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Here's a 3.5 minute YouTube video with a brief history of the Shay including a nifty photo of the very first one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G7mHfIaWjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G7mHfIaWjE
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Interesting. Thanks for posting the link, Bill.
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So as far as the static Shay is concerned, I guess they did have piston and flywheel mounted on the boiler with a chain drive. I stand correct. I now have seen everything.
BerndNew York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black DiamondsComment
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My favorite type of locomotive. They are the North Coast Railroad's primary source of power.Home of the HOn3 North Coast Railroad, along the shores of Lake Ontario.Comment
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Interesting video, Bill. As an aside, Ephrain Shay started his lumbering business in the same township I live in, Sunfield Twp, in Michigan. A village or settlement within a mile of where I live was Shaytown and while there is only two ramshackle houses, one abandoned, there, the North/South roadway there is Shaytown Rd and runs for over a dozen miles. Shay moved farther North in lower Michigan and it was there that he had the locomotive built for him. There is a house in Harbor Springs, MI that he had built that is constructed nearly totally of steel. A Shay festival of sorts is held in the Summer in Harbor Springs. The Doll and I went once....
SOMEhow I came into possession of a SHAYTOWN Rd street sign and it resides in my barn/shop building.
Last edited by k9wrangler; 01-31-2022, 07:08 PM. Reason: Fix my usual spelling error....dam I used to spel beteer..Karl Scribner-Curmudgeon
Cedar Swamp
SW of Manistique, MI
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Bill,
Good video! I learned something today. Thanks for posting it.
ScottComment
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I shay that was very interesting, thanks for posting this Bill.
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