Loading Logs on the Little River Rail Road

[two tone]

Hi   It looks rearly good enjoy running it

[two tone]

Hi   It looks rearly good enjoy running it

[mgilger]

 

Almost like the real thing. Love the pictures.

Mark

http://mmg-garden-rr.webs.com/

[Grabnet]

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8gkds

Excellent! I like Shays and logs, so this works for me!!!

Hi 8gkds,

I am glad you liked the photos.  Here is another shot of Shay #2147 moving logs on the trestle over Nelson's Gap.

Shays are neat locomotives that can do a lot.

 

Tom

 

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[8gkds]

Excellent! I like Shays and logs, so this works for me!!!

[Grabnet]

Loading logs at Tremont Landing.

I have always enjoyed the photos from the Little River RR museum and their website http://www.littleriverrailroad.org/

This picture in particular of one of the early Shays, an AHD loader and the early skeleton log cars has always caught my eye. I particularly liked the built up landing on a slope using log cribbing.

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I have slopes like this on my garden rail road and have been working the last several weeks to recreate this scene. I only have one skeleton log car that I picked up cheap at the NGNC in St.Louis a few years back. The 1920’s LRRR I am modeling used logging flats. I think the prototype picture may be some time circa 1901 to 1905 when they used skeleton logging cars.

Anyways here is my attempt to recreate the log landing at Tremont in B&W.

Here are some color shots of the scene as well.

Let me know what you all think. Thanks.

Dr Tom

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Doc Tom and the Little River Rail Road in Tennessee