> To the best of my knowledge the WSLCo Shay #12 always was and still is to
> this day narrow gauge.
Nope....it was converted to standard gauge for some of it's life.
> However PBL made some of them (I think I heard 20 of them) in Standard gauge
> in the 80s.
Yes, that is true. But the wheels are gauged to the OLD NASG standards and
spreading them apart to the NEW NASG standards is quite a challenge. Mine is
now correct with the help of Rusty Rustermier's machine shop. But it is not a
task for the faint of heart. Bevel gears and other details on the outside
surfaces of the wheels are an interesting feature -- until you want to adjust
the gauge.
> I have Howie's Shay!
I hope it has the new NASG gauge. The original PBL Shays did not.
> He ran it for an honest 3 feet when it cracked a gear making it unusable. So
> it sat for many years <snip>
PBL had, at the time, replacement gears available. It was the same old problem
of aging plastic being press fitted onto a steel shaft. With time and
brittleness and too much press fit, the gear eventually gave way and cracked.
Most all of them did. New gear had a slightly larger hole for the
not-quite-so-strong press fit.
> Thank You,
> Bill Lane
You are welcome...Ed L.
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