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Photo Credit:
Left: Clevis & Debbie Jones collection Right: by unknown |
Shop Number 3256 | - | Built for: Lima Locomotive Works |
{2,672nd Lima Built Shay} |
Built: |
Class: 70-3 |
Trucks: |
Cylinders: 3 - 12 x 15 |
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Boiler:
[Style - Dia.] |
Boiler Pressure:
200 |
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Empty Weight: 142,900 |
Owners: (Includes new data after 2018 Shay book completed)
Lima Locomotive Works, Inc., Lima, OH; built for stock Bemis Lbr. Co., Graham County RR #1925, Robbinsville, NC Leased to: Champion Fibre Co., Tennessee & North Carolina RY #3256, Andrews, NC Wrecked and returned to Bemis Lbr. Co. (4-1987) North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation Inc.. #1925, Spencer, NC (6-1997) Restored to operation (2008) Out of service awaiting funding for work |
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Disposition: on display Awaiting rebuild at North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | |||
Additional Notes:
Water tank capacity increased to 3500 by North Carolina Transportation
Museum SLc Survivor List ![]() Photo by Rick Henderson in 2000 |