Lima’s last Shay

Lima’s last Shay

By Angela Cotey | September 20, 2018

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


Western Maryland three-truck Shay No. 6 works a coal plant on the Chaffee (W.Va.) Branch not long after delivery in 1945. The 324,000-pound giant was the last of nearly 2,800 Shays built by Lima Locomotive Works. Today she works on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
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