elpatric
Status changed to operational.
Posted: Oct 12, 2003 @ 23:10:34 by Matt Wilson
This locomotive (Heisler 6) will return to service tomorrow (Monday, October 13, 2003) after an extensive overhaul, just in time for the special Carl Franz sponsored fall foliage "photo special".  The locomotive has a very strange ALL WHITE lettering and striping scheme, with the words "Cass Scenic Railroad" boxed in on the water tank.  It looks very different from any other locomotive paint scheme I have EVER seen at Cass. 
Posted: Oct 2, 2003 @ 16:10:52 by Tyler
I'm not sure, but this engine may be operational.