Puzzle – Sonora Engine (YGTBK)

Description

This product is Made in USA in our Shop.

Sonora No. 7 Steam Locomotive running on a narrow gauge 36″ wide track.  This working steam engine is located in Roaring Camp Railroads & Big Trees, Felton, California.   Sonora No. 7 travels on a 6.5 mile loop through the protected redwood forest in the heart of the Santa Cruz mountains to the top of Bear Mountain..

The 60 ton Shay engine locomotive was built in 1911 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio.  It was purchased by the Butte and Plumas Railroad Company whose rails ran between Oroville, CA and Stanwood (about 30 miles).

The Shay engine is sometimes called a sidewinder because it is a geared steam locomotive vs. direct drive.  It allows the engine to turn at a higher speed than the wheels turn providing superior traction limiting slip on the drive wheels.

This is one of 83 Shays left in North America and one of the few fully operational steam engines in existence.

A typical paperboard puzzle shows major wear problems after just a few times. Ours can be put together for so many more times before showing significant wear. We have one in the shop that we use as the demo and it has been put together over several hundred times and still looks pretty good.

Puzzle Size:  4″ × 6″

Number of Pieces:  ~108

Number of Puzzle Tricks Used: 3

Difficulty Level:  YGTBK (You’ve Got To Be Kidding)

Time to Assemble:  about 1 hour for the average person