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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