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1. Shay No. 11 Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train. P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works; CO 359 = Shop #3189 (12 22)

2. Shay No. 5. Builders Photo of Birch Valley Lumber Co. Train.

P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works.

3. Shay No. 12. Builder's Photo

Train engine 2102 on a bridge.

4. Locomotive No. 2102 on Iron Bridge.

Shay No. 6 engine on tracks.  Published by C.E. Armstrong.

5. Shay No. 6 (Mountain Locomotive) New River Coal Field, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad

Shay No. 4 engine traveling on tracks.

6. Shay No. 4 Front View.

Four men and a boy pose beside and on a train engine.

7. Shay No. 1 (2nd No. 1) with Crew and Small Boy (Side View)

Three men in front of a train engine.

8. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders) Front View (3/4)

Shay #4 on tracks from the front.

9. Shay No. 4 Front

Train engine with log carts.  Two men in engine, four men standing by tracks.

10. Shay No. 5 with Log Cars and Crew, Front 3/4, at Switchback

Train engine with two men beside of it.

11. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4

Train engine.  At bottom of pix says:  Note:  Also applicable to shop No. 2248, C&O Rd. No. 11 (1910), built to same plan No. 1586.

12. Shay Shop No. 1933 Chesapeake & Ohio Road No. 8

13. Rod Engine No. 509 and Crew

Train engine with crew standing in front and top of it.

14. Shay No. 3 and Crew (3/4 Front)

Shay No. 3 engine beside a hill of logs.

15. Shay No. 3 (Greenbrier and Elk River Railway)

Train engine on tracks with engineer looking back out of the window.

16. Shay No. 4 with Gondola Back View, Mower Lumber Co.

Side view of train engine with nine crew members standing in front of it.

17. Shay No. 10 Side View, with Crew

18. Shay No. 2 on Iron Trestle with Box Cars

Train engine with three crew members standing in front of it.

19. Shay No. 12

Train engine on tracks.  Lots of smoke coming from stack.

20. Shay No. 1 (2nd No. 1) at Switch (3/4 Front)

Side view of train engine beside forest.

21. Shay No. 1 (2nd No. 1)

Train engine with log carts and four of its crew members standing in front of it.  (Left Side 3/4 Front) Charles Cramer and Alt Cramer.

22. Shay No. 3 with Crew and Load of Logs.

Tracks run along cut in hillside.  Train engine back in the distance.

23. Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut

View of a Shay Engine traveling on tracks.

24. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4

Train engine in the snow.

25. Shay No. 4 Front 3/4 in Snow

Side view of Shay #8 train engine.  Two crew members in the front, two crew members in the train engine.

26. Shay No. 8 at Water Tanks, With Crew Front-Side

Front left side 3/4.  On back of original photo it says, "I was the first engineer, got her new from Lima, Ohio.  Robert Dean? or A.E. Perkins?"

27. Shay No. 10 at Water Tank

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company train engine.  S.I.C.E [?]  1912 Atlanta (Perrell).  Credit copy, Mallory Hope Ferrell.

28. Climax No. 1

Original photo from Paul James.

29. Paul James and Ray McClelland in Cab of Shay No. 19.

Side view of a train engine.  Picture taken from 2nd level of boiler room of the mill.

30. Shay No. 4 Side View.

Front view of a Shay train engine with forest in the background.

31. Shay No. 11 Front 3/4

Side view of Shay train engine.

32. Shay No. 11 Side View

Front view of Shay train engine.  Man standing beside of it.

33. Shay Front View

Side view of Shay train engine beside a trestle.  Original from C.B. Cromer

34. Shay Left Hand Full View in front of Coal Trestle.

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.

35. Shay No. 4 Rear View with 3 Loads of Dirt on 10-30 yd Cars. (Not the Big Cut)

View looking down on Shay train engine.  Man standing on engine.

36. Shay No. 12 Looking Down from Coal Ramp at Sand House

Front view of Shay #1 train engine and 3 men in front of it.  One man in cab.

37. Shay No. 1 at Mill

38. Shay No. 12 Left Side View

39. Shay No. 7 Front 3/4

3/4 front view of Shay train engine.

40. Shay No. 6

Train engines and crews line railroad tracks.

41. Shay No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 on Tracks with Crews

Five men standing in front of a train engine.

42. Locomotive No. 1008. Western Maryland Rod Engine and Crew

Derelict train engine.

43. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

Pictured with possibly his wife.

