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Wise Lumber Co. #292
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292
Built 08/12/1890 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 10" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 37 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Winterburn, Pennsylvania. The photos are from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection with the following IDs: top ~ Negative #K4008 middle ~ Negative #K4011 bottom ~ Negative #K4006
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Laurel & Tallahoma Western Railway #62 -
s/n
1550 Built 08/24/1905 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 60 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by the Eastman, Gardiner & Co., operated near Laurel, Mississippi |
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Lima Locomotive Works, Inc. #1 -
s/n 3171 @ Lima, Ohio Built 06/01/1922 ~ Std gauge ~ 13½" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks The company had two other Shays that were assigned the #1 road number. They were s/n 2959 & s/n 2966 |
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Elk Lumber Co. -
s/n
147 ~ near Olson / Sparwood, British
Columbia, Canada
Built 04/07/1886 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks |
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Cobbs & Mitchell -
s/n
399 Built 06/20/1892 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 10" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 37 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Cadillac, Michigan. The photo is from the C. T. Stoner collection. |
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Mason & Oceana Railroad #2 -
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108 Built 04/05/1884 ~ 36" gauge ~ (2) 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 26" drivers ~ 18 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ boot boiler The locomotive, owned by Butters, Peters & Co., operated near Buttersville, Michigan. It was the railroad's second of three locomotives to utilize the #2 road number. Their third was Shay s/n 154. The photo is from the C. T. Stoner collection. |
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Trout Lake Railroad #65 -
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1738 Built 09/08/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 65 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co., operated near Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin. The photo is from the Richard C. Burnes collection |
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Bissell Lumber Co. #3 -
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2393 Built 11/12/1910 ~ Std gauge ~ 8" x 10" cylinders ~ 27½" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Ladysmith, Wisconsin. It was the company's second Shay to utilize the #3 road number. Their first was s/n 2261. |
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Golden State Portland Cement Co. #2 -
s/n 2959 Built 12/31/1917 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 12" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 42 tons ~ 2 trucks
The locomotive operated near Oro Grande,
California
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Asaph Railroad #1 -
s/n 243 Built 08/21/1887 ~ Std gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Powers, Oregon |
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway #6 -
s/n
1913 Built 06/15/1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., operated near Spirit Lake, Idaho |
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Smith-Powers Logging Co. #3 -
s/n 169 Built 08/21/1887 ~ Std gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Powers, Oregon |
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Cartavio
Sugar Co. Ltd. #2 -
s/n 3202 Built 03/05/1923 ~ 36" gauge ~ 6" x 10" cylinders ~ 22" drivers ~ 13 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru |
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Laquin Lumber Co. #5 -
s/n
2070 Built 1908 ~ Std. gauge ~ 13½" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 75 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Laquin, Pennsylvania |
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South Vandalia and State Line Railroad #1 -
s/n unknown Built before 1900 ~ ??" gauge ~ ?? cylinders ~ ?? drivers ~ ?? tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B The locomotive operated in Cattaraugus County, New York. Per page 343 of the "Documents of the Senate of the State of New York ~ 121st Session - Volume II - Number 10" dated 1898, the four mile long railroad was incorporated on January 28, 1897 with capital stock valued at $40,000. Per page "X" of Volume 1 of the "17th Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for 1899", the railroad was abandoned in 1899. |
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Valley Railroad #231 -
s/n
231 Built 02/01/1889 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by the Day Chemical Co., operated near
Westline, Pennsylvania |
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Cathels & Sorenson #2 -
s/n
3329 Built 01/19/1929 ~ Std gauge ~ 13" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 79 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ a Pacific Coast Shay The locomotive operated near Port Renfrew, British Columbia, Canada |
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Boise-Payette Lumber Co. #3 -
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2419 Built 04/06/1911 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated on the company's Intermountain Railway near Cascade, Idaho The photo is from the Roscoe F. Ward collection |
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Scott & Howe Lumber Co. #3 -
s/n 3269 Built 10/14/1924 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Nagrom, Washington. |
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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
near Star Lake, Wisconsin. |
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