| No. | Class | F.M. Whyte | Gauge | Railroad Line | Location | Status | Builder Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Greenbrier Cheat & Elk) | B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD | display | Lima #1519, 1905 | From the Cass Scenic Railroad in Cass, WV. Traded to the B&O Railroad Museum in 1980 in exchange for WM Shay 6. |
| 2 (4) | 98 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Mayo Lumber Co) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | operational | Lima #3320, 1928 | |
| 3 | 80-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Agnew Lumber Co) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | display | Lima #3142, 12/1920 | From Snoqualmie, WA. Retired from operation in 1994. |
| 11 (3) | 116 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Feather River) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | operational | Lima #3221, 1923 | |
| 4 (5) | 80 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Mower Lumber Co) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | operational | Lima #3189, 12/1922 | |
| 5 | 90 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (Greenbrier & Elk River) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | operational | Lima #1503, 11/1905 | Official state steam locomotive of West Virginia. Oldest operating Shay. |
| 6 | 162 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | CSRR (WM) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | operational | Lima #3354, 05/1945 | Nicknamed Big 6. Acquired from the B&O Railroad Museum in trade for GC&E Shay 1 in 1980. Restored to operation in May 1981. Taken out of service in Oct 2018. Returned to operation on Sep 3, 2023. Largest surviving Shay. |
| 1926 (10) | 70-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Graham County (Tallahassee Power) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | stored | Lima #3299, 05/1926 | From New Centerville, PA. Used as a parts source. |
| 7 (3) | 70-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Meadow River Lumber Co (Raine Lumber) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | stored | Lima #3131, 1920 | Operated until 1970. Boiler replacements failed. Stored disassembled. |
| 36 (5) | C-70 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Brimstone RR (W.M. Carney Mill) | Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Cass, WV | stored | Lima #2804, 01/1916 | From the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, Chattanooga, TN. |
| 35 | C-70 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Brimstone RR | Silverbend Farms, Clarksburg, CA | private dismantled | Lima #2366, 1910 | Sold to the Eskbank Rail Heritage Centre, Lithgow, NSW, AUS. To be shipped to Australia. |
| 6 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC (HH) | El Portal Transportation Museum, El Portal, CA | display | Lima #3170, 1921 | ||
| 7 (4) | 60-3 | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL (B&PRY) | Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad, Felton, CA | operational | Lima #2465, 1911 | Named Sonora. |
| 15 (9) | 50-2 | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL | Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CA | operational | Lima #2645, 1913 | |
| 12 | Shay3Tr | 36" | GL (WSL) | Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CA | restoration | Lima #3302, 1926 | Appeared in Great American Train Rides I. From the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO, then the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO. Previously operated in 2009. To be restored to operating condition. | |
| 10 | 70-3 PC | Shay3Tr | 36" | WSL | Yosemite Mt. Sugar Pine RR, Fish Camp, CA | operational | Lima #3315, 1928 | |
| 10 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Rayonier (Hofius Steel) | Tillicum Park, Forks, WA | display | Lima #3348, 1930 | ||
| 3 (2) | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Ely Thomas Lumber (Eakin Lumber) | Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton, PA | display | Lima #2598, 1912 | ||
| 14 | Shay3Tr | 36" | GL (WSL) | Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO | display | Lima #2835, 1916 | From the Georgetown Loop RR, Georgetown, CO. Previously operated in 2009. Currently owned by Lindsey and Rosa Ashby. Underwent a cosmetic restoration between early January and late February 2022. Up for sale as of 2023. | |
| 8 | Shay3Tr | 36" | Royal Gorge Route (WSL) | Moffat Road Railroad Museum, Granby, CO | display | Lima #3176, 1922 | From Georgetown, CO, then the Royal Gorge Depot, Canon City, CO. | |
| 19 | 65 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | GA Pacific | Veterans Park, Harrod, OH | display | Lima #1568, 1905 | |
| 7 | Shay3Tr | 36" | Oregon Lumber (New Mexico Lumber) | Hesston Steam Museum, Hesston, IN | operational | Lima #3345, 11/1929 | ||
