A Cab Ride in a real Shay: My Dream Come True (part 2)

This time, my friend Bob invited me onboard his pride: A Shay, running at the BC Forest Museum.

This is really a dream come true: I've been on board a Shay, under steam, and in the cab on a short loop of track !!!

Here is a long clip of that ride. During the run, there was a stop. You'll see how the engineer slows down the Shay and secures it when stopped. Then you'll see a start. As usual, the powerful and high pitch sound of the whistle doesn't please my camcorder. The recording suffers a bit from it.

It was a rainy day, but still the light conditions were good and the overall image quality is good.

It's been 10 years since I've enjoyed that cab ride. I believe BC forest museum is now storing this Shay, named "Hillcrest Lumber Company No.1", cold. Their web site indicates "pending boiler repair". I've been lucking of this ride ... and to record this event!

I've got no news from my friend Bob S. I hope he's doing well. Thank you again Bob!

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Science & Technology

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• trains
• railroad
• steam
• Shay
• locomotive
• narrow
• gauge
• vapeur
• voie
• etroite

[sugarjacki]

Hi . My family lived at the forest museum forty years ago. I was 13 years old and with my brother and sisters we "fired"the locie a lot for our father who was the engineer at the time. We spent a year there. It was the year they added the new track to the loop with its lovely diamond crossing and longer ride. Dads been gone a long time but your cab ride took me back 40 years to the good o days thanks . cheers

[tvnshack]

@sugarjacki Thank you for these kind words. I'm delighted to have salvaged this old tape and to be able to bring it here to you all. I wish I could travel again to BC (I live in France now).

[EN6004]

Thankyou for posting this video, I worked at the BC Forest Museum at this time and it was nice to see Bob again, sadly he passed away in 1999. This is a nice memorial to him on the internet, unfortunately there are no definite plans to rebuild the Shay

PH

[tvnshack]

Thank you so muchPH, I so sad to learn about Bob. I met him in 96 on a 1st trip to BC (from France). He gave me his email and we talked a lot. I made another trip in 98 where he was still there and again invited me onboard. I have the tapes I shot in 96 also but didn't posted another vid as it's almost a duplicate. But if you wish, I'll compile the segments where Bob is seen. Usually, I don't show much of the people, in case prefer not to be exposed. Drop me a line and I'll compile another vid.

[mamacoke]

Wow, thats amazing!!! Thank you so much for posting, great work!!

[tvnshack]

And: That clip has now a lot of interest because that Shay is stopped cold. I hope they'll get the funding to repair it!

[wwebtime]

Thanx for the link! Glad you got to ride! I ran a 1952 Swithcher for A TIME THAT OUR RAILROAD HAD BOUGHT FROM THE aRMY, AND THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN BEING IN THE CAB

[BreathDoctor]

I've had the fortune of knowing a friend whos given me ride Cab rides in his 0-6-0 ex Essex Terminal Railroad. Also got first ride in an F-7 and a Jeep.

[CGiordano464]

where this

[norin02]

When I was younger, I was lucky enough to ride in the cab of this train, their "Green Hornet" and the "Sandy Speeder"

Such luck for someone with a love of trains.

I need to go back there some time soon.

[tvnshack]

Actually, I have some other footage of a cab ride in the same Shay ...a year earlier in 1995. I wonder if I should post a clip here too. Thanks for the comment.