Lima Locomotive & Machine Co.
Photo Credit:
Munro Family collection
Shop Number 2097 - Built for: D. Munro
{1,536th Lima Built Shay}
Built:
6-25-1908
Class:
A
18-2
Trucks:
2
Cylinders:
[#-Dia. :x Stroke]
2 - 7 x 12
Gear Ratio:
3.071
 Wheel Dia.:
26"
 Gauge:
30"
Boiler:
[Style - Dia.]
ST - 31.5"
Boiler Pressure:
In Lbs. (PSI)
150
 Tractive Effort:
7,666 Lbs.
 Factor of
Adhesion:
5.88
 Maximum
Safe Speed:
10.3
Fuel Type:
Wood
 Fuel Capacity:
0.75 Cords
Water Capacity:
730 Gal
 Empty Weight:
As built
37,961
Owners:
Duncan Munro, Towoomba, Queensland, Australia; For:
A. & D. Munro Co., Munro Tramway #2, Palmtree, QLD, Australia
(1936) Operation closed, Shay stored at Palmtree
(1974) Illawarra Light RY Museum Society, Albion Park, NSW, Australia
(c2010) All sn-2097 parts returned to Palmtree
(12-2016) Munro Tramway Historical Group, Inc., Palmtree, QLD, Australia
Under restoration for display by Munro Tramway Historical Group
Disposition: In service until the tramway closed in 1936. Major components of the locomotive were donated to the Illawarra Light RY Museum Society in 1974. Albion Park, near Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
SLc Survivor List
Additional Notes: Shipped to: D. Munro, Towoomba, Queensland, Australia, then on to Palmtree
Both of A. & D. Munro Co. Shays were lettered with "MUNRO".
Munro Tramway (name on official documents) was also referred to as: Munro's Tramway, Munro's Hampton Tramway, A. & D. Munro Tramway, and Munro's Hampton-Perseverance Tram.

Illawarra Light RY Society Shay Project: (11-15-2000) The I.L.R.M.S. Ltd. has the remains of the two Munro Tramway Shays, 906 & 2097 as well as a few bogie parts from 2800 and other steam loco parts. The plan was to make an operational 2' gauge Shay, with most parts from sn-906. Project not completed.

Munro Tramway Historical Group, Inc. (c2014) The parts from sn-2097 and the sn-906 boiler, were returned to Palmtree area for a static display.
The boiler id verified by Lima's numerals stamped into the boiler.

(by 12-2016) The new Munro Tramway Historical Group is working on an interactive display of 2097 along the Munro Tramway route.