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

1. Shay Wreck

IDNO:
000526
Title:
Shay Wreck
Date:
undated
Description:
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.

2. Shay Wreck

IDNO:
000525
Title:
Shay Wreck
Date:
undated
Description:
Men walking around the remains of a wrecked Shay train engine.
Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.

3. Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut

IDNO:
000522
Title:
Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut
Date:
undated
Description:
Distant photo of a Shay engine and steam shovel in between the cut in mountain.
Train engine with a man standing beside it.

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

IDNO:
000520
Title:
Shay No. 11 (Front 3/4 View)
Date:
undated
Description:
Train engine with a man standing beside it.
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 6.

5. Shay No. 6

IDNO:
000514
Title:
Shay No. 6
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 6.
Shay train engine No. 8 with five men standing beside it.

6. Shay No. 8 and Crew

IDNO:
000513
Title:
Shay No. 8 and Crew
Date:
undated
Description:
Shay train engine No. 8 with five men standing beside it.
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 8. Five men standing beside the train engine.

7. Shay No. 8 and Crew.

IDNO:
000510
Title:
Shay No. 8 and Crew.
Date:
undated
Description:
3/4 front view of Shay train engine No. 8. Five men standing beside the train engine.
'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!'

8. Shay Engine Controls

IDNO:
000508
Title:
Shay Engine Controls
Date:
undated
Description:
'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!'
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.

9. Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)

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

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

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

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

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).
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

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

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