Hmmm, can you picture a shay without foot boards? Yuk! I have a picture of the Q&TL #6 with a pilot and it really looks odd, in part because the engine is so "fat" compared to the rails. The pilot takes on a "Hitler mustache" kind of look. At some point the 6 lost it, but not sure when or why.
Any one have some full sized moose antlers for sale? > > And I hate "cow catchers" with a vengeance. > > Although the 6 had one at one time, it lost it at some point for a > hand some > > foot board. > > A "Cow Catcher" is not the thing.....but a correct Pilot would not be > out of line at all! Not a cheapo deal made from angle iron, like the > 50's Daisy Picker lines used. But a correct from Baldwin drawings in Oak > would be very attractive. Not to mention that if the FRA were to ever > get jurisdiction, your foot boards would be goe in a blink! (OSHA > probably would faint if they saw foot boards! They have been gone from > Main line RR's for 30 years now)
