Shay locomotive

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Shay locomotive

Quality:

Shay locomotive - geared steam locomotive with offset boiler, vertical cylinders and bevel-gear drive. Article “Shay locomotive” in English Wikipedia has 49.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 28 references and 8 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 5.54 points.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Shay locomotive” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Shay locomotive”, its content was written by 132 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 215 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 334 times in English Wikipedia and cited 453 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #8810 in December 2003
  • Global: #23140 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #88224 in August 2024
  • Global: #145702 in August 2024

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
51.454
2English (en)
Shay locomotive
49.8742
3Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
47.0547
4Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
39.2169
5French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
32.1462
6Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
31.7324
7Finnish (fi)
Shay
17.64
8Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
11.2548
9Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
9.701
10Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
5.2098
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Shay locomotive" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shay locomotive
719 900
2Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
42 940
3Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
39 955
4Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
27 154
5Finnish (fi)
Shay
8 210
6French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
7 073
7Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
5 102
8Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
4 511
9Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
2 488
10Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
1 109
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Shay locomotive" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shay locomotive
9 926
2Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
429
3French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
194
4Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
157
5Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
144
6Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
143
7Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
120
8Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
46
9Finnish (fi)
Shay
17
10Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Shay locomotive" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shay locomotive
132
2Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
20
3Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
15
4Finnish (fi)
Shay
12
5Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
9
6French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
8
7Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
7
8Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
4
9Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
4
10Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
4
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Shay locomotive" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shay locomotive
2
2Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
0
3Finnish (fi)
Shay
0
4French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
0
5Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
0
6Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
0
8Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
0
9Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
0
10Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Shay locomotive" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shay locomotive
334
2Russian (ru)
Паровоз системы Шея
40
3Portuguese (pt)
Locomotiva Shay
31
4Japanese (ja)
シェイ式蒸気機関車
17
5Spanish (es)
Locomotora Shay
11
6French (fr)
Locomotive Shay
10
7Polish (pl)
Parowóz systemu Shaya
5
8Ukrainian (uk)
Паровоз системи Шея
2
9Chinese (zh)
謝伊式蒸汽機車
2
10Finnish (fi)
Shay
1
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Shay locomotive
esSpanish
Locomotora Shay
fiFinnish
Shay
frFrench
Locomotive Shay
jaJapanese
シェイ式蒸気機関車
plPolish
Parowóz systemu Shaya
ptPortuguese
Locomotiva Shay
ruRussian
Паровоз системы Шея
ukUkrainian
Паровоз системи Шея
zhChinese
謝伊式蒸汽機車

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#88224
08.2024
Global:
#145702
08.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#8810
12.2003
Global:
#23140
12.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shay locomotive from Wikipedia articles about Geared steam locomotive, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Steam locomotive, Lima Locomotive Works and Articulated locomotive. Whereas reading the article about Shay locomotive people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Geared steam locomotive, Ephraim Shay, Willamette locomotive, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park and Prismatic joint.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

fi: Shay

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