Search Results
- IDNO:
- 000472
- Title:
- Shay Locomotive
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 3/4 front view of Shay train engine with man standing on the front end.
- IDNO:
- 000473
- Title:
- Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders)
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 1. Two men sitting on the front of the engine. One man standing beside the engine. Two men in the cab of the engine.
- IDNO:
- 000475
- Title:
- Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 3/4 front view of Shay No. 13 train engine at a water tank.
- IDNO:
- 000476
- Title:
- Shay Locomotive
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 3/4 front view of Shay train engine.
- IDNO:
- 000479
- Title:
- Shay No. 4 and One Other Shay with Crowded Train on the Cass Scenic Railroad
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.
- IDNO:
- 000485
- Title:
- Big Cut One Mile from Spruce, W. Va. on the Elk River.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Marion Steam Shovel and Shay in Big Cut rear view at distance. 'Shovel is near the end then track is thrown in low place and shovel is brought back to start where track is now.'
- IDNO:
- 000487
- Title:
- Shay No. 12. Standing Ready to be Junked (Left Side View).
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Lima Shay c/n 3156 (192 tons) BH 1921 Class c 150, Rebuilt Cass shops Class 'D' 192 sitting on siding at Cass after final retirement in 1945? Scrapped Cass, W.Va. in 1951 or 55? (Shay behind believed to be No. 13 c/n 1586 Class 'D' 150) BH 1906. Gear Ratio 1 to 2.45.
- IDNO:
- 000488
- Title:
- Shay No. 3 on Wooden Trestle with Load of Logs.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Shay No. 3 train engine on a wooden trestle. Lima Shay, shop/order No. 754 W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company. (Greenbrier and Elk River No. 3) T.K.A. 65 ton - 3 Tu?k
- IDNO:
- 000490
- Title:
- Shay No. 3 and 12, Builder's Photographs
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Shay No. 12 of the Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Company (top) and Shay No. 3 of the Raine Lumber Company (bottom).
- IDNO:
- 000491
- Title:
- Shay No. 10 and Marion Steam Shovel in the Big Cut.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Marion steam shovel and Shay No. 10 in Big Cut, one mile from Spruce on Elk River. Shay No. 10 is giving the shovel water. Robert Dean of Sayre, Pa. says on back of original pix that he hauled there from start to finish.
- IDNO:
- 000502
- Title:
- Shay No. 3 in Woods with Loader and Crew
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- North Fork Lumber Co. No. 3? could be Cheat and Elk.
- IDNO:
- 000503
- Title:
- Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Unlike standard steam engines every wheel of the Shay engine and tender is a drive wheel no wheel can spin unless they all spin, thus giving the Shay tremendous power. Vertical cylinders and the crankshaft make multiple power strokes per revolution of the gear driven wheels for a smooth, even flow of power to negotiate steep grades with heavy loads effortlessly.