A Cab Ride in a real Shay: My Dream Come True (part 1)

[wwebtime]

Did I miss the part where you are riding in the cab?

[tvnshack]

@wwebtime Yes. It's on Part 2, right here Tpsq0ZM7ilA

[janedoe1024]

Tis is beautiful Shay - it is such a shame that there's no funding to run her!! On the other hand it costs a fortune (and then some) to run a private railroad !!

[7bigmike7]

What a lovely whistle! That engineer could really make it "sing" The Shay @ Yosemite Sugar Pine (in Northern, CA) has a nice whistle too. I got to ride in the cab there.

[tvnshack]

Good for you !

But here it's a video about a 2-truck Shay that is not at CSR, nor at Roaring Camp. And she deserves her 15 minutes of fame just because she exists !

That's it.

[pwalpar]

Very Neat old Locomotive. I got a kick out of seeing those push pockets on the corners. They have them painted Red. That is an awesome sounding bell it has.

[schreiber48]

My first ever steam cab ride was aboard this darling little hog in the summer of 1974. She may yet run again. Sure hope so! Thank you for posting!

[enr3870]

I hope so, the 25 is a neat engine, but nothing compared to the shay.

[kleetus92]

Nice shots! Is this a Lima engine?

[tvnshack]

Yes, it's a 1911 - 42 ton Class B 2-truck Shay locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio for the Bloedel Stewart & Welch company as No. 1

You can check for her on the bcforestmuseum web site

[kleetus92]

Interesting... the Foster Brook & State Line engine is a 1920, #3118 build, built originally for Goods Road Construction Co. of St. Lois. According to Doug, this is 1 of only 5 24 inch gauge engines with 3 cylinders built. He thought his was the only one left operating. Might be good to get these guys talking!

[tvnshack]

From one former BCFmuseum who saw my vids and mailed me privately: That Shay is now stopped and set on display. No plans - and funding - to repair her. So, I'm proudly posting these two videos of her running. And, as a tribute to its engineer who past away the year after I visited him and made this film.

[Kittygurl65]

Love the Shays, It's too bad the No.1 is out of service.

[PatMcHugh]

A cab ride in a shay would be a dream come true for me as well! I'm glad you were able to do so