I snapped a few pictures from the road by a place that pressure treats utility poles in Atlanta, GA. It’s a pretty cool operation by itself, but I also had a question about the little locomotive pictured. Sorry about the quality, but I just had a point and shoot and I was facing the sun. I need to go back sometime.
So, what kind of loco is this?
Oh and check out the old tank car as well as the carts that role on the railroad tracks into the kiln…
And for those who are interested in the (Edit) utility pole facility, you may want to check out the Microsoft Live aerial pictures. Be sure to click the virtual 3D and use the directions buttons to change the camera direction.
Looks like an old Plymouth as near as I can tell. If this is what your calling a “pulpwood” facility, it ain,t. Pulpwood is used for paper, not poles. Traditionally cut about 6 feet long, this “short wood” almost always moved by rail. Nowadays they cut the tree and limb it up and send the whole trunk, from base to about 3 inch Dia. by truck.
Hey, it’s on Lawrence Street which is off of Main Street in East Point. You can click on that link at the bottom and hit the Hybrid tab. That will give you the street names.
Let me know if you head over there some time. I’d like to goback to get some better pics myself.
Shortwood didn’t almost always move by rail, not in places where there weren’t any railroads or the RR’s went the wrong direction. At least where I grew up, it wasn’t unusual for loggers to haul pulpwood 100 miles to a pulp mill. Also, I’ve seen installations along a railroad where longwood brought in by truck, cut into shorter lengths and put on log cars. Same place also had a chipper, where wood brought in by truck was chipped and put into chip cars.
