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Dixiana
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Lima Locomotive Works· from 1912· preserved American 3-cylinder, 2-truck Shay locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Roaring Camp Shay1 03: Josh Hallett· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Roaring Camp Shay1 04: Josh Hallett· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad No.1, also known as "Dixiana", is a Class B Shay steam locomotive built in 1912 by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio. It was built for the W.M Ritter Lumber Company. The locomotive was retired in the mid-1950s and was purchased by F. Norman Clark for use on his Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, where it still operates.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Still in service after 114 years.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Lima Locomotive Works
- operators
- Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-truck Shay
- weight
- 42 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q79968238, Wikipedia: Dixiana (steam locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.