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One of 12 Shay Engines pulling log trains at Cass, W.Va. during 1920's.  Now Site of W.Va. Scenic Railway.

145. Shay with Load of Logs

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

146. Shay No. 11

Front view of Shay No. 11 train engine at the water tank with six crew members in front.

147. Shay No. 11 at Spruce Water Tank With Crew

148. Shay No. 4 Rear View

Four Shay train engines at the Spruce Shop.

149. Shays at Spruce Shop

150. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay and Crew

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

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

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

152. Shay No. 7, Front 3/4

Train engine with man standing beside it.

153. Shay No. 12 Partial View of Front

Man leaning against a train engine.

154. Shay Locomotive Front 3/4 VIew

Shay  No. 7 train engine.

155. Shay No. 7 Front 3/4

Shay train engine in the Cass Shop.

156. Cass Scenic Railroad Shay in Shop, Cass, W. Va,

Shay No. 1 train engine.  Cass Station.

157. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders) Side View with a Second Shay

Front view of the Shay No. 4 train engine.

158. Shay No. 4 Front

Shay train engine pushing empty carts.

159. Shay No. 4 Pushing Empties up Switchback, Front View of Engine

Lima Shay #2563 built in 1912, originally G.C.& E. Railroad No. 7 of Cass, W.Va.  Shown after being sold to the Deep Run Coal Company, Shaw, W.V.  The town of Shaw and Deep Run to be flooded by the Bloomington Dam now being built by the Army Corp of Engineers on the Potomac River.

160. Shay Locomotive, Deep Run Railroad, Shaw, W. Va.

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

161. 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.

162. Shay No. 1 (Slanting Cylinders)

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

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

3/4 front view of Shay No. 13 train engine at a water tank.

164. Shay No. 13 at Cass, W. Va. Water Tank

3/4 front view of Shay train engine.

165. Shay Locomotive

Shay No. 8 train engine with two men standing beside it and two men in the cabin.

166. Shay No. 8 at Cass Yard, with Crew

Two train engines pushing passenger cars up hill.

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

Three Shay train engines during the Richmond National Railway Historical Society trip.

168. Shay No. 4, 5, and 7 above Cass Station, Cass Scenic Railroad

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.'

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

Lima Shay c/n 3156 (192 tons) BH 1921 Class c 150, Rebuilt Cass shops Class 'D' 192 sitting on siding at Cass after final retirement in 1945? Scrapped Cass, W.Va. in 1951 or 55?  (Shay behind believed to be No. 13 c/n 1586 Class 'D' 150) BH 1906.  Gear Ratio 1 to 2.45.

170. Shay No. 12. Standing Ready to be Junked (Left Side View).

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

171. 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).

172. 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.

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

Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.

174. Loggers Operating a Log Crane

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

175. Shay Logging Train and Crew

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

176. 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.

177. Shay Engine (Close Up of Gears)

"W.Va. Spruce Lumber Company.  American Log Loader,  Model C, No. 2" on loader.  "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39" on car. "Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad" on engine.  Log loader, engineer, John Geraw.  Engine 2, engineer, Lewis Collins.  Fireman, Robert Dean.

178. Shay No. 2 and Loader No. 2

Hesiler No. 6 train engine on tracks.

179. Heisler No. 6 at Cass Depot, Cass Scenic Railroad

Lima Pacific Coast Shay c/n 3320 BH 1928 in Cass Shops 8/2/1971 cylinders 13 x 16 -36 wheels.  Shay in Cass Shop left hand front 3/4.  Arrived Cass 1971.  Sold:  Mayo Lbr. Co. No. 4. Paldi B.C. 702601928; Lake Logging Co. No. 5 Cowichan Lake B.C. 2-43; Western Forest Industries No. 5, Honeymoon Bay B.C. 12/46; Railway Appliance Research Ltd. No. 144, North Vancouver B.C. 1-64

180. Lima Pacific Coast Shay

'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!'

181. Shay Engine Controls

West Virginia Spruce Lumber Co. American Log Loader, Model C, No. 2.  On loader says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad 39' on car.  Says 'Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad' on engine.  Log loader, engineer, John Geraw; Engine 2, engineer Lewis Collins; Fireman, Robert Dean.

182. Shay No. 2 and Loader No. 2

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

183. Shay No. 8 and Crew.

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

184. Shay No. 8 and Crew

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

185. Shay No. 6

Shay No. 1, 'Old Barney' (the original #1) at the Spruce Shop.

186. Shay No. 1 'Old Barney'

Locomotive on tracks in Hagerstown or Ridgely.

187. Shay No. 14 at Hagerstown or Ridgely (Western Maryland 5 on the Side)

Men standing in front, on, and around the locomotives.

188. Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Shays No. 1,2, and 4 at the Spruce Shop

Shay train engine No. 7 on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

189. Shay No. 7, Cass Scenic Railroad

Train engine with a man standing beside it.

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

View from coal dock.  John Warner standing on locomotive.

191. Shay No. 12 at Cass Shop, Cass, W. Va.

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

192. Shay and Steam Shovel in the Big Cut