Unknown Shays
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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 | |||||
| 037 | C | Std. | unk | Reliance Log. Co. | Reliance | WA | ||||
| 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
? near Cadillac MI ? "Nida Shay" ? A. V. Miller [logging] in Nida, Pocahontas, West Virginia |
Unknown Shay 002
Photo June 1937 being scrapped from Clarke MI Historical Library |
Unknown Shay 003
Silver Lake RY & Lbr. Co., Castle Rock, Cowlitz County WA prior to 1909 NOT sn-2605 or 3152 |
Unknown Shay 004
Darius Kensey photo Need the SN-# (Likely NOT sn-1881) |
Unknown Shay 005
English Lbr. Co. Right side |
Unknown Shay 006
English Lbr. Co. Left side, years later |
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
#3 straight boiler from Joe Hereford collection |
Unknown Shay 013
A shop # above 1550 due to parts used. |
Unknown Shay 014
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Unknown Shay 015
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Unknown Shay 016
Southern Lumber Co. #104 Warren AR (Not sn-722) |
Unknown Shay 017
? WV Shay |
Unknown Shay 018
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Unknown Shay 019
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Unknown Shay 020
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Unknown Shay 021
Not sn-2760; this has a #8 It is a 70-3 class Shay built to plan 2223; between sn-2222-3030 |
Unknown Shay 022
? #1 |
Unknown Shay 023
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Unknown Shay 024
Lamont Lbr. Co., Polk Co. TX 1905-1906 not sn-135 |
Unknown Shay 025
Lopez Sugar #9 Fabrica, Negros, PI in 1977 Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 026
3-tk Shay on display in Fabrica (Sagay City), Negros, Philippines photo taken in 2013 by Robert Hannaford (older photo as unk-25) |
Unknown Shay 027
Lopez Sugar #11, Fabrica (Sagay City), Negros, Philippines Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 028
taken 1977 by Gary P. Kingon at Fabrica, Negros, PI. Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 029
Not sn-172 or sn-530, both past id errors Belived to have been in PA |
Unknown Shay 030
South Vandalia & State Line RR in Vandalia, NY Not sn-137 |
Unknown Shay 031
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Unknown Shay 032
taken 1977 by Gary P. Kingon at Fabrica, Negros, PI. Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 033
taken 1977 by Gary P. Kingon at Fabrica, Negros, PI. Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 034
Sagay City, Negros, Philippines photo taken in 2013 by Robert Hannaford Displayed as Lopez Sugar Corp #10 but this is not sn-3264 Need the SN-# |
Unknown Shay 035
Babcock Lbr. #4, Ashtola, PA |
Unknown Shay 036
Goodyear Lbr Co #14 Medix Run, PA |
Unknown Shay 037
Reliance Log. Co. Reliance WA |
Unknown Shay 038
1905-1910 King Family, East TX 1910-1912 Markham & Brosius SN lower than 50 |
Unknown Shay 038 Left
1905-1910 King Family, East TX 1910-1912 Markham & Brosiu SN lower than 50 |
Unknown Shay 039
Josserand Brothers, MAGGIE, Josserand Station East TX Trinity & Sabine RY |
Unknown Shay 040
Shaw Brothers Logging RR #100, 1906-1917 Prairie River, Saskatchewan, CAN Class-B |
Unknown Shay 041
W. M. Ritter Lbr. Co. Ritterville (Hampton) TN Motors inside cab indicates very early style. |
Unknown Shay 042
L. W. & C. #1 Std. gauge, widened cab likely prior to sn-700 |
Unknown Shay 043
L. W. & C. #2 Std. gauge, widened cab likely prior to sn-850 |
Unknown Shay 044
Glen White Coal and Lbr Co. #2, Glen White, Blair County, PA, also Glen White Coke Works , near Kittanning Run RR and Horseshoe Curve PA class 70-3, Narrow gauge |
Unknown Shay 045
Thought to have been in Grant, Randolph or Tucker County WV Not Parsons Pulp & Lbr. Co. Full Original Scene |
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