Logging Railroad Scenery Ideas needed

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I’m kinda stuck for some ideas, anyone know of any good railroad layouts with pics for the scenery? Thanks much, Jake

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Jake, I’ve seen a lot of them. Will have to try to locate some. One I recall had a large area of just tree stumps. Looked neat and saved making a lot of trees. [;)]

Check out this link for a start.

http://www.railsusa.com/links/Logging_Railroads/

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  • Thanks so much for that link! Of course the Cass Scenic Railroad is right in my neck of the woods, no pun there, and those pictures of the old logging town of Spruce sure bring back a lot of memories to me, as I’ve camped and fly fished all over that old town. In the 70’s, Shavers Fork was a pristine trout stream, ruined by Snowshoes Ski Resort and a bad timber cut, in my humble opinion. Jake
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Fred, there’s a video on the main CTT page for the latest CTT layout - which features a logging line. Those donkey engines sure look cool

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Jake, the neatest scenery I have seen for a logging railroad was just stumps where the trees were cut down. The ones in the photo are for G scale, but they could be made for O very easily.

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Grab yerself a copy of the video GREAT MODEL RAILROADS VOL.12. This is of Howard Zane’s Piermont Division of the Western Maryland. Yes, it’s HO, but it will give you some inspiration.

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Thanks all, I do appreciate the help. Any other ideas are more than welcomed. Thanks, Jake

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Fred, do you have David Frary’s scenery book? - it is mostly HO - looks like old MR articles - but there are a few that address creating fantastic forest scenes.

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WOW !!! Fabulous link … glad I was cruising through older posts ! [bow] Thanks millions jefelectric .

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Glad you enjoyed it.

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A few years ago, Model Railroad Craftsman had an article on a very well done layout of a logging railroad. This guy did a fantastic job of building bridges, cabins, even makeshift flat cars with cranes, etc. He also did the scenery with loggers doing the old wedge board style of climbing the tree with a axe. I believe someone posted a link to the complete article archive, but beyond that, I don’t know the date, or more specifics.

Good Luck,

Dennis