| 2 | 90-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Sierra (Feather River) | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | display | Lima #3177, 1922 | Restored to operation in 1979. Taken out of service in 2010. Placed on display while awaiting mandated 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 7 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, CA | display | Lima #3286 | ||
| 112 | C-70 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Meridian Lumber | Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Long Leaf, LA | abandoned | Lima #3273, 1924 | Located in the woods just north of the museum grounds. Most of the locomotive has been scrapped. Only parts remain. |
| 2 (4) | 70-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Camino-Placerville & Lake Tahoe | Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, CA | display | Lima #3172, 1922 | |
| 11 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Mineral Shops, Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, Mineral, WA | stored | Lima #3327, 1929 | Was operational until 2001. Now placed in storage due to the closure of the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad in May 2020. | |
| 9 | Shay3Tr | 36" | Midwest Central (WSL) | Midwest Central Railroad, Mt Pleasant, IA | operational | Lima #3199, 1923 | Loaned to the Georgetown Loop RR from 2012 to 2019. Returned from the Georgetown Loop RR in early 2019. Taken out of service in August 2022 due to mechanical issues. Returned to operation on August 23, 2025. | |
| 11 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Crosby Lumber & Mfg | Duncan Park, Natchez, MS | display | Lima #3197, 1922 | ||
| 1 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Hutchinson Lumber (Feather River) | Hewitt Park, Oroville, CA | display | Lima #3169, 1931 | Located way in the back, atop of some stairs, behind some bushes. | |
| 1 | 80 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Mt Emily Lumber | Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR | overhaul | Lima #3233, 1923 | From Portland, OR, then Cass Scenic, WV, then Prineville, OR. To be placed in service at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland, OR. Undergoing 1,472-day inspection and overhaul. |
| 33 | 90-3 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Hammond Lumber | Timber Heritage Association, Samoa, CA | stored | Lima #3180, 1922 | From Arcata, then Timber Heritage Association, Glendale. |
| 7 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Simpson Timber | city center, Shelton, WA | display | Lima #3248, 1924 | ||
| 1 | 65 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Eastern Railway Lumber (Newhouse Mines) | Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, WA | display | Lima #911, 1904 | |
| 1925 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Graham County | North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC | restoration | Lima #3256, 1925 | Removed from display in 2023 and is being restored back to operation. To be completed in 2026. | |
| 1 (2) | C | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Leetonia RR (Ely Thomas Lumber) | Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA | display | Lima #1799, 1906 | Never operated on the Leetonia. |
| 12 | 75 ton | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC (Sierra) | Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, CA | stored | Lima #789, 1903 | Previously used on the Castro Point Railway. Once temporarily stored at Peralta & Shinn, Fremont, CA. |
| 8 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | PLC | Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook, OR | display | #3254 | From Cottage Grove, then Fred Kepner collection, Merrill, OR. Displayed outside, northeast of the museum in poor condition. | |
| 2147 | C-70 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Little River | Little River Railroad Museum, Townsend, TN | display | Lima #2147, 1909 | |
| 5 | 70t C | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | J Neils Lumber | Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL | operational | Lima #3336, 1929 | Taken out of service in 1999. Reflued and made a test run in June 2016. Returned to operation in 2018. |
| 4 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Yosemite Lumber | Sierra Nevada Logging Museum, White Pines, CA | display | Lima #3092, 1920 | From Nevada State Railroad Museum, Boulder City. Ran on compressed air in 2013. | |
| 5 | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | Saginaw-Manistee Lumber (Anaconda Copper) | Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, Williams, AZ | display | Lima #3203, 1923 | From the Mehmke Steam Museum, Fife, MT. | |
| 7 (2) | Shay3Tr | 4'-8½" | KL&LC (St. Regis Paper) | Roots of Motive Power, Willits, CA | stored | Lima #3346, 11/1929 | From Tacoma, WA. |
