Take a look at this little lokey...

[trainzsam]

I ran across this loco on http://steamlocomotive.com/ and (the pic is here: http://www.shaylocomotives.com/surviving/3118surv.jpg) I just couldn't help but be amazed at how TINY that little critter is! The boiler looks like its hardly more than 2ft high at the very front of the smokebox! It is impressively tiny! It runs on 2ft gauge too... which would explain its size.

Trainzsam

 

[f7power]

by far, THE SMALLEST train i've EVER seen

 

[NSWGR_46Class]

Think I have read an artical on that loco it was build by a fellow to run on his live steam railway on hs property, it is more of a live steam model than a real locomotive.

Still an amazing beast

 

[bdaneal]

No, it isn't a homebuilt. It is a genuine Lima shay. SN-3118, one of 6 class A 10-2s built in the 1920s for construction companies. This one was built for Good Roads Construction Company, and I believe it was used in a quarry. (don't quote me on that, though) The weirdest thing (to me, at least) about the design is the single cast block for the cylinders. The size of the boiler is also a bit weird. It is only 18.5" in diameter at the smokebox. I wonder what sort of tractive effort that thing has?

Cheers,
Ben

 

[trainzsam]

Bearcat245, I don't think the little lokey would be on the shay survivor list if she was home built... I can see why you thaught that thought... It seems rather interesting though that she survived the scrapper, she was proably too small to be of very much scrap value, or maybe they had a very good group of railfans in the area, it would be so much cheaper (and easier) to restore and insure than a larger lokey would!

Trainzsam

 

[slugsmasher]

stolen from the shaylocomotives.com page:

[SIZE=+3]Lima Locomotive Works [/SIZE]

Photo Credit: Bottom: Doug Kuntz Shop Number [SIZE=+2] 3118 [/SIZE] [SIZE=+3]-[/SIZE] Built for: Good Roads Construction Co. Built:
05-22-1920 Class:
B
10-2 Trucks:
2 Cylinders:
[SIZE=-1][#-Diam x Stroke][/SIZE]
3 - 4.5 x 8 Gear Ratio:
2.467 Wheel Diam:
22" Gauge:
24" Boiler:[SIZE=-1]
[Style - Diam.][/SIZE]
E.W.T. - 18.5" Fuel Type:
Coal Fuel Capacity:
0.5 Ton Water Capacity:
300 Gallons Empty Weight:
As built
22,600 Owners:
Good Roads Construction Co. #3118, Leachville, AR
(9-28-1925) Colbert Lime Rock Asphalt Co., #1, Cherokee, AL
(11-6-1933) Birmingham Slag Co., Cherokee, AL, derelict
(c1933) Abandoned in woods near Cherokee, AL
(1968) Robert L. Johnson (railfan), Rossville, GA
(1970) Marc Lamoreaux (railfan) #6, Waterville, KA; restored to look like Gilpin Tram #6
(1976-1986) Operated on: High Country RR #6, Heritage Square, Golden, CO
(1986) In storage at Colorado Sprongs, CO
(12-1994) For sale at Colorado Springs, CO
(3-2003) Doug Kuntz (railfan), Foster Brook & State Line RR #12, Bradford PA Disposition: Operational on Foster Brook & State Line RR, Bradford PA Additional Notes: Restored: Marc Lamoreaux of Waterville, Kansas

 

[ZapperJet]

I've read up on this locomotive numerous times. The article your looking for is "The Two Footers", which can be found here: http://www.thetwofooters.com/issue012.htm

Cheers,
John