Geared Steam Locomotives Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Geared steam locomotives were designed with high torque and low speed to solve problems in rustic and
mountainous terrain, such as where lumber and mining operations were located.

Many people today, when asked about railroad locomotives, envision the boxy and colorful diesel-electric units on the front of a hundred or so freight cars. Older folk remember the steam locomotive with fondness, and if asked to describe one, they would say that the pistons were on the front of the big boiler, the wheels were underneath, the engineer waved from the cab, and the separate 'tender' followed. Such 'rod' locomotives were the mainstays of passenger and freight trains for more than a hundred years. Railroads ordered bigger and bigger machines, which were restricted by weight (on bridges, etc.) and were designed for speed and power. But steam locomotives were phased out in the 1950s and 1960s due to the high cost of maintenance. Hook four or five diesel locomotives together and they can produce all the speed and power of even the largest steam locomotive.

               But there were non-mainline uses of railroads which had other requirements besides speed. The problem of the tight curves of mountain mining railroads was solved by narrow-gauge track (mostly three-feet wide instead of the 'standard gauge' of 4 feet and 8½ inches). Both mainline and narrow-gauge railroads were also restricted by the steepness of the track (called 'grade') with a 2-percent grade being a problem in most locations.
               Lumber and mining operations in the East and West largely ignored grade; they just lay track – often temporary – over hill and dale to where the lumber or mines were, and used geared locomotives to drag the loaded ore and lumber cars at low speeds up and down grades as high as 6 percent. (Steeper grades, such as hauling tourists up the side of mountains, use rack-system locomotives.)
               Many 'shortline' railroads continued to operate steam locomotives into the 1980s and 1990s, and these and other types of steam locomotives still operate outside the U.S. and Canada. But as the infrastructure for steam locomotives dwindled in America, many shortlines converted to diesel-electric motive power. What remains today of rod and geared steam locomotives are mostly either on static display or running on seasonal or year-round tourist lines.

The four main types or brands of geared steam locomotives are/were:

Shay-geared locomotives built 1878-1945 by Lima Locomotive Works with two or three vertical pistons on the right side;

Climax-geared locomotives built 1888-1928 with a cylinder on each side that angles down and backward toward a mid-boiler differential unit that powers the
central driveshaft;

Heisler-geared locomotives built 1892-1948 with a cylinder on each side, forming a 'V' to the central driveshaft;

locomotives built 1922-29 by Willamette Iron & Steel Works in Portland, Oregon look like Shay-geared engines, but the pistons/cylinders, for example, are
mounted forward of the cab. (Both Shay and Willamette engines have the boiler set off-center to accomodate the pistons/cylinders.)

Heisler-geared Locomotives
Heisler locomotive entry at Wikipedia
Heisler Dept. at Geared Steam Locomotive Works website [est. 1998]
LT's Heisler Locomotives of New Zealand fansite
The first Heislers were built by Dunkirk Engineering Company of New York in 1891; in 1894, the Stearns Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania started to produce Heislers,
and did so until 1904, then reorganised in 1907 as the Heisler Locomotive Works, which produced locomotives until 1941. A sawmill company in New Zealand sought a Heisler-
geared locomotive in 1943, but since the official factory was closed, it was built in-country. Roughly 625 Heislers were produced; some 35 still exist, of which eight are operational.

Willamette-geared Locomotives
Willamette locomotives entry at Wikipedia
Willamette Dept. at Geared Steam Locomotive Works website [est. 1998]
When the original Shay patents expired, other companies began to build Shay-geared locomotives with altered details; Willamette Iron Works of Portland, Oregon
shifted the three re-arranged pistons slightly forward, chose Walschaerts valve gear, and added superheaters. 33 Willamette engines were built; six survive;
only one is operational (Rayonier Lumber #2 at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Mineral, Washington).

