A century-old piece of railroad history returns to the Sierra. See ‘Shay No. 12'

It becomes the third steam engine for the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad in Fish Camp.
KTVZ

Century-old Mount Emily Shay logging locomotive leaves former Prineville home, arrives at Portland rail museum

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The historic steam logging locomotive Mount Emily Shay #1 traveled by BNSF Railway on a flatcar from its former home on the City of Prineville Railway to its new home at the ...
La Grande Observer

Locomotive used in Union County logging operations for decades moved from Prineville to Portland

PORTLAND — Mount Emily Shay No. 1 has a new home. The historic steam logging locomotive, used for logging operations in Union County for three decades through the late 1950s, traveled by BNSF Railroad ...
The Union Democrat

60 tons of West Side Lumber Co. railroad history to return to Sierra Nevada

A century-old, 60-ton steam locomotive that used to haul fresh-cut timber for West Side Lumber Co. in Tuolumne is returning ...
OPB

Oregon Rail Heritage Center trying to morph from workshop to museum

Bill Habjan, a retired doctor from Lebanon, Oregon, makes the 160-mile round trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland’s Central Eastside twice a week to work on an old engine. “When a steam ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

East Texas group is restoring steam locomotive in Rusk, preserving the region’s timber industry history

Editor’s Note: This is one of multiple stories in ETX View’s 2026 January/February issue that published Jan. 10. To read more stories and view the full digital edition, visit our ETX View homepage.