Steam Logging
Ride deep into mountain country to watch steam logging operations. Witness tiny but might geared engines dwarfed by the giant loads they moved.
FEATURING THE RELEASE “GEARED STEAM LOCOS”:
With their ability to negotiate less than perfect tracks and climb steep grades, geared steam locomotives were generally used where tight curves restricted the use of conventional rigid frame steam locos and engine speed was not a factor.
Gears in the Woods
Gears in the Woods
See every kind of steam locomotive ever conceived to haul logs: Shays, Heislers , Climaxes, Articulated rod and Rigid frame Engines.
Ten different logging companies, from Arizona to British Columbia, Canada comprise this sweeping survey of working life in the tall timber of the West:
• Southwest Forest Industries (Arizona)
• West Side Flume and Logging (California)
• The Feather River (California)
• The Klickitat or St. Regis Paper (Washington State)
• The Rayonier (both lines on Olympic Peninsula, WA)
• MacMillan-Bloedel (Vancouver Island, BC)
• Hillcrest Lumber (British Columbia, Canada)
• Osborne Bay Warf (Vancouver Island, BC)
• Yreka Western (California)
• McCleod River (California)
You'll see the Feather River Shays high on S-curved trestles, getting a run at a 5 1/2% grade with 25 degree curves, and the fireworks pin-wheel of Climaxes tackling 6% grades on the Hillcrest. Heislers dance around the log dump like daddy long legs spiders. Climb in to the cab as Rayonier Mallet #8 heads for tall timber and returns with logs of Bunyan size. Two versions of the McLeod operation: first, a double-headed fan trip with an SP daylight consist and - in the 10 foot drifts of February - a sparkling vignette in brilliant sunshine with Mt Shasta towering behind.
54 minutes
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