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Climax Loco: 1912
April 12, 1912. Atlanta, Georgia. "Southern Iron & Equipment Co. -- Locomotive SIECO 807. (West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Locomotive 1; Dobbins, West Virginia. Climax Loco #534, 1904)." 8x10 glass negative, Marre Rail Transportation Photo Collection. View full size.
The Southern Iron & Equipment Company of Atlanta was a major reconditioner of locomotives circa 1900-1960, refurbishing them for resale. The company also did repair and reconditioning work on behalf of various railroads.
Get your Driver in Gear
It looks like a geared drive locomotive, similar in principle to the (Ephraim) Shay locomotives from Lima Locomotive Works, but the drive shaft that turns the wheels on the trucks via some sort of gear (worm gear?) down the inside center of the chassis. A Shay has those vertical pistons that rotate drive shafts on the outside of the truck frames on both sides. These type of locos were used for steep inclines (logging) or heavy short loads in industrial areas I suppose. Yosemite a running Shay engine for their logging track.
[See below. - Dave]
Meanwhile ...
The Titanic was in the middle of the Atlantic and about to sink 36 hours after this picture was taken!
What a coincidence
I live in Atlanta and Climax Loco is also my nickname.
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