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A friend of mine sent a picture to me and asked if I knew what it was. What I saw in the picture was a Shay shrouded in a diesel type cab. It was lettered NYC on the side and cab # 1897. The boiler plate and headlight were sticking out the front 1897 appeared there as well. I asked myself why? Some of the information that I found related that the NYC had logging operations; but at times the Shays were assigned to work moving other freight. This entailed street running. It became apparent that the Shays scared the horses on the street. That's when the Shays got dressed. Follow this link for more information.

https://www.railarchive.net/nyccollection/nyc7189.htm

While searching for information I noticed that there were HO models available; but didn't see any O Ga. Was an O Ga ever produced or kitbashed?


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Fascinating story.  Thanks for sharing.

I've been on the High Line trail and I'm so glad that they left a lot of the track and such in place.  My experience with rail trails is that they usually remove any sign of the railroad.  I used to live in Matawan NJ and there is a rail trail there.  A bumper was to the side of it for a siding.  One day that bumper was removed.

I moved to Edison, NJ and I used to walk the old Lehigh Valley line before they cleaned it up and made the Middlesex Greenway.  One day I was walking there and I met a gentleman who was marveling at home mother nature made the ravine.  I told him it wasn't mother nature but rather the railroad company.

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