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Thank you for stopping by! This is the blog for the Russell P. Panecki Collection of vintage railroad-related postcards. The entire collection consists of nearly one thousand so far with images dating from circa 1904 to the 1950s. To leave a comment, ask a question, to contribute or correct historical information, a comment box is located to the left for your convenience.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Side Rods to the Saw Mill

In these circa 1908 cards, we see conventional side-rod engines hauling log trains to the mill. The first card shows an oil-fired locomotive with a long haul of logs loaded onto flat cars.


The scene below is of a log dump where logs are rolled off the cars and into a holding area prior to being pulled into a sawmill. The equipment following this wood-burning engine were "disconnect" logging trucks. In the distance are the masts of sailing ships, probably for use in the lumber trade.


2 comments:

David Emery said...

The 4th photo is of Shay's own railroad, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_Central

Russ Panecki said...

The posts above were made in response to the post on Shay Locomotives.

Russ