1990 color cover for Willamette Locomotive book by Steve Hauff & Jim Gertz

1997 black cover for Willamette Locomotive book by Steve Hauff & Jim Gertz

"The Willamette Locomotive" [1977]
by Steve Hauff & Jim Gertz
Binford & Mort Publrs pb [10/90] out of print/used
Oso Publng 11¼x8½ hardcover [8/97] out of print/used
Binford & Mort Publrs hardcover [1977] out of print/used

"Rayonier No. 2: A Willamette Lives Again At Mt. Rainer Scenic" [indep 2013]
When steam was giving way to diesels on Rayonier's lumber operations, employee Jim Gertz purchased engine #2, a Willamette-geared locomotive given road number 2, saving it from the scrappers; he stored it until 2008, when the shop crew at Mt. Rayonier Scenic Railroad began its restoration. This video includes historic photos and footage, plus color footage of the first runs of the restored machine; featuring Jim Gertz and M.R.S.R. general manager Brian Wise
available from Train Video Depot of Berkeley, California
hour-long indep color DVD [2013] for $20.95 + s/h

The giant Baldwin Locomotive Co. built only five geared locomotives, 1913 to 1915, and then quit making them.
http://www.amazon.com/Baldwin-Logging-Locomotives-Locomotive-Works/dp/1935700057/

The John F. Byers Machine Company [1873-1906] of Ravenna, Ohio built a handful of very small geared steam locomotives,
mostly used by infrastructure contractors.

Dewey Brothers, Inc. [1884-1996] of Goldsboro, North Carolina built chain-and-sprocket-geared 0-4-0T steam locomotives designed to replace a mule;
their advertisements in Brick and Clay Record offered a 5-ton machine for $1200; they constructed 39 machines with 6x9-inch cylinders
and five machines with 8x12-inch cylinders; none are known to survive.
Dewey Locomotives Dept. at Geared Steam Locomotive Works website [est. 1998]

Other builders that produced a handful or less of basically home-designed geared locomotives included:
Adams & Price of Nashville, Tennessee (circa 1899)
George A. Bothwell of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada (circa 1908)
Grice & Long of Trenton, New Jersey (pre-1907)
Miners' Foundry & Machine Co. of San Francisco, California (circa 1878)
J.S. Munday Hoisting Engine Co. of Newark, New Jersey
H.K. Porter Company, Inc. [est. 1866] of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tanner & Delaney Engine Co. of Richmond, Virginia (circa 1883-96)
Vulcan Iron Works of San Francisco, California (circa 1869)
Washington Iron Works of Seattle, Washington (circa 1910)

"Pino Grande: Logging Railroads of The Michigan-California Lumber Company" [1984] by R. Stephen Polkinghorn
http://www.amazon.com/Pino-Grande-Logging-railroads-Michigan-California/dp/0870460692

"Logging Railroads of The Sierras" [© 1991]
20-minute color film of visits to the West Side Lumber Company in 1951 and to the Pickering Lumber Company in 1953, with many Shay-geared & Heisler-geared locomotives in view.
available from Pentrex Railroad Entertainment
20-minute color DVD [2014] sale price $9.95 + s/h

Cass Scenic Railroad [built 1901; incorp. 1961] in West Virginia

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park [est. 1960]
High in the mountains of West Virginia; built & operated by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company, 1901-1942; operated as Mower Lumber Company, 1942-1960; purchased by the State of West Virginia in 1960. The railroad owns eight Shay-geared locomotives, one Heisler-geared locomotive, and one Climax-geared locomotive. Three routes currently offered: the 2-hour 4-mile trip to Whittaker Station, the 11-mile 4½-hour trip to Bald Knob, and the 8-mile 4½-hour trip to Old Spruce Village.
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Hetch Hetchy Railroad [1917–49]
operated 2 Heislers, 2 shays & 3 rod locomotives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy_Railroad
http://www.amazon.com/Hetchy-Images-America-Beverly-Hennessey/dp/0738593222/

Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad [1980 to present]
Operated as the Tacoma Eastern Railroad from 1887 to 1980, when it became a tourist/heritage railroad. Operates a 1928 Climax, a 1929 Willamette,
a 1929 Pacific Coast Shay, a 1930 Heisler, 1922 2-8-2 #70, and 1929 2-8-2T #17, and two diesels on a regular basis; 1909 Porter 0-4-0T is loaned out;
Baldwin 2-6-2 loco #45 was sold off; 1924 Porter 2-8-2, 1912 Pickering Heisler #10, and two ALCO diesels are in storage or being restored.
official website • entry at Wikipedia

