Lionel 6-11141 Birch Valley Lumber Co. Shay Locomotive #5 DwDetails-6.80-5.23-18.00-8.00-6.00-1 Erie (NS Heritage)

Erie (NS Heritage)

width: 79mm

Model Number: 22476

Model Number: 19854

Silver series boxcar

Lionel 6-11141 Birch Valley Lumber Co. Shay Locomotive #5 DwDetails-6.80-5.23-18.00-8.00-6.00-1 Erie (NS Heritage)Here is a Lionel 6 11141 Birch Valley Lumber Co. Shay Locomotive #5. By utilizing an ingenious system of gears and vertical pistons, the Shay became the first locomotive able to penetrate thick forests on rough and hilly terrain, where low speed and high stability were essential. In West Virginia, for instance, logging companies and railroads such as Birch Valley and Cass relied on Shays to conquer wild forests set deep in the Alleghenies. Two new