Lima Locomotive Corporation

As re-built c1924

With 2nd tender added (non-powered truck)

Photo Credit:
Top row: from George Kadelak collection
Lower row: from book Locomotivas articuldas as Gigantes da era do vapor no Brasil

Shop Number 2640	-	Built for: Marshall Butters Lbr. Co.
{2,079th Lima Built Shay}

Built: 1-18-1913	Class: B 36-2	Trucks: 2	Cylinders: [#-Dia. x Stroke] 3 - 10 x 10
Gear Ratio: 2.05	Wheel Dia.: 29"	Gauge: 36"	Boiler: [Style - Dia.] E.W.T. - 39.375"
Boiler Pressure: In Lbs. (PSI) 180	Tractive Effort: 14,315 Lbs.	Factor of Adhesion: 5.33	Maximum Safe Speed: 16.8
Fuel Type: Coal	Fuel Capacity: 1.75 Tons	Water Capacity: 1,200 Gallons	Empty Weight: As built 62,300
Owners: Marshall Butters Lbr. Co. #2, L'Anse, MI Stearns & Culver Lbr. Co. #2, L'Anse, MI (by 1924) Ford Motor Car Co. #2, L'Anse, MI; For: (by 1924) [Std.*] Michigan Iron, Land & Lbr. Co. #2, Iron Mountain, MI Rebuilt with boiler centered, frame widened (1928) Companhia Ford Ind. de Brazil #CFI later #21, Para, Brazil non-powered tender added. [meter] Southern Brazil Lbr. Co., San Paulo, Brazil non-powered tender added. (1940) donated to: Brazilian Government, National RY Department, Sorocaba, Brazil (3-1946) In shops at Sorocaba, Brazil (c1949) Scrapped behind shops at Sorocaba, Brazil
Disposition: (c1949) Scrapped
Additional Notes: Henry Ford had this Shay re-built with the boiler centered on the frame, instead of the normal arrangement of it being offset to the left. Note gear shields on both sides. *(1924) Converted to Std. gauge at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton shops