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    Logging rr in Or.

    Hi guys, had to make a run to the eye dr. today and on the way home I stopped the truck and shot a photo of one of the logging trestles by my house. There are about 20 of them in short size up to a mile long across lakes. This one was constructed in 1912 and they are all used daily, one train of logs and finished wood from Coos bay by CORP. This is near were they have a tunnel collapse they are trying to clear.

    I also stopped by one of the many log yards, this one is about a mile long, logs in 75ft high stacks some a half mile long. I could only catch a very small section from the road. This is were they load the ships but none were in today.

    Thought the rest of you logging fans may enjoy these, this summer I am going to take some good shots around here of logging operations....Jerry

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    Jerry,

    That's beautiful country out there - a nice setting for logging railroads. I'm looking forward to summer and more photos of logging operations in your neck of the woods.

    George
    With sufficient thrust pigs fly just fine.

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    • #3
      Jerry, I would love to see some close ups of some of those trestles for sure and any operational shots as well, Thanks Pat.

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      • #4
        Neat pictures, Jerry. These short line railroads still in existance are pretty interesting and often times very picturesque, as you have shown. Looking forward to more pics from your area.

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        • #5
          It is great to see some remnants of the logging industry is still alive and well.
          Bruce

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          • #6
            Jerry, Looking forward seeing more photos of this logging area

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            • #7
              Will get more for sure guys, right now the weather is so crummy the logging roads are muck and my little truck can only get in so far. Soon as it clears up for a while there are some fantastic places to train watch in the woods and I will post. There is an old logger from Coos Bay Lumber sitting in the yards and several burners, donkeys and backwoods mills...Jerry

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              • #8
                Jerry,

                Thanks for the pics. Great, breathtaking scenery there. When I visited Oregon and Washington two years ago, I took many photos of the logging yards that were near the expressway. One can't really get a grasp of how large these things are until you see it in person!
                Mike

                D&B Lumber Co.

                "The Best Wood You Ever Saw!"

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                • #9

                  Thanks for the logging photos. It is great to see color photos of logging. I look forward to more.

                  Paul

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                  • #10
                    Here is one of the photos that I snapped from the car window. HUGE piles of logs - many of them - waiting to be loaded.


                    Mike

                    D&B Lumber Co.

                    "The Best Wood You Ever Saw!"

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                    • #11
                      Looks like home Mike...here they load directly on ships from overseas,China, Asia , etc. and between ships they pile them on the dock for the next one. When the ships pull out the logs on the deck are higher than the towers, just enough clearance to swing the booms. You think when you see them they would capsize. Last year they had a barge capsize with 2000 logs out here and they are a real hazard to navigation. CORP has been down now with the tunnel collapse for a month so log trucks are burning up the 101 trying to keep the mills running but they need hundreds of loads to equal one train load. Some of the log loads on the UP main are up to a hundred cars, saw one in Eugene but as luck would have it I did not have the camera with me. Taking to carrie it at all times now . Jerry

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