Logging
Images of America: Logging
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Logging Cranes & Dump Cars
From Arcadia Publishing, enjoy these pictorial histories all about the logging industry throughout the U.S.! 128 pages, approximately 200 images, 6½"x 9¼", softcover. $
Create a bustling logging operation in your HO scale layout with these realistic models of logging cranes (on flatcars) and dump cars with log loads! Each one features a painted deck, finely textured surfaces, authentic markings, and more. 6¾" long.
21.95 each
Logging in Wisconsin
Peterson and Ronnander. The acres of white pine forests in Wisconsin provided the state with a booming logging industry for seven decades, from 1840 to 1910. This title follows the timeline and examines how the industry led to the creation of so many towns within the state. #404202
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Logging Cranes on Flatcars – Includes a
Logging in the Central Sierra
Fregulia. The logging industry in the Central Sierra was essential to the expanding economies of California and Nevada for more than 150 years. This heavily illustrated book examines that logging from the Gold Rush days through the 1860s and '70s. #R03798
rotating crane cab with an elevating boom, and working grapple.
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A: Alaska Railroad #R03929 B: Chessie System #R03931 C: Union Pacific #R03932 Log Dump Cars – Features a
Logging in Plumas County
Lawson and Elliot. Lumber has always been a precious resource, but perhaps never more so than during the Gold Rush. Enjoy this exploration of logging throughout Plumas County, once seen as an endless source of timber. #407593
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lifting flatbed and three removable logs. $19.95 each
Oregon & Northwestern – Moore & Monger.
D: Alaska Railroad #R03933 E: Chessie System #R03935 F: Union Pacific #R03936
As a result of a deal made by the U.S. Forest Service, an 80-mile stretch of common carrier railroad was developed and maintained in some of the most remote and undeveloped regions of Oregon. #R37195
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Timber Industry Ghosts
Moore. Timber has always been one of the principle industries in the United States. Logging trees, transporting them to sawmills, processing for products, have left their mark on history and what the country looks like. But changes in the industry and economy have forced many plants to close and values to shift. This snapshot examines the remnants and history of the world of timber in the Pacific Coast states. 160 pages, 148 images, 6½"x 9¼", softcover. #407913 $28.95
A Day in the Woods
This captivating program tracks America's logging heritage from the earliest Colonial days to the age of steam logging, and beyond! Using rare vintage film, this DVD presents hardworking logging railroads like you've never seen them before. Optional narration. Color and B&W. 1 hr. 37 min. #RV5906 $29.95
Lumberjack Figure Set
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Mountain Lumber Company Sawmill Kit
This amazingly detailed HO scale plastic kit – replicating a sawmill built between the 1920s and '40s and still in use today – features a mill building with board-and-batten siding and a simulated corrugated metal roof, an attached canopied area to sort fresh-cut boards, a powerhouse with twin smokestacks, HO SCALE a log conveyor, a sawdust burner, authentic markings, and more. The mill measures 13"x 16"x 5¾"; the log conveyor measures 3"x 21"; the powerhouse measures 4"x 4¼"x 4½"; and the sawdust burner measures 3¾" in diameter. Assembly required. #R81030 $89.95
Tim Burr Logging Truck Model
With their colorful clothing and unique poses, these six finely detailed and hand-painted plastic lumberjack figures are the perfect way to add additional realism to your HO scale logging layout! #R92445 $16.95
Timberrrr! This amazingly detailed, hand-painted, HO scale plastic model of a 1940s flatbed logging truck – with flat rear tires, HO SCALE a log load on the brink of falling off, and a logger running for his life – measures 3" long. #R95114 $34.95
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