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Quick Shay Facts
| 2,768 Shays were built over 67 years under four company names. (2) | |||
| Lima Machine Works | 1878 - April 12, 1892 | ||
| Lima Locomotive & Machine Co. | April 12, 1892 - 1912 | ||
| Lima Locomotive Corporation | 1912 - March 1916 | ||
| Lima Locomotive Works, Inc. | March 1916 - 1945 | ||
| 687 | 2-cylinders/2-trucks | Class A | |
| 2 | 2-cylinders/3-trucks | Special (1) | |
| 1,478 | 3-cylinders/2-trucks | Class B | |
| 582 | 3-cylinders/3-trucks | Class C | |
| 20 | 3-cylinders/4-trucks | Class D | |
| Notes: (1) sn-117 & 119 (2) one Shay had two sn# assigned (1500 & 1755) |
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Major Contributors of Shay Information
(in alphabetical order)
| W. George Cook S. David Carriker Rod Crossley George A. Fizer Tony Howe Steve Hauff Chih-wen Jason Hung |
Thomas Lawson Jr. William P. McNeel David Price Marc Reusser Max Robin Tim Sasse John Taubeneck |
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