	"Geared Double Header: Climax & Heisler Steam Locomotives" [© 1992] 48-minute film taken at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad of Climax #10's debut after restoration circa 1992; Heisler #91 double-headed as backup Greg Scholl Video Prodns color DVD [6/2009] out of prodn/used watch official preview [1:25] at YouTube
	"Mt. Rainier Scenic's Geared Locomotives: Heisler, Shay & Climax" [© 1996] 69-minute color film of springtime photo runs of West Fork Logging Co. 3-truck West Coast Heisler-geared locomotive #91; 1929 Pickering Lumber Company 3-truck Pacific Coast Shay-geared loco-motive #11; and Hillcrest Lumber Co. 3-truck Climax-geared locomotive #10 (taken before restoration of Rayonier Willamette #2); also includes clips of Minaret Mikado-type saddle-tank steam locomotive #17, the Alco S-1 switcher, and the Northern Pacific F9 diesel. available from Pentrex Railroad Entertainment • watch preview [1:58] at YouTube 69-minute color DVD [2014] sale price $9.95 + s/h
	"The Rock Trains" [1996 & 2007] 84-minute 1996 color video of M.R.S.R. trains hauling rocks from a quarry to fix a washed-out bridge, putting 2-6-2 #45 and recently-restored Climax #10 to the test Golden Rail Video color DVD [2009] for $24.95 + s/h from third-party sellers via Amazon Golden Rail Video's preview of "The Rock Train" [2:55] on YouTube
	"Rayonier No. 2: A Willamette Lives Again At Mt. Rainer Scenic" [indep 2013] When steam was giving way to diesels on Rayonier's lumber operations, employee Jim Gertz purchased engine #2, a Willamette-geared locomotive given road number 2, saving it from the scrappers; he stored it until 2008, when the shop crew at Mt. Rayonier Scenic Railroad began its restoration. This video includes historic photos and footage, plus color footage of the first runs of the restored machine; featuring Jim Gertz and M.R.S.R. general manager Brian Wise available from Train Video Depot of Berkeley, California hour-long indep color DVD [2013] for $20.95 + s/h

http://www.amazon.com/Mount-Rainier-Scenics-Geared-Locomotives/dp/B00O0E944A/
http://www.amazon.com/Mt-Rainier-Scenic-Railroad-VHS/dp/6302798795/ vhs
http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Engineer-Rainier-Scenic-Railroad/dp/6302782120/ vhs
http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Rainer-celebration-Northwest-railroading/dp/B0009K6X20/ vhs
Rayonier - The Last Steam Logger - Greg Scholl Video Productions DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Rayonier-Steam-Logger-Scholl-Productions/dp/B000PGH7YG/

Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway [1896-1930]
Standard-gauge passenger & freight line that operated 7 Shays, 3 Heislers, and an 0-4-0T locomotive over 8.2 miles of track (with a 2½-mile spur) that ascended
to an elevation of 2,436 feet – the average grade was 5%, with several stretches at 7% grade; 1920 Heisler #9 survives on static display at Scotia, California.
no official website • entry at Wikipedia
DH's Mt. Tamalpais Railway fansite
Friends of Mt. Tamalpais State Park [est. 1983] railroad pages

Polson / Rainier / Rayonier / Intl. Forest Products [1895-2013]
Polson Brothers Logging Company began in 1895 in Hoquiam, Washington and was bought out by Rayonier in 1948.
Rainier Pulp & Paper was founded in 1926; after work with DuPont to develop rayon fiber, the name was changed in 1937 to Rayonier; I.T.T bought Rayonier
in 1968 and spun it off in a 1994 I.P.O.; Rayonier sold off its wood products division in March 2013 to Vancouver, BC-based Intl. Forest Products [est. 1963];
Rayonier kept its 2.6 million acres of timberland as Rayonier REIT.
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad [built 1875; incorp. 1963] in California

Roaring Camp Railroads [est. 1963; expanded 1985] in California

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad [est. 1963]
The narrow-gauge Santa Cruz & Felton Railroad was built in 1875 to carry tourists to the beach at Santa Cruz and into the protected forests around Felton, California. The right-of-way was saved by F. Norman Clark in 1963; he died in 1985 just as the route to the beach was being reopened; his widow and daughter have greatly expanded the operation.
official website • RC&BT entry at Wikipedia • SCBT&P entry at Wikipedia

The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad 'Steam Train Thru The Redwoods' is 3-foot narrow-gauge and travels over a 3.25-mile route up Bear Mountain.
The motive power includes 1912 2-truck Shay-geared steam locomotive #1 'Dixiana', 1899 2-truck Heisler-geared steam locomotive #2 'Tuolomne',
1890 Baldwin narrow-gauge 0-4-2T steam locomotive #3 'Kahuku', 1928 2-truck Climax-geared steam locomotive #5 'Bloomsburg', and 1911 60-ton
3-truck Shay-geared steam locomotive #7 'Sonora'.

