The photos are from the net and the narrow gauge forum. Apparently #14 was numbered 4 at the Camino Cable and Northern so when it arrived it was still in that numbering. The Narrow Gauge forum says these photos from Central City are when it arrived in May 1974. The Trains Magazine article claims it arrived in 1972. I'm not sure which one is correct.
TRAINS excerpt:
"The Ashbys were assembling narrow gauge railroad equipment to run at Central City, Colo. Given the steep grades and twisting track on the Ashby's railroad, a Shay was a perfect addition, and No. 14 arrived in 1972. Within a few years, the Central City operation closed in favor of the Ashbys' tenure as operator of the newly restored Georgetown Loop Railroad in Silver Plume, Colo."
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3 of the pictures posted here are ones that I took. The shay arrived in Central City in 1974. #44 was the only locomotive in 1972 (other than #71. #40 arrived in 1973 and the shay in 1974. Also, some of the repainting of the C&S equipment was done in 1971/1972....none in 1970 that I know of.
Jerry Albers
Central City/Silver Plume Railroads employee, 1972 to 1976
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