Shay

4W+4W b/no. LLW 906/1904

Status: Long Term Restoration/Reconstruction

Built by Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio, USA around the 1900’s, the Shay locomotive was a low speed locomotive commonly seen in the logging industry. Two were purchased for the A & D Munro Tramway in Queensland. The remains of these two shays were donated to the ILRMS in 1974.

The reconstruction of the Shay locomotive is a long term project at Albion Park, as the chassis was reconstructed in the 1990’s and the wheel sets had been placed under the chassis to be come a rolling underframe, the crankshaft was also machined at the time. The loco in time will be relocated into another area of the park for display.