| By: | Jamie Smith |
| Dates: | 5/9/2020 - 5/9/2020 |
| Album Info: | Lima Shay and Erie caboose in Harrod, Ohio. Town was originally called Harrods.
Shay was built September 1905 by Lima for Tioga Lumber Company in Nicholas County, West Virginia and was designated C/N 1568.
Caboose was built by Dispatch Shops Incorporated in Rochester, NY in April 1963. It was assigned to the maintenance pool in Lima, OH. Majority of its service was in the Lima area and retired in August 1980. In 1991 the Auglaize Township Historical Society submitted a request to Conrail for a caboose to be displayed. The request was granted and it was moved by truck in 1993 to its final destination.
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