Steam & Excursion > West Side Lumber #8 Shay at Granby, CO

West Side Lumber Company #8 Shay calls the Moffat Road Railroad Museum at Granby, CO, home these days.  The Shay once ran at the Georgetown Loop RR when Lindsay Ashby was the operator.  Unfortunately, the cylinder on the engineers side cracked making the Shay inoperable- too expensive to repair.  Shay #8 was displayed at Cañon City, CO, for several years.  The West Side Lumber Co. lettering was restored by the Moffat Road Railroad Museum.  Views inside the cab and firebox.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/21/25 08:19 by cozephyr.

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I rode the Georgetown Loop back in 2000 but lost all my photos of the trip to a harddrive crash. I'm pretty sure it was behind a Shay, was No.8 operating back then?

Rob

GoldenState Wrote:
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> I rode the Georgetown Loop back in 2000 but lost
> all my photos of the trip to a harddrive crash.
> I'm pretty sure it was behind a Shay, was No.8
> operating back then?
>
> Rob

Most likely it was either West Side 12 or 14. Both are at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden these days along with a few other pieces from the Ashbys that used to operate at the Loop. West Side 9 was on loan from the Midwest Central in Mt. Pleasant, IA in more recent years.