Rail buffs restore historic locomotive
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Volunteers with the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation are restoring this 102-year-old steam locomotive on the grounds of the El Dorado County Historical Museum in Placerville. The Shay No. 4 is the last of the locomotives from the California Door Company's logging railroad. The Diamond and Caldor Railway bought it in 1907 to carry lumber from its sawmill to Diamond Springs, and it ran until 1952. -
Volunteers are restoring Shay No. 4 the last of the locomotives from the California Door Company's logging railroad. The Diamond and Caldor Railway bought it in 1907 to carry lumber from its sawmill to Diamond Springs. The steam engine is now housed at the El Dorado County Historical Museum where volunteers from the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation are bringing it back to life. -
This historic photo in a book called El Dorado Narrow Gauge on the Diamond & Caldor Railway shows the Shay No. 4 in about 1908 stopped over the Cosumnes River south of Pleasant Valley. This is the 102-year-old engine that the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation is restoring. -
El Dorado Western Railway Foundation volunteer Steve Karoly talks about the Shay No. 4 behind him. It is the last of the locomotives from the California Door Company's logging railroad. Bought in 1907, the engine was retired in 1952 after years of hauling logs for the Diamond and Caldor Railway. -
This sign is on the back of the 102-year-old Shay No. 4 steam locomotive that volunteers with the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation in Placerville are restoring. -
Volunteers with the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation Keith Berry, right, and Alberto Weiss, background, drill holes to install a bell on a rail bus at the El Dorado County Historical Museum. -
Parts to the Shay No. 4 steam locomotive that is being restored by volunteers wait to be reinstalled on the engine. -
Volunteer Keith Berry sits amongs tie plates that are a part of rails that have been taken up for later use. Berry volunteers with the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation, and the group is restoring a variety of historical railroad pieces including a 102-year-old locomotive. -
El Dorado Western Railway Foundation volunteer Keith Berry cuts a piece of metal off the roof of a rail bus they are restoring at the El Dorado County Historical Museum. -
Volunteer Alberto Weiss leaves the house were the 102-year-old Shay No. 4 locomotive is housed that they are restoring on the grounds of the El Dorado County Historical Musem. About 16 volunteers with the El Dorado Western Railway Foundation are restoring historical railroad equipment here.
