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Title: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Neo Fender on December 10, 2008, 11:18:17 AM

I've seen both a running, full-size version and a gold plated model of it on a train video. I haven't seen a full view of the engine, so I don't know what the wheel arrangement is. However, it has a long crankshaft (for lack of a more accurate term) that runs longitudinally (fore and aft) along the wheels, low on the engine.

Just curious.

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Dusten Barefoot on December 10, 2008, 11:33:24 AM

Sounds to me like a shay locomotive.
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Dusten

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Hamish K on December 10, 2008, 05:38:36 PM

Where did you see the real life. running version of this loco? I agree with Dusten, probably a Shay. I suggest you go to the products page on this site, type Shay into the search box and see if it looks like any of Bachmann's model Shays. (Shays came in many sizes and shapes). If it is a Shay, and you are interested in finding out more, visit http://shaylocomotives.com (http://shaylocomotives.com)

Hamish

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Neo Fender on December 10, 2008, 06:43:36 PM

Thanks all for the info. The engine that I saw was on a video that I rented from the library, so the footage could have easily been 10-15 years old.

Quote from: Hamish K on December 10, 2008, 05:38:36 PM
Where did you see the real life. running version of this loco? I agree with Dusten, probably a Shay. I suggest you go to the products page on this site, type Shay into the search box and see if it looks like any of Bachmann's model Shays. (Shays came in many sizes and shapes). If it is a Shay, and you are interested in finding out more, visit http://shaylocomotives.com (http://shaylocomotives.com)

Hamish

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Paul M. on December 11, 2008, 07:45:12 PM

I've got a video on Youtube of Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad shay #15. It may help you to determine if the locomotive you saw was a shay or not. (It sounds like it is)

Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKXmtZebJc&feature=channel_page

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Neo Fender on December 15, 2008, 12:03:25 PM

Not the same video but what I saw was indeed a Shay. Thanks for the info.

Quote from: Paul M. on December 11, 2008, 07:45:12 PM
I've got a video on Youtube of Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad shay #15. It may help you to determine if the locomotive you saw was a shay or not. (It sounds like it is)

Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKXmtZebJc&feature=channel_page

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Woody Elmore on December 16, 2008, 09:31:32 AM

Wasn't a shay used on the Georgetown Loop Railroad when it first opened?I remember watching it at a train meet.

Title: Re: What type of engine is this?
Post by: Yampa Bob on December 17, 2008, 05:09:05 AM

Georgetown Loop had 2 Shays, #12 and #14.

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