Talk:Shay locomotive

message: In July 1977, I took a photo of a steam locomotive at Silver Plume (Colorado). 
Is this a Shay locomotive?
Ion Tichy (talk) 09:48, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No, this is not a Shay locomotive. Peter Horn User talk 05:17, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steam Engine at Silver Plume (Colorado) 

message: I posted some pictures and a video of a working Shay (probably Class C) at this location: http://farcepest.blogspot.com/2006/10/weird-gear-driven-steam-locomotive.html  I'd be happy to grant Wikipedia rights to any or all of the photos; just contact me.
151.213.154.129 16:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operating Shay at Hesston Steam Museum (Indiana) 

message: Why don't we just delete the whole section?  It's unsubstantiated and an expert says it's baloney.  Although I don't have any experience with Shays except as a passenger, I note that slip joints in heavily loaded shafts are not uncommon elsewhere, including automotive and marine drive shafts. Given that the torque on a Shay's drive shaft varies dramatically four or six times per revolution, there should be plenty of opportunity for the shaft to slide as required unless it's been allowed to dry out completely.. . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)  22:13, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Very good suggestion, It has JUST been implemented. WuhWuzDat 01:54, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  I would have done it myself, but I do most of my work in WP:NRHP and lighthouses and I don't like to step into an unfamiliar area with an axe. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)  11:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with "Problems" section 

message: The survivors section seems to be missing a locomotive. It is located in the town of Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada. More info here Peter Horn User talk 05:05, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Survivor 

message: There is a notable lack in description and scheme regarding steam distribution into cylinders and a clear visual explanation about joints and coupling on wheels, any clear description of asymmetrical layout pointing out the cylinders on right side and the boiler shifted to the left side. The article relies too much on "understood" while it's hard to find any Shay locomotive and knowledge about its particular arrangement outside US, for this reason the article needs more simple schemes and simple drawings to show "how it works" - "how it is made" in the spirit of the wikipedia project.--Kiko 64 (talk) 23:29, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of a scheme 

message: In the photo of the fireman's side of the Dixiana (shay No. 1 of the Roaring Camp and Big Trees railroad), the photo label shows a feed pump next to the compressor.  That pump is actually a twin-piston reciprocating pump used mainly to draw water from creeks and streams to refill the water in the engine's water tank and also to fight small fires, which were common in any logging railroad's operating area in the age of steam.  The pumps were also used for many other reasons, notably to transfer fuel from tank cars to static tanks at load outs and reload points served by trucks, which was common in later days of West Coast logging.  For boiler feed water, the engines typically relied on a pair lifting injectors, one on either side of the boiler.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.246.64.133 (talk) 13:22, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issue with labeling 

message: Were all of these built for sub-standard gauge railroads? All the ones I've ever seen or heard about were for narrow gauges. --RThompson82 (talk) 00:37, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gauges? 

message: The conversion in this site is problematic. 23 6875" [60 cm] is not quite correct.   which is close, but not exact.   or  /  while  . 23:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: 23 6875 inches equal  inches Peter Horn User talk 04:58, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  A problematic conversion