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Resources for Timber/Logging Railways

North American and Australasian practice for modellers

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"I've been interested in modelling timber/logging railways since the 1960s and have a large selection of photos and other resources that may be of interest to other modellers. This site will gradually make some of them available as time and other interests permit."

Hillcrest Lumber operated a number of geared locomotives on Vancouver Island. Climax #9, on static display c1991 when this photo was taken, inspired my early modelling, as did this mill.

Abandoned North Rockhampton sawmill in 2004; Lynn Zelmer photo
Now the site of a garden centre, this abandoned sawmill is located near the Fitzroy River in North Rockhampton. Lynn Zelmer photo, 2004. Additional photos below.

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James Sabol's 1965 NMRA Convention presentation From Timber to Tidewater (pdf file with illustrations); this was one of the initial 'spark plugs' for popularising logging railways in North America
Vancouver Island, BC Canada.
Logging layouts at the 1965 NMRA Convention, Vancouver
Small farm-type sawmill, Alberta: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Small sawmill, Hahndorf SA
North America's last commercial steam powered sawmill, Hull-Oakes Lumber Co, Monroe, OR
2003 Narrow Gauge Convention, Eugene OR
Abandoned sawmill, North Rockhampton 2004: overview, close-up.
'Australian and New Zealand Logging Tramways - Differences from North American Practice', short paper by Frank Stamford: LRRSA or mirror source.

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