Uintah Shays
| May 18, 2011 08:32PM |
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Uintah Shay #5, photographed at the railroad's shops at Atchee, CO. Acquired from the Argentine Central.
Shay #7, built at the Atchee shops in 1933 out of spare parts on hand and a new boiler from Lima. The only Shay, it is said, not built by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Reason Shays were used on the Uintah:
Uintah Shay #5, photographed at the railroad's shops at Atchee, CO. Acquired from the Argentine Central.
Shay #7, built at the Atchee shops in 1933 out of spare parts on hand and a new boiler from Lima. The only Shay, it is said, not built by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Reason Shays were used on the Uintah:
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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