This shay still survives, is actually 30 inch gauge, and while a little beefier is still just a two cylinder Shay. Love the cabbage stack!
http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima2399/sn-2374.htm (http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima2399/sn-2374.htm)
I, too, like cabbage stacks and was thinking of changing the stacks on most of my fleet. However, the standard gauge Challenger might just look a bit, well, strange! ;D
There a surprising number of 30" gauge SHAYS still around, at least 18 some operational, most on display
from B Class 20-2, B Class 42-2 up to a C Class 60-3.( personal favorite)
Although 23&1/2" gauge the Left Hand Drive SHAYS for San Luis de la Paz # 757, 758, 836, 827 wold be neat to
operate and confuse people.
Ken C
GWN