The standard-gauge Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific Railway operates two former AT&SF CF7 diesel-electric locomotives - #2600 'Al Smith' and
#2641 'Gene O'Lague' - over an 8-mile route from Felton to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. The 1909 Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company 0-4-0T steam
locomotive #2 was in operation in July 2014. Roaring Camp Railroads also owns a Whitcomb 45-ton diesel switcher (retired in 1996) and two other diesels.

Uintah Railway [1902-39]
The 3-foot narrow-gauge Uintah Railway of Colorado and Utah was billed as 'The Crookedest Railroad in the West';
its equipment roster included 3 rod-type steam locomotives, 2 articulated steam locomotives,
and seven Shay-geared steam locomotives; the latter were built 1904 to 1920 and scrapped 1928 to 1945.

Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad [est. 1961]
3-foot narrow-gauge tourist railroad; operates two Shays, plus 2 small diesels and two Ford Model A railcars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Mountain_Sugar_Pine_Railroad

1884 Michigan-California Lumber narrow-gauge 2-truck Shay #2 is partially-restored and on static display
at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California

1887 Stimson Mill/Coos Bay 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #23 is being restored at Centralia, WA
for Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad [est. 2003] in Garibaldi, Oregon.

1899 Hetch Hetchy, later West Side Lumber narrow-gauge 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #2 'Tuolumne'
is in regular use at Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, California

1902 Wild Goose RR narrow-gauge 2-truck Climax-geared locomotive #4 now privately owned in Chugiak, Alaska

1903 Wild Goose RR narrow-gauge 2-truck Climax-geared locomotive #3 now abandoned at Nome, Alaska

1903 Pickering Lumber, later Sierra RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #12 is scheduled for future restoration
at Niles Canyon Railway in California

1905 G&ER RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #5 is in regular use
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1907 Diamond & Caldor narrow-gauge 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #4 is being restored
at the County Fairgrounds in Placerville, California
for operation on the El Dorado Western Railway in California

1909 Stimson Lumber Co. 2-truck Shay-geared steam locomotive #1 'Peggy' is on static display
at World Forestry Center (by the Zoo) in Portland, Oregon

1909 Santa Barbara Tie & Pole narrow-gauge 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #1 is now in Washington State
being restored for possible operation on the Westside Lumber Company.

1909 Fruit Growers Supply Co. 3-truck Climax-geared locomotive #3 is on static display
at Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, California

1910 Curtiss Lumber, later Mt. Rainier Scenic 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #2 is in regular use
at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad [est. 2003] in Garibaldi, Oregon.

1910 Pickering Lumber 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #3 is on static display
at Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora, California

1911 WSL RR / B&P Rwy narrow-gauge 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #7 'Sonora' is in regular use
at Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, California

1912 narrow-gauge 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #1 'Dixiana' is in regular use
at Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, California

1912 WMRL&Co. narrow-gauge 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #6 is on static display
at Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, California

1912 Pacific Lumber Co. 3-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #10 is on static display
at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State

1913 Pickering Lumber Co. Heisler-geared locomotive #1 is scheduled for restoration at Chehalis, WA
for Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad [est. 2003] in Garibaldi, Oregon

1913 W.H. Mason Company, later Edaville RR 2-truck Climax-geared locomotive #4 is on display
at Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA

1913 Pacific Lumber/Pickering 3-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #5 is scheduled for future restoration
at Niles Canyon Railway in California

1916 Brimstone & New River RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #36 is scheduled for restoration
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1917 Craig Mtn. Lumber of Idaho 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #3
operated at Kettle Moraine Railway in Wisconsin until 2001; this engine moves around: seen at Arizona Eastern Railway's railyard in Miami, Arizona
in 2010

, Rio Grande Scenic RR in Colorado (2014), Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad [est. 2003] in Garibaldi, Oregon (2016).

