Built 6-13-1913 - Std gauge - 3 8" x 12" cylinders - 29" drivers - 32 tons - 2 trucks
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Photo from the George B. Abdill (Douglas County, Oregon) collection.
Lettering at rear reads "The Shay Locomotive For Logging, Mining, Switching, C. & C."
Note the two outward positioned cylinder steam chests. Unlike the Willamette locomotives whose cylinders were positioned outward, very few Shays employed this design.
| Photo source: | "Minnesota Logging Railroads" by Frank A. King, Golden West Books, San Marino CA, 1981. - U.S. Forest Service
collection. Provided courtesy of Christian Halpaap of Hohenhameln-Bruendeln, Germany |
Sold later to St. Croix Land & Lumber Co. of Wildwood, Wisconsin. This was the only Shay manufactured with a "Joy" valve gear. (1)
Source: (1) Dan Rowe
Preserved at the Allen County Museum in Lima, Ohio
Posting permission for this builder's photo was granted by the Allen County Historical Society courtesy of Dan Rowe of the Dripping Springs Locomotive Works .... purveyors of fine live steam Shays. Dan also supplied all the information.
Built 08/30/1904 - Std. gauge - 10"x12" cylinders - 29½" drivers - 37 tons - 2 trucks
Photo by Dave Cremins
Built 11/22/1920 - Std gauge - 13"x15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 80 tons - 3 trucks