Lima Locomotive Works

Photo Credit: Charles Smith, May 2007

Drawing by Ushain Wu

Shop Number 2724 - Built for: Samuels, Samuels & Co.
Built:
08-30-1913
Class:
B
28-2
Trucks:
2
Cylinders:
[#-Diam x Stroke]
3 - 8 x 10
Gear Ratio:
3.071
Wheel Diam:
27.5"
Gauge:
30"
Boiler:
[Style - Diam.]
E.W.T. - 35.375"
Fuel Type:
Wood
Fuel Capacity:
1.25 Cords
Water Capacity:
850 Gallons
Empty Weight:
As built
48,527
Owners:
Rockhill & Victor #24, New Your City, NY; For:
Samuels, Samuels & Co. #24, Taipei, Formosa (Japan); For:
Alishan Forest Railway #24, Kirun, Formosa, (Japan)
(1945) Alishan Forest Railway #24, Keelung (Chilung), Taiwan
Disposition: displayed @ On display at Alishan Station, Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan
Additional Notes: Shipped to: Kirun (Keelung), Formosa (Taiwan)
There is only one original LIMA mark left on any of the Alishan Ry shays and it has no number. All of their shays have been re-built, changing much of the original Lima product. Most were renumbered for various reasons without regard to Lima Shop Numbers over the years.

All of the 28 ton Alishan Shays were converted by the Alishan shops prior to 1921 to have the driveline pinion gears moved from the right side of the axel as Lima built it to the left side of the axel. The reason given was that these engines always faced downhill and backed (pushed) their train up the grade. Alishan 28t Shays were the only Shays to make this conversion.
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