The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, located near the south entrance to Yosemite National Park, will operate both of its three-truck Shay locomotives, Nos. 10 and 15, both alumni of West Side Lumber Co., which was located about 50 miles away. “This is a close as anyone can get to seeing operable West Side Lumber Shays in their natural environment,” says General Manager Larry Jensen.
No. 15 was built in 1913, and No. 10, the largest narrow-gauge Shay that Lima built, was made in Ohio in 1928.
The event promises photo runbys of the two engines, both solo and doubleheaded.
Seventy-five tickets are available at $75 each plus a $1 service charge at the website only, http://ymsprr.com. Click “Buy Tickets Online,” and choose “SHAY DAY PHOTO SPECIAL.”
A photo contest after the excursion will take place to select two photos for the railroad’s 2019 brochure, and the winning photographer will receive two tickets for the Moonlight Special barbecue train during summer 2019.
I’d like to see a West Side Lumber Co. Shay reunion at Roaring Camp. Roaring Camp owns #7, and I could easily see the others (except #8) pulling trains up Bear Mountain.
Make sure you go as its going to be special because you can see the special flags on the smoke box. That will disguise the real WSL locomotives. By the way, the WSL didn’t fly flags running log trains. Maybe this is a political event leading up to the election as reason for flags.. Cass Scenic RR does not fly flags on their logging Shays.