10-19-2011, 09:12 AM
Hi again,
meanwhile, I also prefer the small logging railroads. They have much more character then the big ones.
I was in Cass during the 2010 rail fan weekend and visited the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad at Fish Camp this year. I like the narrow gauge stuff and much smaller operation much more then the big ones. Sure, the huge Big 6 is amazing, but the size isn't the most important...
For very simple operations - check out the Santa Cruz Lumber Co. also
They had one run around siding at the mill, where the track runs through (!) the engine house. 2 or 3 short spurs at the north end of the "yard" were used to park a tank car, flatcars and the crew speeder, a modified White truck. The railroad owned just 6 logging flatcars and Shay, beside the tank car and rail bus. One can model this railroad in neraly every scale. There are a lot of photos and information at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.santacruzlumberco.com/realsclco01.htm">http://www.santacruzlumberco.com/realsclco01.htm</a><!-- m -->
Bye, Gerd
meanwhile, I also prefer the small logging railroads. They have much more character then the big ones.
I was in Cass during the 2010 rail fan weekend and visited the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad at Fish Camp this year. I like the narrow gauge stuff and much smaller operation much more then the big ones. Sure, the huge Big 6 is amazing, but the size isn't the most important...
For very simple operations - check out the Santa Cruz Lumber Co. also
They had one run around siding at the mill, where the track runs through (!) the engine house. 2 or 3 short spurs at the north end of the "yard" were used to park a tank car, flatcars and the crew speeder, a modified White truck. The railroad owned just 6 logging flatcars and Shay, beside the tank car and rail bus. One can model this railroad in neraly every scale. There are a lot of photos and information at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.santacruzlumberco.com/realsclco01.htm">http://www.santacruzlumberco.com/realsclco01.htm</a><!-- m -->
Bye, Gerd