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Title: 
Shay engine #1551 circa 1905
Identifier: 
F 01080
Description: 
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.
Subject, Topical: 
Trains.
Subject, Topical: 
Railroads.
Date Original: 
circa 1905
Publisher: 
Format: 
image/jpeg
Coverage, Temporal: 
1900s
Source: 
Gillette, Dale
Rights: 
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