Image and data courtesy of John Taubeneck
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Owner : Grow Brothers - Bay City, Michigan
A 6 wheeled, spur geared locomotive which ran on a "pole road"
Grow Brothers was a clothiers business.
Marshutz and Cantrell - (National Iron Works) - (builder) - San Francisco, California - built September 15, 1892 - a geared gypsy locomotive
Bear Harbor Lumber Co. #1 ( Bear Harbor and Eel River Railroad) - (owner) - of northern California.
Owner : Meredith Lumber Co. - near Kent, Washington.
The photo is from the University of Washington Libraries ~ Kent Historical
Society Collection (of Kent, WA)
We thank John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington for notifying us of this photo's
existence.
Henderson's locomotive bore little or no resemblance to Lima's Shay for which his
locomotive was "nicknamed". It is thought the name was loosely
applied by those who knew of his licensing agreement with Ephraim Shay.
The specific design details used by Henderson that required the agreement are unknown.
The locomotive differed from the Shay in at least the following details:
- The wheels were solid.
- The drive shaft ran lengthwise below the center of the locomotive.
- Side-rods were utilized between wheels on the same side of each truck.
- Boilers were centrally located over the drivers
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Top photo: Cummer Lumber Co.
#1 - (owner) - taken
08/12/1882
The locomotive, named the "James Thomas", was 36"
gauge, weighed 10 tons, and had a cost of $3,000. 140d.
The company was based in Cadillac, Michigan
| Photo credit: | "Ungewoehnliche Dampflokomotiven"
[Extraordinary Steam Locomotives] by Rolf Ostendorf, Stuttgart [Germany], 1978 - from the collection of the author. Provided courtesy of Christian Halpaap of Hohenhameln-Bruendeln, Germany |
Middle photo: Cummer Lumber Co.
#1 - (owner) - builder's photo of the locomotive in top
photo.
The photo is from the
Grand Rapids Public Museum, Michigan ~ ID = 134544
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Bottom photo:
Spring Harbor and Boyne Falls Railroad - (owner) - built circa 1883 - named "Meta"
The railroad was believed to be located in the Boyne Falls and Harbor
Springs area of Michigan
Photo credit: Burton Historical Collection @ University of Michigan
Owner :Gualala Mill Co. #1 - Gualala, California built 1878 - gauge 5' 8½"
Photo credit: Tony Phillips via Mendocino Coast Model Railroad and Historical Society
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The company currently has 7 steam powered "cog" geared locomotives in operation. These very unique steam locomotives in conjunction with special track-work were very specifically designed to transport passengers to the summit of Mt. Washington on a railroad with grades as steep as 37.4%.
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Source:
Paul Forbes of The Mount Washington Cog Railway site -
photos from same.
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Additional research reveals the company was the manufacturer of "portable steam hoisting engines" at Sixth and Broadway Streets in Cambridgeport. See article >HERE<.
Owner : Moulton & O'Mahoney
The locomotive, named "The Hobo", is depicted in the photo taken October 12, 1900 at the construction site of the Wachusett Reservoir, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The locomotive appears to have at least one horizontally mounted steam cylinder
used to drive two large spur gears. Those gears are mounted on a
shaft positioned near the front of the locomotive, atop and
perpendicular to the its main frame, just below the boiler's smoke box.
They appear to mesh with two additional spur gears mounted on the
front axle and immediately below the large spur gears.
Photo credit: Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts ~ George P.
Goodman Collection ~ ID = MWW_03561
We thank
John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington for notifying us of this photo's
existence.
Owner : Moulton & O'Mahoney
The locomotive, named "The Jesse", is depicted in the photo taken October 12, 1900 at the construction site of the Wachusett Reservoir, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
The locomotive appears to be a "sprocket and chain" drive system with at least one horizontally mounted steam cylinder.
Photo credit: Goodman, George P. via The Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We thank John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington for notifying us of this photo's existence.
Owner : Nanaimo Saw & Planing Mill ~ Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The mill and locomotive were owned by Andrew Haslam
The advertisement appeared in a 1906 edition of the "Henderson's Nanaimo City Directory". It is from the Chris Sundstrom Collection.
Piney Run RR #1 (Maust
Lumber Co. - owner) - Boynton, Pennsylvania
The locomotive had a line shaft and gearing on the right side of the
locomotive similar to that used on the Shay.
Photo from Mrs. Lillian Engle collection 313dp
It is curious to note the
20th
Century Mfg Company, also of Boynton, built steam traction engines.
The unusual (for a locomotive) high mounted boiler on the New Century
locomotive resembles that of a steam traction engine simply mounted atop a
flat car. The similarity in the use of "20th Century" and
"New Century" in the names of the two companies in a single town seems odd
if the two were not related. Could there have been a
relationship between these two concerns?