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Geared Locomotive Sites

Model Manufacturers

•  20 Ton Class A Live Steam Shay 
  Drawings and castings to build 2 1/2” scale Shays
• Accucraft Trains 
  Shay, Climax, & Heisler
• Bachmann Trains
  Shay - "G" scale    //   Climax - 1:20.3,  45mm Gauge
• Backwoods Miniatures 
  Climax - 20 ton - Sn3
• Dripping Springs Locomotive Works 
  Live steam Shays - 7/8" to 1'  replicas of Gilpin Gold Tram S/N 181 - by Dan Rowe 
• Echo Mountain Imports, Inc.
  Shay - Class "A", 13 ton - On3 scale
• Hartland Locomotive Works
  "G" scale "home brewed" geared engine - a cross between a Dunkirk & Heisler
• LocoGear
  Part castings for live steam Shays in Scale: 1½" = 1'.0" for either 7¼" or 7½" Gauge 
• O. S. Locomotives
  4 Truck Shay (live steam) in 4-3/4 or 5" Gauge - live steam as sold by S.T.E.A.M         
• P-B-L
  Heisler - Sn3 scale         
• Precision Locomotive Castings
  Climax and Willamette castings in 1.6" scale.
• Rivarossi
  Heisler - HO scale - 2 & 3 Truck      
• Rob Preston Model Locomotives
  Superb working live steam replicas of unique locomotives built at the Neath Abbey Iron Works     
• Small Scale Logistics
  Shays - N scale

Reference and Photographs (Sites Dedicated to Geared)

• Building a Climax by Heinz Hotz
  Nice site picturing the stages of building a live steam Climax model.
• Climax Locomotives
  Climax Locomotive - history, details, parts… more
• Climax Locomotive Resource Page
  Climax Locomotives in Australia - prototype & model info.
• Lima Shay locomotive
  Dan Rowe's FaceBook page dedicated to Lima Shay locomotives.
• Mark Rollin's Geared Pages
  Climax, Dunkirk, Heisler, Shay, Sikes..... more     
• New Zealand Geared Locomotives   
  Preserving the history of the geared locomotives that were designed and built in New Zealand for its bush tramways.
• Russell’s Live Steam Willamette Site
  Building a 1.6" scale live steam version of Medford Corporation #7 ... "Down Under" style. 
• Nelson's Locomotive Works
  Nice site picturing the stages of building a live steam Shay model + more geared locomotive info.
• www.ShayLocomotives.com
  "Your On-Line Reference and Research Site for Shay Locomotives" 

Reference and Photographs - (Sites with Geared Pages and/or Photos ) 

• British Columbia Archives
  Shays, Heislers, Climaxes and Rod steam locomotives used in Canada.  
• Denver Public Library
  Shays, Heislers, & Climaxes - MASSIVE quantities of Colorado Rod Steam
• Harbor Springs Railway
  Ephriam Shay's own logging railroad with photos of his own Shay locomotive.
• Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Assn.
  Historical preservation of short line, industrial, logging, & mining railroad info. for West Virginia
• Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
  Shay movies & still photos - Mt. Emily Lbr. <> Kettle Valley Ry <> Mt. Rainier - Nice POTB Diesel photos. Rare ALCO 415s.
• Railroading in the North East - Shays
  Railroading in the North East - Mixed Geared
• University of Washington Libraries
• www.steamlocomotive.info
  Steam locomotive photos (thousands), rosters, and data in a uniquely user friendly format.  

Operational Geared Locomotives

• Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
  Operational Shays & Heisler. Climax not restored. Photos & reference - Cass, WV USA
• Clark's Trading Post
  Operational Climax & Heisler.  Preserved Shay. - North Woodstock, New Hampshire USA      
• Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
  Climax - Moore - Keppel & Co. #3 - c/n 1059
• Georgetown Loop Railroad
  Shays (former West Side Lumber Co). - Georgetown, Colorado USA
• Illinois Railway Museum
  Shay
• Kettle Valley Steam Railway
  Shay - Summerland, B.C., Canada
• Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
  Operational Shay, Heisler, & Climax. Photos & text - in Elbe, WA USA
• National Museum of Science & Technology
  Shay - Merrill & Ring Lbr. #4 - s/n 3289 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• North Carolina Transportation Museum
  Shay - Graham County RR Co. #1925
• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park -  Eureka, California
  Bear Harbor Lumber Co.#1 
• Pine Creek Railroad 
  Shay  - Ely Thomas Lumber Co. #6 - part of the NJ Museum of Transportation in Wall, NJ USA
• Puffing Billy Railway
  Operational Climax. Photos & the locomotive's history - N. Melbourne, Australia
• Shanty Town Railway
  Operational Climax. - Westland, New Zealand
• Silver Creek & Stephenson RR
  Heisler - Freeport, Illinois USA
• Sumpter Valley Railway
  Heisler - Sumpter, OR  USA