44. Shay locomotive and Engineer

3/4 front view of the Shay train engine No. 11.

45. Shay No. 11

46. Shay No. 4 Rear View

View of Shay No. 4 train engine pulling log carts.

47. Shay No. 4, Front 3/4, with Load of Logs

Shay No. 7 train engine with two men in the cabin.

48. Shay No. 7, Front 3/4

Train engine with man standing beside it.

49. Shay No. 12 Partial View of Front

Man leaning against a train engine.

50. Shay Locomotive Front 3/4 VIew

Shay  No. 7 train engine.

51. Shay No. 7 Front 3/4

3/4 front view of Shay train engine with man standing on the front end.

52. Shay Locomotive

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.

53. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders)

Shay No. 4 train engine pushing/pulling a lumber loading cart.

54. Shay No. 4 with Loader in Woods, Mower Lumber Co.

3/4 front view of Shay train engine.

55. Shay Locomotive

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.'

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

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

57. 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).

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

Men stand on a Shay locomotive hauling a train of cars filled with logs.

59. Shay Logging Train and Crew

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

60. 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.

61. Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)

'Controls inside the cab of a Shay look like this.  Shown are train and engine brake controls, reverse bar, water injector, and throttle and water-gauge cocks.  Visitors are welcome to visit the cab between 'runs' and they do!'

62. Shay Engine Controls

3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 8.  Five men standing beside the train engine.

63. Shay No. 8 and Crew.

Shay train engine No. 8 with five men standing beside it.

64. Shay No. 8 and Crew

3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 6.

65. Shay No. 6

Train engine with a man standing beside it.

66. Shay No. 11 (Front 3/4 View)

Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.

67. Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut

Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.

68. Shay Wreck

Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.

69. Shay Wreck

Crew members pose beside train engine pulling lumber car.

70. Shay No. 2 with Engineers and Logging Crew

71. Holden, C. H. and Engineer Paul Wassner next to the Engine 'Boot Jack'

Train travels through a wooded area.

72. Switch-back Railroad

Three men standing in front of a train engine pulling lumber cars.

73. Locomotive with Engineer, Fireman, and Brakeman.

C.H. Holden seated on one of Ranwood Lumber Company's Shay Engines.

74. Holden, C. H. President of the Ranwood Lumber Company,

Engineer (Frank), fireman (Jim), and brakeman (Dan) on Climax locomotive and a load of logs.

75. Climax Crew Posing in Front of Their Engine

Four men standing in front of the side of a train engine.

76. Locomotive and Crew

Train engine beside a hillside.  Man in the cabin of the train with W. M. on the Door.

77. Locomotive

Train engine going around a bend while pulling logs.

78. Shay No. 3 Pulling Log Cars

79. Locomotive and Train With Pulp Cars

Class C Shay.  Shay train engine no. 11 pulling log carts.  Men are in the cabin.  Two people walking beside the train.

80. Shay No. 11 and Log Cars

Train engine on tracks moving past a railroad spill.

81. Shay Locomotive

Train crew and other men stand in front of an engine.

82. Shay Locomotive and Crew

Side view of Georges Creek train engine and two crew members.

83. Locomotive Georges Creek Taken at Mt. Savage

Train engine pulling part of a wrecked train.  Crew members standing on crane car.

84. Shay Locomotive Carrying Part of a Wrecked Engine

Crew workers standing with a train engine.

85. Shay No. 7 and Crew Near Lumber Mill

Western Maryland train engine No. 513 built by Baldwin in 1905.

86. Western Maryland Engine No. 513 Built by Baldwin 1905

Train engine carrying a cart of logs.  Crew members pose for photograph.

87. Shay No. 6 Carrying Logs With Crew

1800 train engine with crew member in the cabin.

88. Locomotive (1880 Engine)

Train engine hauling logs.

89. Log Train Hauling Logs

Men sitting on wreckage below trestle.

90. Shay Wreck over a Trestle

Three loggers stand beside a logging train.

91. Loggers and Log Train

Etching of a logging train on a trestle.

92. Etching of a Logging Train

Shay locomotive and derrick car on tracks above derailed train engine.  Crew posing on engine.

93. Logging Train Derailment

Shay locomotive traveling along tracks.

94. Shay Locomotive

Locomotive on tracks with crew posing on the engine.

95. Locomotive No. 2 and Crew

Two engines of C and C railway pulling train.

96. C and C Railway Train