Thanks!!
Thanks for the sawmill picks, that is kind of what I had in mind. I started off thinking I'd use the Woodlands scenics rural saw mill, but once I had the pieces in my hand, the saw was smaller than I need. I used one of those to do the interior of the Strong and Perry Sawmill in Perry's Gizzard on the DG CC & W. It is smack dab in the middle of the center peninsula of my RR, and surrounded with mountainous terrain, and it's machinery very seldom gets a good look.
The woodlan's scenics rural sawmill is so small its maximum log might be just big enough for four crossties. I looked at the little circular saws for a dremil rotory tool, ( like you would use to remove all of your fingers (looking at these things, I can't imagine any other result, no matter what the intention)- But they are largish- I almost got one for O scale, but I had a very rare attack of sense, and decided it wouldn't be smart for me to start an O scale sawmill of any size.
I think I'm going to get an Echo Mountain etched saw blade set. They used to make them out of brass, but now I think they are making them out of stainless. I'm thinking if I get the saw blades I can probably scratch the rest. My biggest concern is where I could put the durn thing! I only have two sidings that might have room, One is in Crooked creek, which allready has 19 delivery locations, and doesn't need any more operational complexity, and the other is in Montgomery Furnace, off of a switch that has been rebuilt twice, and almost nothing will go through the diverging route. It is possible I could put ir in Gegoukayoosa, which isn't built yet, but that shelf is so high, hanging off of the ceiling. that it would be difficult to see. I may just build it off line, and logs just dumped off the side of the main, and lumber loaded at a team track. (except through ignorance and space concerns, I didn't include enough team tracks.
The Black tractor is the one I'll use for the sawmill. the other two have their original Matchbox paint, which I have hesitated to alter, as it would probably give a collector somewhere fits. the Black one was red and white, with a scheme that might have been appropriate for a circus, and that had to go!
Bill Nelson
Somebody produces the old On-Track steam traction engine kit, which is pricey, but has detail out the wazoo, and would be a stunning foreground powerplant for a small, semi portable mill.