Lima Locomotive & Machine Co.

Photo Credit: Left:by R.L. Johnson (4-1967) Right: by Richard Jenkins (2003)

Shop Number 918	-	Built for: A. A. Low
{860th Lima Built Shay}

Built: 8-30-1904	Class: B 37-2	Trucks: 2	Cylinders: [#-Dia. x Stroke] 3 - 10 x 12
Gear Ratio: 2.05	Wheel Dia.: 29.5"	Gauge: std.	Boiler: [Style - Dia.] W.T. - 42"
Boiler Pressure: In Lbs. (PSI) 180	Tractive Effort: 16,886 Lbs.	Factor of Adhesion: 4.78	Maximum Safe Speed: 17.1
Fuel Type: Coal	Fuel Capacity: 2 Tons	Water Capacity: 1,560 Gallons	Empty Weight: As built 64,700
Owners: A. A. Low, Bog River Mill #6, (Horse Shoe Forestry Co.) Horseshoe, NY (12-16-1920) Porterwood Lbr. Co. #1, Porterwood, WV (1-27-1923) Intermountain Coal & Lbr. Co. #2, Putney, KY Morgan Fee, Putney, KY (1970) Frank Baese, Jamestown, TN (6-1984) Locomotive Marketing, Inc. (D), Birmingham, AL (6-1984) Ralph Day, Biddeford Station, Inc., Biddeford, ME (c2002) Ralph Day, Biddeford, ME (5-2013) Will Harris, North Fork Lbr. Co., North Fork & Western RR Inc. #2, Goshen VA
Disposition: (10-2014) Planned move from Biddeford, ME to Goshen VA (1-1916) moved to Goshen VA Under restoration, North Fork Lbr. Co. Rt 39, Goshen, VA
Additional Notes: SLc Survivor List