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| (...) realistic. (...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| There are quite a few good pictures at the Cass Railroad Site www.cassrailroad.com The cass scenic railroad has several shays, a climax and a hiesler. The web site has pictures of most of thier engines. There is also several books out on cass' (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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