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Nn3 CLASS A, 16 TON, T-BOILER SHAY LOCOMOTIVE SHELL KIT.
THIS IS A MODEL KIT SHELL DESIGNED TO BE POWERED BY
THE SEARAILS' POWERMAX! POWERED TRUCK (NOT INCLUDED)
IT REQUIRES ASSEMBLY AND PAINTING
THIS ASSEMBLY MANUAL
THIS MANUAL IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE ASSEMBLY OF TWO SPECIFIC SHAY
LOCOMOTIVES BUT ENOUGH PARTS ARE INCLUDED TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER SHAYS
OF SIMILAR SIZE AND VINTAGE. MANY OF THE PARTS ON PROTOTYPICAL SHAYS WERE PRETTY
MUCH STANDARD ON MOST ENGINES.
SHAY DESIGNS VARIED DEPENDING ON THE
YEAR IT WAS BUILT, THE TYPE OF FUEL USED,
TONNAGE AND THE DESIRES OF THE CUSTOMER
AS TO CERTAIN FEATURES AND DETAILS.
H O W E V E R , T H E S H A Y ' S G E N E R A L
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S R E M A I N E D F A I R L Y
CONSTANT, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THROUGHOUT
THE DIFFERENT PERIODS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT.
THE LIMA SHAY #122
E P H R A I M S H A Y ' S S I D E W I N D E R W A S ,
UNQUESTIONABLY, THE MOST POPULAR OF THE
THREE MAJOR GEARED LOCOMOTIVES AMONG
LOGGERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ABOUT 2000 WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1884 AND 1945, WHEN
THE LAST SHAY LEFT THE LIMA PLANT. THEY RANGED IN SIZE FROM TINY 10 TON TEAKETTLES TO
4-TRUCK BEHEMOTHS, OF 150 TONS, AND COULD BE ORDERED TO SUIT A WIDE VARIETY OF TRACK
GAUGES. ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF THESE UNIQUE MACHINES ARE LEFT TODAY. A
FEW ARE STILL RUNNING WHILE OTHERS, FORTUNATELY, ARE PRESERVED IN PARKS AND
MUSEUMS.
ONE OF THESE IS THE LIMA NO. 122 BUILT IN 1884 FOR THE RUMSEY LUMBER CO. OF BIG RAPIDS,
MICHIGAN. AFTER A SUCCESSION OF OWNERS, IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE MICHIGAN-
CALIFORNIA LUMBER COMPANY IN 1917 AND, AS THEIR #2, SERVED AS THE YARD SWITCHER IN
CAMINO, CA UNTIL 1951 WHEN IT WAS RETIRED AND PUT ON DISPLAY THERE.
THROUGHOUT ITS LONG CAREER, VARIOUS REPAIRS AND CHANGES TOOK PLACE SO THAT THE
ENGINE'S FINAL APPEARANCE, AS MICH-CAL #2, DOES NOT LOOK MUCH LIKE THE "TYPICAL" SHAY.
IN FACT, IT IS QUITE UNIQUE IN THIS RESPECT. BOTH THE CAB AND THE TANKS ARE HOMEMADE
ADDITIONS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER ALTERATIONS TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM. WHEN
BUILT, #122 WAS A WOOD BURNER AND HAD 26 INCH WHEELS. MICH-CAL CONVERTED IT TO BURN
OIL AND SUBSTITUTED 24 INCH WHEELS. ORIGINALLY CLASSED AS A 13 TON LOCOMOTIVE, THESE
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BROUGHT ITS WEIGHT UP TO 18 TONS. A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE
INGENUITY OF LOGGING ROAD MASTER MECHANINCS.
THE
MICHIGAN-CALIFORNIA
LUMBER COMPANY
SHAY #2
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....information courtesy the Precision Scale Co.
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MOST OF THE EARLY LOCOMOTIVES WERE SMALL - RANGING FROM 10 TO 17 TONS - AND NEARLY ALL
HAD "TEE" OR, MORE PROPERLY TERMED, BOOT BOILERS. IN LATER YEARS, THIS GAVE WAY TO THE
STRAIGHT BOILER AND THEWAGON TOP BOILER WITH RECTANGULAR FIREBOXES.
THE MOST COMMON FUEL WAS WOOD, ORIGINALLY,
BUT MANY ENGINES WERE CONVERTED TO COAL OR
OIL. MOST WOOD BURNING SHAYS CARRIED
DIAMOND STACKS WITH SOME TYPE OF SPARK
ARRESTOR, USUALLY A SCREEN AT THE TOP. COAL
AND OIL FIRED LOCOMOTIVES HAD TAPERED OR
"SHOTGUN" STACKS ALSO WITH WOME KIND OF
SPARK ARRESTING DEVICE AS A RULE.
BUILT UP PHOTOS OF THE
MICH-CAL #2 ASSEMBLED KIT
AN INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE SHAY "CONCEPT'
IS THE FACT THAT ALMOST ANY SIZE, OR DESIGN OF
THE LOCOMOTIVE COULD BE ORDERED TO VARIETY
OF TRACK GAUGES WITHOUT ALTERING THE BASIC
DESIGN OF THE ENGINE. ONLY THE TRUCKS WERE
CHANGED, TO SUIT THE GAUGE, AND CYLINDERS
SLANTED AT WHATEVER ANGLE WAS REQUIRED TO
MATCH THE LOCATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT.
BUILT UP PHOTOS OF THE
CLASS A SHAY ASSEMBLED KIT