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3/4 front view of Shay train engine.

85. Shay Locomotive

Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.

86. Shay No. 4 and One Other Shay with Crowded Train on the Cass Scenic Railroad

In 1900 Samuel Slaymaker, a timber broker, set up a construction camp at the mouth of Leatherbark Creek (the present site of the Cass Scenic Railroad shops).

87. Slaymaker, Samuel E.

Loader placing logs onto a Greenbrier and Elk Car.

88. West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company No. 1 Loader

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.'

89. Big Cut One Mile from Spruce, W. Va. on the Elk River.

'Cheat Bridge W.Va. near Rt. 250. 1st house, Clyde Folks; 2nd house (high porch), C.P. Gillepsie.  Harlan's mother on porch, with motor car on tracks.'

90. Houses in Cheat Bridge, W. Va.

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

91. Shay No. 3 on Wooden Trestle with Load of Logs.

Shay No. 12 of the Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Company (top) and Shay No. 3 of the Raine Lumber Company (bottom).

92. Shay No. 3 and 12, Builder's Photographs

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.

93. Shay No. 10 and Marion Steam Shovel in the Big Cut.

Standing right to left in the woods:  1. Geo Cromet  2. Ralph Riddle  3. Pat Lannan  4. Fred Lannan  5. --  Sitting right to left:  6. Charley Sealey  7. Larnce? Bradley  8. Andy Berriel  9.  Jess Tuesey?

94. Loggers Dressed Up inTheir Best

North Fork Lumber Co. No. 3? could be Cheat and Elk.

95. Shay No. 3 in Woods with Loader and Crew

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.

96. Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)