Diesel Shay from 1951--And a Professional Looking Job

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:14 am

This came through on my Facebook page--and what's fascinating about it is that the work was apparently done by a machinery shop with better equipment and more skilled employees than the average backwoods shortline. Date of rebuild is 1951:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 1bbc08694d

A couple of interesting details are all the open doors on the locomotive, suggesting it may have had cooling problems, and a logging flat that is apparently missing its journal box covers.

I wonder if this unit is still around.

tomgears · **Posted:** Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:53 am

Scrapped in 1973.

http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lim ... n-3163.htm

dinwitty · **Joined:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:18 pm **Posts:** 2226

J3a-614 wrote:

A couple of interesting details are all the open doors on the locomotive, suggesting it may have had cooling problems,

welcome to steam locomotive 101....

wonder what kind of clutching arrangement it had or maybe it had some kind of transmission arrangement.

Heavenrich · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:07 am **Posts:** 630

J3a-614 wrote:

A couple of interesting details are all the open doors on the locomotive, suggesting it may have had cooling problems, and a logging flat that is apparently missing its journal box covers.

I wonder if this unit is still around.

Thanks for posting this !

The photo indicates it was kit bashed by Tvee Machinery and a Google search indicates they were on Granville Island in Vancouver and their building is now a theater --- pretty hard to call anything in Vancouver back woods !

Bob H

tom moungovan · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:36 pm

I showed some movie footage of this machine at Winterail 2013 and it was well received. Taken by El White around 1956.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1270

Here is the pedigree for that beast:

Lima C/N 3163 02-21 50 tons 2 truck
Pacific Mills, Ltd. #3 Dean Channel, BC
Mayo Lbr. Co. (D) Paldi, BC
Export Log. Co. #3 Sahtam, BC
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Co., Ltd. #3 Great Central, BC
Great Central Sawmills #3 (leased) Great Central, BC 1930’s
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Co., Ltd. #3 Great Central, BC
Deep Bay Log. Co. #2 Fanny Bay, BC 1939
Canadian Forest Products, Ltd. #98 Englewood, BC 1941
Converted to Diesel with 400 HP Cummins engine by Tyee Machinery Co. of Vancouver, BC 1951
Renumbered to 251 1957
Scrapped 1973