1918 Hetch Hetchy, later Pickering Lumber 3-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #2 is on static display at
at Griffith Park Travel Town Museum in Los Angeles, California

1918 Chicago Mill & Lumber 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #4 is on static display
at Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA

1918 Lamson Logging, later Arcata & Mad River RR 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #7 is in storage
at Timber Heritage Assn. [est. 1977] in Humboldt County, California

1918 W.T. Smith Lumber 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #10 is on static display
at Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA

1919 Moore-Kepple/Middle Fork RR 3-truck Climax-geared locomotive #9 is being restored (expected completion 2015)
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1920 Holly Ridge Lumber 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #3 is privately-owned and on static display
at Dr. Marvin Kendell Estate in Barnet, Vermont

1920 ER&L RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #3 is on static display beside Cass Depot
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1920 Raine Lumber 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #7 is not operational (used for parts)
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1920 Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, later Siskiyou Lumber Co. 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #9
now on display in Scotia, California

1921 Hetch Hetchy/Pickering Lumber 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #6 is on static display
by the National Park Service at El Portal, California

1922 CP & LT 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #2 is on static display
at Griffith Park Travel Town Museum in Los Angeles, California

1922 Feather River Rwy, later Sierra RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #2 is in regular use
at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California

1922 Birch Valley/Mower Lumber 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #4 is in regular use
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1922 Buffelen Lumber 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #5 is damaged and in storage in Centralia, Washington
for Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad [est. 2003] in Garibaldi, Oregon

1922 Westside Lumber Co., later Georgetown Loop RR 3-truck Shay-geared steam locomotive #8 may be operative;
is on static display at the Cañon City, Colorado AT&SF Depot.

1922 Hammond Lumber 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #33 is in storage
at Timber Heritage Assn. [est. 1977] in Humboldt County, California

1923 Anaconda Copper 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #5 is on static display
at Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Arizona

1923 Hutchinson Lumber Company 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #11 is in regular use
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1924 Kentucky Lumber, later Campbell Limestone 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #9 is on static display under a shed
at Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia

1925 Pickering Lumber 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #7 is privately-owned and on static display
at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California

1925 Graham County Railroad 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #1925 operational but not in use since 2003
at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC

1927 Comox Logging & Railway 2-truck Shay-geared locomotive #12 is on static display
at Kaatza Station Museum in Cowichan Lake, BC, Canada

1927 Elk River Mill & Lumber 2-truck Heisler-geared locomotive c/n 1546; boiler scrapped & converted to diesel
as Mutual Plywood Corp. #54 in 1950s; in possibly operational condition
at Timber Heritage Assn. [est. 1977] in Humboldt County, California

1928 Mayo Lumber Company, B.C., Canada 3-truck Pacific Coast Shay #2 in shops for overhaul (2014)
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1928 ERM&LC RR 4-foot gauge 2-truck Climax-geared locomotive #5 'Bloomburg' is being restored
at Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, California

1928 Hillcrest Lumber Co. 3-truck Climax-geared locomotive #10 is in regular use
at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State

1928 West Fork Logging Co. 3-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #91 is in regular use
at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State

1929 Rayonier 3-truck (last operational) Willamette-geared locomotive #2 is in regular use
at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State

1929 Bostonia Coal & Clay 3-truck Heisler-geared locomotive #6 is in regular use
at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

1929 Pickering Lumber Company 3-truck Pacific Coast Shay-geared locomotive #11 is in regular use
at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in Washington State

1931 Hutchinson Lumber 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive #1 is on (hidden) static display
at Hewitt Park in Oroville, California

1943 New Zealand-built A & G Price Heisler-geared locomotive #148 survives in full working order (its boiler ticket will expire in 2022)
at Steam Scene [est. 1968] at McLean's Island, Christchurch, New Zealand

1945 Western Maryland RR 3-truck Shay-geared locomotive 'Big 6' is the last Shay ever built and the largest still in existence;
in daily use at Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia

