Random steam pics thread

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[bbmiroku]

Never heard of a NYC Shay-type before, so I googled.

https://www.railarchive.net/nyccollection/nyc7189.htm

[James in FL]

That's all good stuff Sid.
Every picture so far, is new to me.
I really love the pic with the wooden rails, that's the beginning of North American Railroading as we know it.

Thanks for posting, looking forward to more.

[ebtnut]

I'm pretty sure that first Shay pic on page 12 is printed backwards.  IIRC, there were only a couple of "left-handed" Shays, and they were two-cylinders, narrow gauge, and built for export.  I would note that at one time Ford Motor Co. had a Shay for a plant switcher.  Henry Ford didn't like the off-center boiler design, so they had Lima build one with the boiler centered on the frame. 

[Terry Toenges]

Hmm..... This one has the cylinders covered. Wink. Wink. Early prototype.

[Ken Huck]

That Shay on page 12 is 'right' handed.  The tender is to the left (rear).  I read somewhere that the horse-drawn
carriages on city streets were a bit shy and get a little skittish when one of these loud, smoke-belching screamers
would get close.  So the city engineers would try to 'hide' them to fool the horses.  Don't know if it worked or not.

...Also, the 4-truck shay on the same page:  That's the first 4-truck picture I've seen that wasn't a model.

Edit:  Just looked at 'all' pages, the backwards shay is on page 11.

Thanks for posting.

[RAM]

Anybody know anything about that 2-6-2 on page 12?  It looks like it might have more than one generator. 

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Love it! I could look at pictures of steam engines all day. Brings back lots and lots of good memories. Thanks.

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