Shay Locomotives # 12 & # 14

Golden, CO - West Side Lumber Shay Locomotive #12 is another oil burning 3 truck Shay that transferred to the museum in 2004 from the Georgetown Loop in Silver Plume, CO. It was built by Lima in 1927 for the 36" narrow gauge Swayne Lumber Co., in Oroville, CA, as #16. In 1940, it was sold to West Side Lumber in Tuolumne, CA, and renumbered #12. At some point, the locomotive was then sold to Francis Cottie to become West Side & Cherry Valley Railroad #12 and then, in 1986, it was sold to the Georgetown Loop Railroad. Along with West Side Lumber Shay Locomotive #14, DRGW #346 and IRCA #40, #12 is one of the locomotives used to haul passenger trains on the museum's "Ride the Rails" days. The tender has a capacity of 1,200 gallons of oil and 2,000 gallons of water. Above top, the three vertically mounted 11" x 12" cylinders. The cylinder rods drive a cam shaft connected to a horizontal drive shaft. The shaft has a universal joint and square sliding slip joints to accommodate the trucks' swiveling motion. Drive was transferred to the 32" wheels by bevel gears. #12 weighs 133,500 lbs. operating at a boiler pressure of 200 psi, it delivers 25,830 lbs tractive effort. Thank You for Making this Daily Photo Tied for or was the #1 Pick on 04-01-2022

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