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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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