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There must be some logging buffs out there. I am curious about the length loggers would cut logs for shipping to a sawmill. MDC makes a 3-in-1 kit that makes a decent looking model for a logging spur. Logs 32 scale feet look good on that. 40 foot or 50 foot flatcars can carry longer logs. Diconnect trucks can haul a whopper, for long timbers or telephone poles. But there must be a "common" length, or was it dependant on the individual operation? I that case, anything goes, I guess. Also, were timber for lumber and pulpwood sometimes BOTH cut by a logging operation? Sure could make use of the rest of the tree. I think pulp is either 8 feet or 100 inches in length, and often loaded into gondolas, with a few logs stood on end at each end to make a "bulkhead" height load.
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