Ephraim Shay designed the original loco and the Lima Locomotive Works convinced to build his design. The original one being much more simple than the one seen here. The name Shay has remained the name of all class of this gear drive method of getting the power to all of the wheels. They are of rugged design and able to transport the logs from deep in the forests to the timber mill over poor track which in some cases is only temporally laid,
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They are of rugged design and able to transport the logs from deep in the forests to the timber mill over poor track which in some cases is only temporally laid,