Steam in the woods

[BillH]

Here is a really nice web page for all you geared locomotive fans, as well as steam skids and other logging equipment.
http://www.steaminthewoods.com/

[wierdscience]

Bill,after seeing your post,I got up,grabbed the camera and walked 2-1/2 blocks from my mother's house and snapped these-







At onetime there were IIRC 11 other Shay's that roamed the woods here,most of the rest went to scrap during WWII.

[BillH]

Thats a great Shay Darin! Hey, I found a picture of one of its sisters

[aostling]

Originally Posted by wierdscience

Bill,after seeing your post,I got up,grabbed the camera and walked 2-1/2 blocks from my mother's house and snapped these-

I'd like to see this. Is it in Nicholson, Mississippi, where the PRVRR ran?

[wierdscience]

Originally Posted by aostling

I'd like to see this. Is it in Nicholson, Mississippi, where the PRVRR ran?

It's in Picayune,just up the road from Nicholson.

[mlucek]

I'm a bit surprised that that Shay still has some of it's "jewelry" ?? i.e. most of the "goodies" that most stuffed and mounted/park engines are missing (usually stolen long ago) e.g. the bell, hydrostatic lubricator (visible in the cab), popoff/safety valves, number boards.

Maybe being in a more remote location (?) helps keep the theft to a minimum ?

What's the history on this locomotive and RR ? I couldn't find any info on steamlocomotive.com.

[Mcgyver]

Weird, that is the classic shay isn't it? thanks for posting.

[laddy]

Hey,
Cass, West Virginia still has an operating Shay engine. I rode it 20 some years ago with my dad. What a hoot. A great way to spend the day Fred

[wierdscience]

Originally Posted by mlucek

I'm a bit surprised that that Shay still has some of it's "jewelry" ?? i.e. most of the "goodies" that most stuffed and mounted/park engines are missing (usually stolen long ago) e.g. the bell, hydrostatic lubricator (visible in the cab), popoff/safety valves, number boards.

Maybe being in a more remote location (?) helps keep the theft to a minimum ?

What's the history on this locomotive and RR ? I couldn't find any info on steamlocomotive.com.

http://www.picayunechamber.org/shay_locomotive.htm

Tells a little more about it an the Railroad's history.The PRVRR was/is a spurline servicing local industry.The Shay was replaced when they began spuring off the local mainlines by a DE.

AFAIK the engine was brought there from the Batson-Megehee Lumber Company and put on display.

Not much was taken from the engine,many people here respect items of generations past.

There used to be many miles of tracks lain out like a spider web all over the county,some are still there even today.