My new desk top photo

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Mark Gregush
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My new desk top photo

Post by Mark Gregush » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:37 pm

Found this on one of the early steam Facebook pages, just kinda grabs you by its quirkiness;
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early shay type engine.jpg
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup


Burger in Spokane
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Re: My new desk top photo

Post by Burger in Spokane » Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:23 am

Looks like a Gilpin Tramway locomotive, that served the many mines
in the hills around Blackhawk and Central City, Colorado. The line was
two-foot gauge and the equipment tiny, but there really was no better
way to get supplies up to the mines and ore down to the more conventional
three-foot gauge Colorado Central, that connected to Denver.
More people are doing it today than ever before !

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Re: My new desk top photo

Post by john in kzoo » Tue Nov 16, 2021 7:19 am

Looks like a Shay locomotive. Geared drive line. Primary uses were mines and logging. Being in Michigan we had plenty of both


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Re: My new desk top photo

Post by Burger in Spokane » Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:13 am

Yes, a Shay. A real early one.
More people are doing it today than ever before !

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