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DudleyaSetchellii (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I searched and found this video. I'm watching one Shay's Locomotive now on a PBS TV show called California Live which is just outside of Yosemite. Sugar Pine Lumber company old railroad. 84 tons, narrow gage. Decommissioned from logging in 1933, now a tourst attraction laid in virgin forest land about 4 miles. It's the #10. 12 wheel drive. Original operated off Yosemite mountain. 500 gallons of water per mile, a thursty iron horse. I want one.Next on my list.. Google patent search.
Cockroach2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@gingeypoo I know what is going on. It is getting more & more expensive. Tourist activity is off somewhat & expenses are outpacing income.It won't be long! Parts will be stolen, graffiti painted & off to the scrap yard for cutting apart & sent off for melting.Good riddance! Junk all the remaining steam locomotives!
gingeypoo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Cockroach2008 This is actually revenue generating as it is providing rides to museum patrons who PAY admission...which isn't cheap there either. Also, this is locomotive is in Canada, so as far as keeping things the "american way" I'm afraid you're out of your element here. I know you're just trying to piss off some of the train nuts on here and you're doing it but get your facts straight.
sewallm60 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
where in the hell did this f-----g idiot cockroach 2008 come from, must have fell out of his mother as she was standing at the picking up gay dude and he's brain dead
janedoe1024 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Cockroach2008 Your screen name says it all !
Cockroach2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@janedoe1024 I know about your teakettle toy train in Cass. I have told many people what a junk pile they run & how it is ready for the induction furnace to melt it down. Missed that other event over a year ago. I would not go anyway unless the machine is ready to be junked so I can make a bid on this relic. It is time for it to be found only between the pages of a history book.Junk the remaining steam locomotives!
janedoe1024 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Cockroach2008 Bet your sorry ass doesn't have the courage to go to Cass WV and say that or better yet back at the Train Festival 2009 in Owosso Mich. You'd have been lynched. You're a fuckin retard!!
Cockroach2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Mattzazami This garbage is already for destruction. Destroying historical diversity?Are you just making up non-sense to try & justify your cause to someone? That statement is absurd! Historical diversity is preserved between the pages of history books. This junk is worth money when people sell them off in parts or send the materials for scrap. Parts bring in nice sums of CASH! NO QUESTIONS! Or a graffiti canvas! Beautiful graffitti paint jobs on steam locomotives!
Mattzazami (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Cockroach2008 But, in destroying our past models of vehicles, we're also destroying our historical diversity.. True, they don't serve any monetary purposes, but to scrap a locomotive is to scrap a bit of our past.The sentimental value of these old models of engines easily outweigh any value that could be obtained by reusing the materials used to construct them.
luridplanet (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It was a great technical advance over "rod" locomotives. I'm surprised it didn't completely replace them after Shay's patents expired. But by then, diesel engines had been developed |
