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Old logging railroad in Maine

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Posted by samfp1943 on Sunday, June 13, 2021 5:56 PM

[quote user="CMStPnP"]

This is kind of interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyUUThoALKM

And....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYnDREi-Z4

[/quote]

Would agree with the OP on this topic of Maine Railroads, and their existance in the lumbering industry in the Maine Woods.   Occasionally, the subject and topic of these two 'abandoned' [former(?) MEC RR(?)]  steam engines pops up in these FORUMS. Each time there seems t be a little more information brought up,about their, How's, Why's and Where's  they have been abandoned..

Logging in Maine is still a major industry, as well as a source for some of their electric power (Biomass (?) ).

IN December of 2020, I found an article on Lombard Steam Log Haulers built in Maine, and preserved at a Univ. of Maine Museum on Logging and Lumbering in Maine.   It surely deserves a a mention,again, in this FORUM ! Bow

Linked @ https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/740/p/285495/3298858.aspx#3298858

  "Lombard Log Haulers Maine, and Phoenix Log Haulers: Manufactured under Lombard's Patent in Wisconsin"

Some pretty interesting History, and linked sites to provide additional information, on what seems to be a little covered aspect of  'steam railroading' in the lumber industry, in the USA, and Canada, as well as. overseas.

 

 


 

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Old logging railroad in Maine
Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, June 13, 2021 4:53 PM

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