Shay engine #1551, probably near Mackay, Idaho, ca. 1905, steam locomotive hauling ore cars along a 36" gauge track, capacity 1520 tons on the flat & 72 tons on 6% grade, pulled 10 ore cars, 60 miles a day seven days a week, Empire Copper Company, Douglas fir, shrubs, granite outcropping.
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Shay engine #1551, probably near Mackay, Idaho, ca. 1905, steam locomotive hauling ore cars along a 36" gauge track, capacity 1520 tons on the flat & 72 tons on 6% grade, pulled 10 ore cars, 60 miles a day seven days a week, Empire Copper Company, Douglas fir, shrubs, granite outcropping.
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