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    Quincy Railroad

    A couple of weeks ago (26 May '04) I got to take some time off work, one of the days I used to fan the Quincy Railroad at that railroad's namesake town in California. Its a little less than a two hour drive from Reno, NV where I live, we arrived just as the No 5 was shoving a cut of cars into...
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    General Description of Lumber Milling - (Long)

    Thanks to those that worked so hard to get "The Gauge" back online! I thought this general description of the lumber milling process would help modelers better understand the sawmilling practice, thus, making it much easier to model a realistic lumber mill operation on a model railroad. I...
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    Lassen Operation's Shay No. 4 (images 131k)

    I thought I’d share this photo of Fruit Growers Supply Company - Lassen Operation’s (Susanville Operation after the 1944 purchase of Red River’s Westwood) No. 4, a 90-ton three truck shay locomotive, a former McCloud engine. I purchased the “Real Photo Post Card” on E-bay a few weeks ago from a...
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    Video Clips

    For those that may be interested, I've posted 3 video clips of steam logging during the 1920. They are posted on TrainOrders.com's web site. Although this is a fee site, for right now non-members can view the clips. TO's link is: http://www.trainorders.com/ After the main page loads...
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    Logging Photos - Wet Side WA/OR

    I recently purchased these photos, they were mis-marked as Oklahoma photos. They are probably wet side WA/OR. I think many might enjoy the views. So here goes.
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    Important Resource, Overlooked

    Board: I think one of the most overlooked sources of logging/lumbering information is the college text book. Even the oldest logging/lumbering text books are still available via the interlibrary loan system here in the USA. Yes, from time to time they still can be purchased on Ebay or...
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    Logging Equipment Advertisements

    List: Thought I might share some scans of logging equipment advertisements.
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