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The "disconnect" logging buggys or "trucks" were used to haul logs of various lengths. Each "truck" (set of wheels) had a coupler of some type at each end, and usually a hand brake. The "trucks" were spaced as needed to support the ends of the logs, be it 12 feet or 30 feet, any length could be hauled. No air brakes could be mounted, of course, so train lengths were short if hills were steep. On the return to the forest, the trucks were simply coupled together to make a very short train. <br /> <br />I would guess that they were used in narrow guage logging roads, I do not know. Certainly they were used on standard guage logging roads (not safe for mainline type operation).
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