Shay Locomotive At The World Forestry Center

Shay Locomotive At The World Forestry Center

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[PlasmaDude47]

What a great video and train, wow 25 years brings back a lot of memories doesn't it:) I favored this video too!

[BeanMeister22]

Thanks, I've been meaning to get up there and film this train for a few months now, so I'm glad that I was finally able to share it with everyone. And yes, time sure flies when

[TrueBlueAustralian]

A very unique engine.! Thank you for the technical info. But it sounds so strange they made it gear drive because the line was so bad.?

[BeanMeister22]

That's what I thought too. Don't fix the track, just design a new engine:) I had never even considered that there could be major design differences in steam locomotives. My experience with trains, has been only been loading tank cars and hopper cars; my knowledge of the engines that pull these rail cars is very limited.

[anthrit]

Nice history lesson, that thing is cool looking.

[BeanMeister22]

Thanks

[allenra530]

The Shay, Heisler and Climax geared locomotives were built to haul heavy loads up steep grades on temporary track laid to get to stands of timber. Once the trees were cut, there was no need to keep the track there, so they would tear it up and lay it somewhere else. The roadbed was temporary as well and didn't have to be very good. They were also used in open pit mines where the track was moved as the ore was mined.

[MyFoodsRtouching]

she's had good luck with them fires, ain't she?

[DicksPC]

A very unique designed engine, Thank four the tour of it !  Dick

[SantaFe158]

@BeanMeister22 Logging railroads weren't meant to be permanent, therefore the tracks weren't really laid with much care. The gears just made the locomotive more powerful, it was the dual/triple truck design with a flexible drive-shaft that allowed them to negotiate the rough track.

[bcschmerker]

Lima Locomotive Works, Inc., had so wide a range of seam models, that a major line could potentially use Class D Shays (two trucks under the main frame and two under the water tender) in the yards to assemble trains, trailer-boosted 2-10-4's on the main line for revenue freight, and trailer-boosted 4-8-4's on the main line for mail and passengers. The Shays had outstanding slow-speed control.

[f2535]

As far as fixing the track, these locomotives were used to haul the logs to the camp/mill. Most of the time the track was temporarly laid out on a hilside, this resulting in uneven track and steep climbs. Bringing in equipment to make a level track bed out of where these locomotives went would have been to time consuming and not cost effective. because all the wheels were powered, the shay could climb where other locomotives would slip!

[hiesler]

Nice Shay, its in a very good condition for how long it has been sitting there.

Despite having two models of a shay on my logging themed model railroad, I have never seen one in real life due to living in England.

[hiesler]

@TrueBlueAustralian They were also designed to go up steep hills, so the gears had the same effect as a car in first gear. This also made them very slow with a top speed of around 15mph.

[dumbass65]

borderlands rule

[tonytiger75]

I saw this engine back in the early 90ies just before OMSI moved out of the old building.

It looks to be in a bit better shape then when I saw it, the left side of the cab had rotted and fallen off and there was no cover over it.

I guess they just left that side off and put the ramp over to it, much safer then what I climed in there, wish they could put it back in steam.