30" Gauge Logging
This website is dedicated to the little known historic narrow gauge logging operations in California.
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Arcadia & Betsey River Ry.
An HO scale model railroad depicting logging operations in the Pacific Northwest circa 1956 featuring mountain scenery and geared locomotives.
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Escambia Railroad
First established as a logging railroad in south Alabama, the Escambia RR also carried passengers occasionally. Eventually based in Century, Florida, the line was used exclusively in Alabama.
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Historic Logging Train
Home of the first school of forestry and houses a 1915 Climax Logging Locomotive that actually worked the western North Carolina mountains.
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Locomotive #14
California Western No. 14 was built in 1924 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lumber Department of the California Fruit Exchange in Graeagle, California and was sold to the California Western Railroad in 1938.
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Moss Lake Lumber Co.
A HO scale logging company and railroad set in the mid 1950s Pacific Northwest. Steam and diesel power share the logging railroad as well as the woods.
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Rayonier - The Last Steam Logger
Maynard Laing ventured to Washington's Olympic Penninsula to capture the end of an era, with steam locomotives working the forests hauling out fresh log trains to the mill. The Rayonier mainline was 45 miles long, and featured several serviceable engines including articulated 2-6-6-2's. Two of them are seen on log trains including #14 and ex-Sierra Railway #38.
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Shay Locomotives Data Base
This is a non-profit web site dedicated to researching information on Shay Locomotives. A separate data page on all 2770 shays built plus many more features.
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Sierra Scale Models
Sierra Scale Models provides information, products, and photographs related to model railroad scenery and structures.
Learn techniques for building model train layouts, applying cedar shingles, painting backgrounds, installing scale glass, making molds, and weathering. Aspects of logging industry scenery, such as tree stumps, logging turf, and sawmill wood are included.
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The Tall Timber Railroad
A fictional On30 logging railroad based on Pacific Northwest logging. This layout has been featured in Finescale Railroader and Model Railroading magazine
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West Side Lumber Co. Model Railroad Club
West Side Lumber Co. was an HO scale (1/87) modular model railroad club, from Rochester, Minnesota. Our layout was loosely based on the now defunct logging company from which we take our name. Rather than portraying the California prototype in exacting detail, we attempted to capture the feel of a logging railroad that could be located anywhere from the Michigan Upper Peninsula to northern California.
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Wisconsin Logging Railroads
The purpose of this page is to provide information on an often overlooked aspect of railroading. While not as thrilling as their western counterparts, logging railroads in the State of Wisconsin still hold much interest.
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