You CAN get good steam photos at the Old Threshers Reunion! Here's Shay 9 ready to depart Snipe Run on the third day of the 2010 show. The structure on the right is a Milwaukee Road signal tower... (more)
West Side Lumber Company No. 9 steams across a small trestle on the Midwest Central Railroad loop.
West Side Lumber Company 3-Truck Shay No. 9 heads for the water tower at North Station at the start of a busy day on the Midwest Central Railroad.
West Side Lumber 9 takes a test run around the loop after throttle gasket repairs, as 0-4-0T 16 enters South Station.
West Side Lumber 9 pauses at North Station with a passenger train as darkness falls upon Mount Pleasant.
New Mexico Lumber Company Shay No. 7 probably wasn't maintained as well in 1929 as it is today, Ephraim Shay would be proud
New Mexico Lumber Company Shay No. 7 blows off some steam as it comes around the pond at Hesston, The Hesston Steam Museum opened to host the "Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad" Mid... (more)
West Side Lumber Company No. 9 pulls a passenger train at night over the rails of the Midwest Central Railroad.
West Side Lumber Company No. 9 pauses at Snipe Run with a passenger train. Note the "new" number plate mounted on the smokebox. When the engine came to Old Threshers in 1966, the original plate ... (more)
The "wrong" side of Shay No. 9 seen at South Station with a short freight train.
Ignore that motorhome in the background, and this scene looks like it could have been taken fifty years ago at the West Side Lumber Company.
Shay 9 departs North Station (Snipe Run) with a load of passengers bound for South Station. The Shay is the largest piece of steam equipment in operation during the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion,... (more)
West Side Lumber Company No. 9 approaches the North Station at Snipe Run with a full load of passengers.
No. 9 has been restored to its West Side Lumber Company look, as it appeared in the late 1950s.
No. 9 is being changed off for No. 6 at the enginehouse lead.