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	"Shay Patent and Direct Locomotives: Logging Cars, Car Wheels, Axles, Railroad and Machinery Castings" from Lima Locomotive Works Periscope Film, LLC 6x8¼ pb [3/2010] for $10.76 Periscope Film, LLC 6¾x8¾ perfect-bound pb [9/2008] out of print/used 1919 facsimile Pacific Fast mail 10¾x8 pb [1979 reprint] out of print/used
	"Shay Geared Locomotives and Repair Parts Catalog" [1920s] from Lima Locomotive Works Periscope Film, LLC 10x8 pb [1/2010] for $16.89 Periscope Film, LLC pb [1/2010] out of print/used Pacific Fast Mail green cover 10¾x8 pb [1979 reprint] out of print/used
	"Shays On The Switchbacks: A History of The Lenora and Mt. Sicker Railway, 1903-1908" [1963] by Elwood White & David Wilkie The L&MS Railway [1903-08] hauled copper ore on Vancouver Island in British Columbia using Shay-geared locomotives. British Columbia Railway Historical Assn. 40-page pb booklet [1968] out of print/used British Columbia Railway Historical Assn. 40-page pb booklet [1963] out of print/used
	"Pacific Coast Shay: Strong Man of The Woods" [1964] by Dan Ranger Golden West Books 10¾x8¾ textbook hardcover [6/64] out of print/used Golden West Books 10¾x8¾ hardcover [6/64] out of print/used
	"The Shay Locomotive: Titan of The Timber" [1971] by Michael Koch World Press 9x6½ hardcover [1971] out of print/used
	"Me n' The Shay" short story for Kindle [2010] by John Watts 19-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2013] for 99¢ Fiction? Or autobiography? A fourteen-year-old boy learns from a friendly neighbor how to operate a retired Shay-geared locomotive.
	Lionel/Walthers O-Scale 2-truck Shay-geared Steam Locomotive [2011] Roaring Camp O-Scale 2-truck locomotive [2011] for $1,199.99 also available painted for several other logging & quarry railroads Lionel O-Scale skeleton log cars (2-pack) [4/2011] for $129.99 Lionel O-Scale disconnect log cars (2-pack) [4/2011] for $103.88 you can find more information at Spirit of America Bookstore's Lionel Trains Page

	"Climax: An Unusual Steam Locomotive" [1960] by Thomas T. Taber III & Walter Casler Railroadians of America hardcover [1960] out of print/scarce Railroadians of America hardcover [1960] out of print/scarce Railroadians of America hardcover [1960] out of print/scarce Railroadians of America hardcover [1960] out of print/scarce
	"The Climax Locomotive" [2002] by Dennis Blake Thompson, Richard Dunn & Steve Hauff Oso Publng 11x8½ hardcover [8/2002] out of print/used

	"The Geared Locomotives of Dunkirk" [1979] by David M. Hoffman self-publd pb booklet [1979] out of print/used
	"The Heisler Locomotive, 1891-1941" [1982] by Benjamin F.G. Kline contains Charles Heisler biography; history of Stearns, Heisler & Whitney companies; construction documents; detailed scale drawings; builder lists & owner list; bibliography, index; illustrated throughout with black & white photos & drawings self-publd 11x8½ hardcover [1982] out of print/used self-publd 11x8½ hardcover [1982] out of print/used
	"Heisler Geared Locomotives Catalog" [1920s] from Heisler Locomotive Works Periscope Film, LLC 48-page 10x8 pb [3/2010] out of print/used Periscope Film, LLC 10½x8¼ perfect-bound pb [9/2008] out of print/used Periscope Film, LLC 38-page pb [9/2008] out of print/used 1923 facsimile pb [undated] out of print/used

	"Railroads In the Woods" [1961] by John T. Labbe & Vernon Goe with 440 b&w photographs Oso Publng {green} 11½x8¾ hardcover [1995] out of print/used Pacific Pipeline 11x8½ {yellow} hardcover [3/70] out of print/used Howell-North Publng 12x8 {yellow} hardcover [1961] out of print/used
	"The Gilpin Gold Tram: Colorado's Unique Narrow-Gauge" [1970] by Mallory Hope Ferrell The Gilpin Tramway used five 2-foot narrow-gauge Shay locomotives purchased from 1887 to 1902. Heimburger House 11x8¾ hardcover [6/92] out of print/used Pruett Publng 9x6 hardcover [1970] out of print/many used Gilpin Railroad [1887-1917] entry at Wikipedia

	"The Crookedest Railroad In The World: A History of The Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad In California" [1954] by Ted Wurm & Al Graves Trans-Anglo Books 11¼x8¾ pb [4/83] out of print/used Howell-North Books hardcover [1960] out of print/used Academy Literary Guild hardcover [1954] out of print/used
	"Mount Tamalpais: A History" [1987] by Lincoln Fairley & James Heig Scottwall Associates 10¼x8¾ pb [6/87] out of print/used Scottwall Associates 10½x8¾ hardcover [6/87] out of print/used
	"Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway (Images of Rail)" [2009] by Fred Runner Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [1/2009] for $16.99

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