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
Close-up shot of a Shay train engine. Three cylinders fronting the cab of this 1880 Model Shay engine dispatches power to all twelve wheels equally. When one wheel spins, they all spin, which is a rarity indeed.
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.
Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)
Date:
undated
Description:
There were 2 engines used in making the cut, No. 4 Engineer Robert Dean, No. 2 Engineer was Lewis (Pinhead) Collins. There were 10-30 yd. cars and 10-20 yd. cars. This is Engine #4 backing down with 10-30 yd. cars.
No. 4 takes on a tank of water, and it takes 1,500 gallons of it from nearby Leatherback Creek for each puffing trip up Cheat Mountain, with about 400 thrilled passengers, that is. The neighboring Chesapeake and Ohio Railway donated the water tank.