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| Author: | Don Strack [ Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Shays for Guayaquil & Quito Railway |
I have recently received another note about Copper Belt Shay no. 3, telling me that Lima construction number 761 (Copper Belt no. 3) was built for Guayaquil & Quito Railway in March 1903, along with Lima no. 762. The order was canceled and the two locomotives remained at Lima until new buyers were found. I am wondering if maybe someone has some documentation for this original sale to Guayaquil & Quito. I have added this note to Copper Belt no. 3: http://www.utahrails.net/utahrails/copp ... -locos.php Copper Belt no. 3, as Lima construction no. 761, has been reported as being built in March 1903, for the Ecuadorian Association's 42-inch gauge Guayaquil & Quito Railway, along with Lima construction no. 762. The order was cancelled and the two locomotives remained at Lima awaiting new buyers. The Lima Historical Society offers a photograph of a Shay locomotive lettered for the G&Q, but a number is not visible. Lima construction no. 761 was apparently converted from 42-inch gauge, to standard gauge and sold to Copper Belt a year later as their no. 3 in April 1904. Lima construction no. 762, reported as being identical to Copper Belt no. 3, was sold to the Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co., Richwood, West Virginia, as their no. 6 in October 1904. Copper Belt no. 3 arrived in Salt Lake City on April 27, 1904, and made it first trip on Copper Belt tracks on April 30, 1904. I have a builder list of all Shay locomotives, compiled by Bob Lehmuth, and its shows that Lima numbers 761 and 762 are indeed in a rough sequence with others built in February-April 1903. Shaylocomotives.com has a small version of a photo of a Guayaquil & Quito Shay on their page for no. 761, but a number is not visible: http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima/sn-761.htm They don't show a photo of #762, and they lack the "built for" information. http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima/sn-762.htm Don Strack http://www.utahrails.net/ |
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