HO BRASS GREENBRIER CHEAT ELK 3 TRUCK SHAY #12 ENGINE

 HO SCALE....BRASS SHAY "GREENBRIER CHEAT & ELK" 150 TON 3 TRUCK STEAM ENGINE AND TENDER.... MINT IN THE ORIGINAL BOX WITH PAPERS ....HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED....NEVER RUN...ONLY OUT OF THE BOX FOR THIS PICTURE...FROM MY HUSBAND'S ESTATE.

 KEY IMPORTS..MADE IN KOREA BY SAM HONGSA. THE PAPERWORK IS OF THE LIMA SHOP HISTORY. 

"IN FEB. OF 1921, LIMA LOCOMOTIVE WORKS ROLLED OUT THE FIRST CALSS 150-3 TRUCK SHAY FOR WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER CO.  LETTERED FOR THE COMPANY'S GREENBRIER CHEAT & ELK RAILROAD, THE GIANT SHAY ARRIVED ON THE PROPERTY  AT CASS, WEST VIRGINIA IN MARCH 1921 AND WENT INTO SERVICE ON THE LONG HAUL FROM SPRUCE TO THE MILL AT CASS.  THE NUMBER 12 WAS ABLE TO HANDLE 13 LOADS UP THE 3% AND DOWN THE HILL TO CASS...HANDLING 13 EMPITIES ON THE 8.7% GRADES BACK UP THE HILL TO THE SPRUCE.

IN 1928, THE GREENBRIER CHEAT & ELK LINE WAS SOLD TO THE WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD AND THE SHAY WAS RE-LETTERED FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER CO. "

 HAD IN HIS  25 YEAR COLLECTION....WILL BE SELLING HIS COLLECTIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, LISTING LATE EVERY MONDAY NIGHT FOR 10 DAY AUCTIONS.  MINT IN THE BOX WITH NO PROBLEMS TO THE FOAM...PERFECT....IN THE BOX, WEIGHS 2-1/2 POUNDS.