Please can someone tell me quickly how tall the bachmann shay is in inches?
i was told 8" but it cant be, thats way too tall…
6" max right?
kevin
There was a mixup with this post disappearing, so I’m splicing two threads together:
Here is the answer:
From the original draft of the review for the two-truck Shay with short, straight stack:
20 1/8" over end beams, 22 ½" over coupler faces.
Frame is 4 7/16" wide
Measurements are virtually identical to the original, not surprising as mentioned above, the frame, boiler, and tender shell are the same castings.
Height at the roof vent (above the rails) is about 7", while the whistle (highest on this unit) is about 7 ¼".
That said, the 3-truck height and width are identical, EXCEPT the stacks can make the MUCH higher.
The old Pardee-Curtin stack was so tall we had to remove the stack to operate on some railroads (tunnel clearances).
TOC
I found that with the tall Pardee & Curtin Baloon Stack attached, the Shay will not clear an Aristocraft Wood Truss Bridge, so I am using the Mushroom stack, a bit shorter.
Rene,
Just for kicks, how tall is the Shay with the Pardee stack attached? Might as well build everything tall enough from the get go!
Allen
Mine is 6"
With the Stack? I don’t think so!
Allen
Okay here are the three stacks. This is measured from table top to highest point on 2-Truck shay.
A Straight stack was 6" tall (highest point was the whistle at 7")
A Mushroom stack was 7" tall
A Diamond stack was 7.5" tall
If you are planning your layout based on the shay, I would make bridges and tunnels ~10" tall to be safe.
There we go! Thanks!
Allen
Isaac- there are 4 stacks.
The biggie is not any of the above.
The cabbage and diamond are the smaller ones, the Pardee-Curtin is even taller.
I have one here somewhere (Marshall had to scrap his due to height, you’ll see one or two in the weeds on his RR).
TOC
I did have one.
I just stuck it on a newer Shay, put the Shay on the track, rough measurement, railhead to top of stack, 8-1/2".
TOC
Interesting handle you chose.
I hope this will not cause confusion at a glance.
Ken Fillar