Under Restoration or Preserved

• The Bush Tramway Club Inc.
  Climax c/n 1650, Heisler s/n 1063 & 1082. ~ Glen Afton, New Zealand
• Climax c/n 1694 - "A Locomotive Resurrected"
  Detailed history of this locomotive and its resurrected.  ~ Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
• Climax Locomotive No 1694 Restoration 
  This locomotive is under restoration, March, 2005  ~ Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
• Cradle of Forestry
  Climax preserved.  Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, USA
• Fort Steele Heritage Town
  Shay - Railway Appliance Research Ltd.#115 - s/n 3350 - Fort Steele, British Columbia, Canada
• Komoka Railway Museum
  Shay - Ray Industry #1 - s/n 2679 -  Komoka, Ontario, Canada
• Little River Railroad & Lumber Co. Museum
  Shay - Little River Lumber Co. #2147 - Townsend, Tennessee
• Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society, Inc.
  Shay - Goodman Lumber Co. #9 - s/n 2143
• Niles Canyon Railway
  Heislers - Pickering Lumber Co. #1  &  #5
  Shay     - Pickering Lumber Co. #12
• Roots of Motive Power
  Climax preserved (Holmes Eureka Lumber Company #4). Willits, California, USA
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
  Preserved - Chicago MiIl & Lumber #5 (Heisler), W.H. Mason Lumber #4 (Climax), & Leetonia RR #1 (Shay) Strasburg, Pennsylvania
• Southern Oregon NRHS
  Willamette under restoration. Photos & text - in Medford, Oregon USA
• Southeastern Railway Museum
  Heisler pending restoration.   Duluth, Georgia USA.
• Travel Town Museum
  Shay preserved (Camino-Placerville and Lake Tahoe #2)  Heisler preserved (Pickering Lumber Company #2)
  Los Angeles, California, USA

Video Sources

• AAAhwsome Railroad Videos
  One video with Sumpter Valley RR's Heisler and a 2nd on Mt. Rainier Scenic.
• Green Frog Productions
  Video on "Cass & Mower Logging Trains",  "Steam Shortlines of the South" that has Shays, and a 3rd, "Steam in the 50's Vol. 3..." that may include one or more geared steamed locomotives.
• Pentrex
  Videos  on Mt. Rainier Scenic and Cass Scenic Railroad's geared locomotives.
• Sunday River Productions
  Videos on several logging railroads that utilized geared steam locomotives.
• Think Video
  A video with Sumpter Valley RR's Heisler
• Valhalla Video Productions
  "Geared Triple Header" - Mt. Rainier Scenic video with Shay, Heisler, & Climax.

Magazines - with frequent geared steam articles

• Finescale Railroader
   

Logging Railroads & Related - Model

• Badger Creek Lumber Company
  Model railroad logging site with Climax, Heisler, & Shay photos.  "How To" pages included.
• Lazy Acre Railroad
  1:20.3 scale fictional model railroad utilizing Dunkirk and Climax locomotives.

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Logging Railroads & Related - Prototype

• 30" Gauge Logging
  Dedicated to several 30" gauge prototype logging railroads.  Geared locomotive photos also.
• Loggers, Railroads and Pine
  Logging and railroading in and around the "Land of Lassen" - Shay photos of Fruit Growers Supply Co.  & much more!
• Logging Railroads of Mississippi
  The title says it all...
• Mallets in the Tall Timber Dedicated to the history of the Baldwin logging Mallets
• The Sawmill Web Page 
  Educational site on Sawmill operations.
• Wheeler & Dusenbury / Hickory Valley Railroad
  History of the one of the largest logging rail networks in Northwest Pennsylvania.  Geared locomotive photos.
• Wisconsin Logging Railroads - by Timothy Sasse

RailRoading - General

• Belgian Railways "Unofficial website" - by David De Neef
• Chesapeake & Allegheny Live Steamers
  Live steam club in Maryland, USA.   These steam models are the BIG ones folks.   They have a nice page, "How Does It Work", detailing the parts of a steam locomotive and their uses.  Some FUN!
• The Coramba Creek Timber Company's Railway - a garden railroad "down under" style.
• How A Steam Engine Works
• How Steam Engines Works - Marshall Brain's "Howstuffworks"
• HO Railroading.net - HO scale model railroading
• Northern Virginia NTRAK
  Largest NTrak model railroad club in the world.
• Railspot
  A wonderfully wide array of interesting railroad photos (lots of steam) with background information by Don Ross  
• Railfan.net's Image Archives
  Thousands of railroad images archived from the alt.binaries.pictures.rail news group.
• Rick's Train Page
  Over 69,000 Train & Traction Photos   
• STAN'S RAILPIX
  Railroad Photo Gallery !  -  Thousands of Steam, diesels, & more....
• Small Scale Live Steam
  "Resource Site" for small scale live steam locomotives and "Pop-Pop" boats.
• Steam In The Garden 
  Site of the publication of the same.    Great site for Garden Live Steam model enthusiasts.  Beware... this site will "hook" you on Live Steam !    Photos of Climax, Heisler, & Shay steamers.
• Steam Central - "Your source for News of Steam Preservation & Operation"
• Surviving Steam Locomotive Photo Archive
  Current photographs of surviving steam locomotives around the US by Richard Jenkins
• Tap Lines
  Shortline, Narrow Gauge, & Industrial RR Photographs & History of the South Eastern US
• The Narrow Gauge Circle
  The Colorado Narrow Gauge Steam "SUPER SITE" - The Home Page for the "Narrow Minded"

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Miscellaneous

• Steam Engine Boiler Anatomy  - Cut-Away photos of a locomotive style boiler.
• Steam Engine Valve Gear On The Computer - Valve gear simulation software free to download.
• Steam Locomotive Walschaert Valve Gear Animation
• Steam Locomotive Workings Illustration

   

   

   

   

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