Now your only worry with that forest of trees is a forest fire, you may need a water bomber in the future, we have lots of them up here in Canadaland.
A good size portion of my new double deck layout is going to include logging. I had started a subject thread on it (Logging Locos, Logging Track Plan, Logging Mill, Mainline Pick-up), but it got shut down and voided as it had photos that were posted on another rr forum site.
I also recently ran across a MARVELOUS little logging rr that an 83 year old fellow built in a 7 x 8 foot space. But again it is on another forum site. Here is one comment,…
Brian, you could still post a link to the article, or the layout. I’d love to see that.
Mike.
Oh yeah, been there, seen some…
We do have an old Gosling/Goose flying around here that might be converted.
Can’t even post a link, but if you send me an email (NOT a private one from this site, that does not work for me), I can let you know.
My email is railandsail@gmail.com
Sent you a PM.
Mike.
Brian, that link you sent me is a beautiful, and expertly done layout, 100% logging, and in a small area! It’s ashamed it can’t be shared in here.
Mike.
I read with interest most of the posts and looked at all of the photos. Many kudos for those that want to model a somewhat forgotten aspect of railroading. I presently do not have a layout, only a sawmill diaramma featuring many kits from Better Than Scratch (BTS), and 16 Kadee skeleton log flats. Logging and milling will be my major industrial customer, but there will be others, like in real life.
However, I did work as a degreed forester for many years, both in the woods as a forester and with a mill as a log yard supervisor. Unfortunately, it was in an era when logging railroads were VERY scarce, altho I did walk some abandoned roadbed of the old Anaconda Copper Co logging operations on the Lubrecht Forest near Greenough, MT. I saw many log loads come into the Anaconda mill at Bonner, MT via the NP, which were kind a cross between a normal flat with bunks and a skeleton log flat. They had a center beam, 4 bunks, and lengthwise outer beams. If I remember correctly, the GN log flats were similar. NP chip cars were GS gondolas with high wood extensions added on top, while the GN cars looked new and purpose built.
I love the pics that people have posted but have one bit of advice. Logging is extremely MESSY and not at all neat and tidy. The movement of logs, whether it be in the woods, on the landing, in transit, or at the mill, knocks a LOT of bark off the logs. Our mill processed on the average 18 truckloads (all were loads were over weight and over height…no scales to cross…they ran around 80,000 pounds including the truck)) of logs per day, altho that did hit a high of 55-60 during one intense period around 1980-81 or so. Our log yard had around 15 log decks that were 600 feet long and 12 feet high. The sta
I have a 100% logging exhibition layout, although it hasn’t been setup for a few years, it has been my home layout at various times.
If I could figure out how I would post photos!
Mike Ruby
Hi Mike, would love to see your photos. This site itself does not host the photos themselves. I had problems with that in the past.
I looked around at a number of photo hosting sites, and finally decided on this one that made it fairly easy for me to keep track of the photos I wanted to post,…in an album form,…and gave me lots of ways to reference them. Plus you can upload them in batches rather than one-by-one.
mine as an example,…https://beiland.imgbb.com/albums