Photo Credit: Top: Charlie Cromer Collection
Bottom: Marc Reusser Collection
| Shop Number 2563 | - | Built for: West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. |
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Class: 42-2 |
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Cylinders: 3 - 10 x 12 |
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Empty Weight: 69,300 |
| Owners: West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. #7, Dobbin, WV (1913) West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk RR. #7, Cass, WV (7-1914) West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk RR #7, Dobbin, WV (1914) For sale (1915) West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk RR. #7, Cass, WV (c1915-1916) Deep Run Big Vein Coal Co., Deep Run RR #7 , Shaw, WV (3-1929) Western Maryland Ry Co., Western Maryland Ry #3, Shaw, WV; (stored) (1929) Western Maryland Ry Co. Western Maryland Ry #2563, Maryland Junction, WV (1929) For sale at Maryland Junction, WV; (repaired) (11-1929) Western Maryland Ry Co., Western Maryland Ry #3, Vindex, WV (6-1932) Western Maryland Ry Co., Western Maryland Ry #3, Maryland Junction, WV; (stored) (6-1932) For sale (11-1932) W. H. Green #1, Glady, WV (6-1941) Glady-Sewell Coal Co. #1, Glady, WV (4-1942) W. H. Green, Elkins, WV; (not used) (10-10-1945) Premar Coal Co. #1, (Mine #4), Austen, WV Premar Coal Co. #1, (Mine #1), West End, WV Borgman Brothers Coal Co. #44, West End (Tunnelton), WV (1950's) Abandoned at West End, WV (1970's) David W. Corbitt (railfan), Parkersburg, WV, Shay remained at West End (1970's) Damaged by passing train derailment while enroute to Cass (1970's) Scrapped after accident |
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| Disposition: (1970's) Scrapped at West End, WV | |||
| Additional Notes: In Dobbins, Shay used to build the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company's Stony River Dam. | |||