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.
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.