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Unknown Shays, known only by owner or locations
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| Unk.ID's | Class/WT | Gauge | Dates | Owner | Business | Rd-# | Location | St. | Country | Notes: |
| 24-28T | 1919 | Abbott, W. R. | Oil, Mill Supplies | Beattyville | KY | New Shay | ||||
| 1924 | American Paper Co. | Paper | Wausaw | WI | Shay sold 9-1-24 to Kannia Lumber Co., Kimball, Wis. | |||||
| 1918 | Anderson Steel Co. | Steel | New Port | KY | Shay in good shape | |||||
| 1927 | Babcock Coal & Coke Co. | Lbr., Coal & Coke | Clifftop | WV | ||||||
| narrow | 1907 | Barrett and Cline Lbr. Co. Tram | Spring | TX | ||||||
| narrow | 1910 | Bush Bro. Lbr. and Milling Co. Tram | Spring | TX | Succeeded Barrett and Cline Lbr. Co. | |||||
| 1924 | Camden Foundry Co. | Castings | Camden | AR | Trying to rebuild a Shay | |||||
| 24T | 36" | 1919-27 | Clark & Morse Lbr. Co. | 5 | Derry | LA | ||||
| A-15 | 36" | 1920-21 | Cloud, J. V. | Logging | Epps | LA | ||||
| 1919 | Hanna Coal Co., M. A. | Coal | Duluth | MN | Also controls Consumer Ore Co. who have 1 Shay at Mount Bon. | |||||
| 1919 | Hooverhurst & Soul RY | Clearfield | PA | |||||||
| 1923 | Hopedale Coal Co. | Hopedale | OH | |||||||
| ??8 | Interstate Lumber Co | New Orleans | LA | |||||||
| 1919 | Minden Lumber Co. | Minden | LA | Plant burnt down, Shay at Chesnut, La. | ||||||
| 1922 | Ohio Marble Co. , The | Stone | Piqua | OH | Bought Casparis Quarry at Piqua 7-7-22 | |||||
| 1920 | Reynolds & West Lbr. Co. | Lumber | Blodgett | MS | ||||||
| South Vandalia & State Line RR | 1 | Vandalia | NY | Not sn-137 | ||||||
| 28 | 1921-28 | Southern Lumber Co. | 104 | Warren | AR | Not sn-722 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Tench & Co., W. B. | Norlina | NC | |||||||
Unknown Shay photos, what little is known is included with each photo
Unknown Shay 001  ? "Nida Shay" ? A. V. Miller [logging] in Nida, Pocahontas, West Virginia |
Unknown Shay 002 "Rusk Iron Mine Co.O" "Belle Of Rusk" Rusk TX, photo c1890's |
Unknown Shay 003 ?-Gull River Lumber Co. ?-Gull Lake & Northern Ry Co. #1, ?-(Northern Mill Co.), ?-(Brainard & Northern Minnesota Ry) ?-Gilpatrick Lake, MN , c1890's |
Unknown Shay 004 Manitou Ltd. #3 North Manitou Island, off Leland, MI |
Unknown Shay 005 ? English |
Unknown Shay 006 ? English |
Unknown Shay 007 ? Koster Logging |
Unknown Shay 008 ? New Mexico |
Unknown Shay 009 ? Wall Lbr. Co. |
Unknown Shay 010  ? WV Shay |
Unknown Shay 011 ? Lake Shore & Eastern #3 ? John R. Davis Lumber Co., WI |
Unknown Shay 012 ? "Sheffield" area? |
Unknown Shay 013 ? Koster Logging |
Unknown Shay 014 |
Unknown Shay 015 |
Unknown Shay 016 Southern Lumber Co. #104 Warren AR (Not sn-722) |
Unknown Shay 017 ? WV Shay |
Unknown Shay 018 |
Unknown Shay 019 |
Unknown Shay 020 |
Unknown Shay 021 ? #5 |
Unknown Shay 022 ? #1 |
Unknown Shay 023 |
Unknown Shay 024 John Lindsey Lumber Co. Shay, Sandersville MS |
Unknown Shay 025 Lopez Sugar #9 Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 026 Lopez Sugar #11 Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 027 Road number 841 |
Unknown Shay 028 ? Pacific Electric |
Unknown Shay 029 ? Blue Lake Logging |
Unknown Shay 030 South Vandalia & State Line RR in Vandalia, NY Not sn-137 |
Unknown Shay 031 |
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