The historic Alishan Forest Railway, once crippled by typhoons and earthquakes, is running again – and is redefining slow travel in Taiwan.

The Shay Locomotive was acquired in 2021 from Stephen F. Austin State University. The locomotive was one of 2,600 ever built and is one of just 115 remaining worldwide. The Harbor Springs Area ...

Shay locomotives, like the 37-ton No. 4 built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio, were specifically designed to work on poorly constructed track, common at logging sites in the early 20th century.

US-built Shay locomotives were imported to help shift the heavy loads – tonnes of timber destined for Taiwan’s ports – but other obstacles were harder to overcome.

This image shows the gear drive mechanism for which Shay Locomotives are noted. These engines were especially suited to logging, mining, and industrial operations and could operate successfully on ...

Locomotives like the latest acquisition, a century old logging locomotive called the "Mount Emily Shay #1," had been owned by the Oregon Historical Society.

Jan. 3—Libby's Heritage Museum volunteers continue to work to restore a Shay locomotive train engine. Museum board member Sherry Turner was at the Nov. 20 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting to ...

Soon after Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, posted about drug paraphernalia at the historical Long-Bell Shay Locomotive near the library, Longview police arrested two people openly ...

Also, on loan from Patricia Neils, is a Clayton Peterson painting of J. Neils Lumber Company's Shay locomotive #6. On Thursday, Aug. 1, the Tower Gallery exhibit changed to photography.

Passengers board before the No. 15 Shay locomotive departs for a Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad “moonlight special” excursion through the Sierra National Forest on June 6, 2019. Craig ...

The historic steam logging locomotive Mount Emily Shay #1 traveled by BNSF Railway on a flatcar from its former home on the City of Prineville Railway to its new home at the Oregon Rail Heritage ...

Restoration work on the locomotive has been underway for several years at the Strasburg Railroad Shop in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Not only have restoration efforts come to a halt but THA will sell … ...