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Pickering Lumber Co. #12 -
s/n 789 Built 12/14/1903 - Std gauge - 14½" x 12" cylinders - 36"drivers - 75 tons - 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Standard, California Preserved at Niles Canyon Railway - world's oldest surviving 3 truck Shay |
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Sierra Railway #12 -
s/n 789
Built 12/141903 ~ Std. gauge ~ 14½" x 12" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 75 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by Sierra Railway Co. of California, operated near Jamestown, California |
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Graham County Railroad
Co. #1925 - s/n
3256 Built 02/12/1925 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by Bemis Lumber Co., operated near Robbinsville, North Carolina |
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Michigan-California Lumber Co. #2 -
s/n 122 Built 09-17-1884 ~ 37" gauge ~ (2) 10" x 8" cylinders ~ 26" drivers ~ 15 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive as pictured is 36" gauge. The locomotive operated near Camino, California |
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Sierra Railway #11 - s/n
788 Built 07/03/1903 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 12" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 55 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by Sierra Railway Co. of California, operated near Jamestown, California |
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Railway Appliance Research Ltd. #114 -
s/n 3320 Built 07/26/1928 ~ Std gauge ~ 13" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 3 trucks ~ a Pacific Coast Shay The locomotive operated near North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Railway Appliance Research Ltd. #114 -
s/n 3320 Built 07/26/1928 ~ Std gauge ~ 13" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 3 trucks ~ a Pacific Coast Shay The locomotive operated near North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Twin Seam Mining
Co. #5 -
s/n 3247 Built 12/31/1923 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Kellerman, Alabama. It remains faintly lettered for its previous owner, Meadow River Lumber Co. |
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Twin Seam Mining Co. #8 -
s/n 3195 Built 11/27/1922 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Kellerman, Alabama. |
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Verdi Lumber Co. #20 -
s/n 1829 Built 05/03/1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 12" cylinders ~ 40" drivers ~ 55 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Verdi, Nevada |
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Brimstone Railroad
#36 -
s/n 2804
Built 01/14/1916 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 truck The locomotive operated near New River, Tennessee This locomotive was one of the very small number of Shay's with the smoke box door hinged on the left (facing the door). It is known this Shay was built this way at the request of its first owner. |
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Feather River Lumber Co. #6 -
s/n
3306 Built 02/05/1927 ~ 36" gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 60 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Delleker, California |
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Hume-Bennett Lumber Co. #1 -
s/n
350 Built 05/18/1891 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 38" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Sanger, California The photo was published in Shaver, Huntington, and Hume Lakes ~ Available >here< |
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Ritter, W. M. Lumber Co.
#7 -
s/n 2519
Built 02/17/1912 ~ 36" gauge ~ 8" x 12" cylinders ~ 29" drivers ~ 32 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive initially operated on the company's Big Sandy & Cumberland RR in Devon, Kentucky. Later, it operated for the company in Hurley, Virginia and Daisy, Kentucky. |
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Hyman-Michaels Co -
s/n 1895 Built 06/20/1907 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 33 tons ~ 2 trucks The company was a scrap dealer in San Francisco, California. The picture was taken in 1939 |
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Potlatch Forests Inc. #107 -
s/n 3075 Built 04/21/1920 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Potlatch, Idaho |
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Pioche Pacific Railroad #3 -
s/n 2194 Built 07/14/1909 - 36" gauge - 8" x 8" cylinders - 26½" drivers - 24 tons - 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by Amalgamated Pioche Mines & Smelters Corp., operated near Pioche, Nevada. In this photo, the locomotive is still lettered "S. B. T. & P. Co." for its first owner Santa Barbara Tie & Pole Co. |
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Craig, John
J. Co. #2147 -
s/n 2147 Built 4/14/1909 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Friendsville, Tennessee |
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Crosby Forest Products #1 -
s/n 3281 Built 03/25/1925 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 29" drivers ~ 36 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Picayune, Mississippi The photo is from the J. P. Steinwinder Collection via Tony Howe of the Mississippi Rails site |
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Bong, Clifford C. & Co.
#1 -
s/n 1685 Built 04/20/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 33 tons ~ 2 truck The locomotive operated near Lathrop and Dominquez ,
California at different times. |
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McCloud River Railroad #17 -
s/n 2402 Built 2/14/1912 ~ Std. gauge ~ 14½" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 90 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by the McCloud River Lumber Co., operated near McCloud, California. It was the company's first of two locomotives to carry the #17 road number. |
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Walker-Hovey Lumber Co. #91 -
s/n 2811 Built 06/24./1915 ~ Std gauge ~14½" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 90 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Macdoel, California The photo is from the Montana State Library ~ Philip C. Johnson collection ~ Photo #92.0741 ~ ID = umt015427 |
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Moore & Smith Lumber Co.
#1 -
s/n 350 Built 05/18/1891 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 38" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive bears the name "Sequoia". It operated near Sanger, California The photo is part of the Michael J. Semas collection |
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Abitibi Power & Paper Co. #70 -
s/n 3298 Built 02/27/1926 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 truck140d The locomotive operated near Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada Preserved at Iroquois Falls - text |
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Canadian Forest Products Ltd. #103
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s/n 3269 Built 10/14/1924 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Englewood, British Columbia, Canada. CFP later renumbered the locomotive to #114. The photo is from the Royal BC Museum and Archives ~ Bordertown Publishing Collection ~ ID = H-06630 |
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Oregon Lumber Co. #7 -
s/n 3345 Built 11/20/1929 ~ 36" gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 60 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Baker, Oregon |
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Buswell Lumber &
Manufacturing Co.
#2 -
s/n
1797 Built 12/08/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 8" x 12" cylinders ~ 26½" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated
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