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Re: Cass #5
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Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:22:05 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Grady Lewis Valentine writes:
> Just completed my version of Shay #5 from the Cass Scenic Railroad in West
> Virginia.
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> Shay #5 was build in 1905 by the Lima Locomotive Works.
> It is still in use today on its original line. This makes it one of the
> oldest engines still in use on its original line, and the second oldest shay
> in existance.
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> The shay contains four engines. One on each truck (I could not use regular
> wheels because of the truck design) and one 9 volt motor that runs the
> pistons. The motor is geared down so the pistons are slower and more • realistic.
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> The train is acutally about 10 wide at it widest. But most of the train is 8
> wide. It is a massive engine, but pretty close to scale with the wheels.
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> You can take a look at.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=10708
> or at
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=10666
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> If you want to take a look at the real engine
> http://www.cassrailroad.com/shay5.html
Nice work Grady.
I got some pictures of one of these shaft drive locos at a rail museum in BC
when I was there (near Squamish, from memory). I'm not sure if it was a Shay or
not - I'll have to check my notes. Had plans to build one sometime. But I don't
know when 8?(
I hope it turns out as good as yours!
ROSCO
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| (...) If the shafts ran down the side, it was a Shay (thus earning it the moniker "sidewinder"). If the shafts ran down the centerline, it was either a Heisler or a Climax (this all assumes it was one of the big three, I there were actually a couple (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Ross Crawford wrote in message ... (...) BC (...) Shay or (...) don't (...) Maybe the BC Forest Museum at Duncan, on Vancouver Island? I seem to remember they have a Shay, but I might be wrong. Their website is (URL) but it's pretty poor, no decent (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Just completed my version of Shay #5 from the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia. Shay #5 was build in 1905 by the Lima Locomotive Works. It is still in use today on its original line. This makes it one of the oldest engines still in use on its (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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