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Regner shay

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:31 pm
by pauly

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:42 pm
by laalratty
That engine looks like it would be an absolute beast in power terms, bit too American for my likeing though...

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:56 pm
by made-in-england
Hmm not to my taste unfortuantley

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:08 pm
by pauly
who says you cant have british shays ;) http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/23/Shay.htm

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:08 pm
by SillyBilly
Looks like the 7 1/4in one that goes to Millerbeck.

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:24 pm
by laalratty
SillyBilly wrote:Looks like the 7 1/4in one that goes to Millerbeck.
Not any more, havn't seen it there for a while :( and I never saw it run

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:35 pm
by mhlr
pauly wrote:who says you cant have british shays ;)     http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/23/Shay.htm
yeah, but the Regner one aint based on a British one, its an American logging shay.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:03 pm
by John Chapman
mhlr wrote:
pauly wrote:who says you cant have british shays ;)     http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/23/Shay.htm
yeah, but the Regner one aint based on a British one, its an American logging shay.
I think you will find that there was no such thing as a British shay. The IRS Society article refers to the engine in question being built by the Lima Co. and they were American.

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:54 pm
by pauly
of course Britain never produced shays
it (if it was a shay) was shipped over here.

Dont forget Rule 8 ;)