They use pole roads quite a bit in the swamps of the southern US and up in Alaska when the ground gor soggy in warm weather. My gramps bought some land when I was a kid in FLA and there was a pile of these wheels in the back corner. We found out later that there used to be a pole road logging track running throught the property in the teens and 20s. We ended up finding all kinds of remnants of machinery, tools and odds and ends along the back side of the property.
They had things similar in Australia and New Zealand. The unusable logs were cut into makeshift rails and most engines even had a steam powered saw that was used to make the rails. The locomotives could then be taken onto steel rails as the wheels were compatible with both wooden and steels rails. A noteable drawback to this was that the locos had to either be very light coffee pots or a geared engine with the weight spread out over many wheels. A replica of a logging coffee pot, albeit without the saw due to safety concerns, is running in Maryborough. She pulls occasional tourist trains on her own rail line, once again with added safety features such as steel rails. There is plenty of interesting stuff there so have a look if you're ever in the area.
That photo at 2:24 has some interesting possibilities. There are Mack Truck model kits available in a variety of scales, (including the big Monogram 1/24th scale 1926 MACK AC Bulldog Logging Truck recently reissued by Atlantis Models.) With a bit of old-school scratch building, (or even some 'newfangled' 3D Printing,) this would be a fun conversion project . . . .
There are these straw things with balls in and you need to put it in some milk and it’s kinda like nesquick but with a straw so yeah we’ll need those for the next live
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The legend of Zelda : the logging railway .
"We know a guy who was built to run on logs"
I wonder why there hasn't been a Thomas fan story based on the blueprint and line that Lexi sang?
"We know a guy who was built to run on logs"
-Lexi, Journey Beyond Sodor
Improvised engineering is the best kind of engineering
Zelda background music?
Go around, go around…
They use pole roads quite a bit in the swamps of the southern US and up in Alaska when the ground gor soggy in warm weather. My gramps bought some land when I was a kid in FLA and there was a pile of these wheels in the back corner. We found out later that there used to be a pole road logging track running throught the property in the teens and 20s. We ended up finding all kinds of remnants of machinery, tools and odds and ends along the back side of the property.
That was fun! Never heard of that before – reminds me of the old Butterworth plateways.
15 hours till this is 24 hours or 1 day old
1:20 Nice Fordson Tractor train conversion
That's actually really interesting!
They needed big traction wheels to run on logs like these, damn!
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They had things similar in Australia and New Zealand. The unusable logs were cut into makeshift rails and most engines even had a steam powered saw that was used to make the rails. The locomotives could then be taken onto steel rails as the wheels were compatible with both wooden and steels rails. A noteable drawback to this was that the locos had to either be very light coffee pots or a geared engine with the weight spread out over many wheels. A replica of a logging coffee pot, albeit without the saw due to safety concerns, is running in Maryborough. She pulls occasional tourist trains on her own rail line, once again with added safety features such as steel rails. There is plenty of interesting stuff there so have a look if you're ever in the area.
It’s all fine until the rail catches fire
One of your more fascinating posts!
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If the Misty Island Rescue was like that, then the Thomas and friends fandom wouldn't hate it. 😂😂
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what, you can make rails from wood, just electroplate/form coat them with metal, composites eh, much more economical use of metal
That photo at 2:24 has some interesting possibilities. There are Mack Truck model kits available in a variety of scales, (including the big Monogram 1/24th scale 1926 MACK AC Bulldog Logging Truck recently reissued by Atlantis Models.) With a bit of old-school scratch building, (or even some 'newfangled' 3D Printing,) this would be a fun conversion project . . . .
Wow, I didn't know loggers did this. This topic deserves a more in depth video.
Very nice report on this generally overlooked bit of railroad history.
Lexi- "We know a guy who was bult to run on logs."
I love your videos
Why don't we still do this with wood trains? Are we like stupid as a species or something? No, It cant be…
2:29 As a railroad-loving trucker's son, I like that!
Coincidentally I picked up a book on logging railroads the other week, and it had some of these in there
This is insanity. I never knew this was a thing
There are these straw things with balls in and you need to put it in some milk and it’s kinda like nesquick but with a straw so yeah we’ll need those for the next live
One day, I want to make a Thomas style tv show set in the USA. There's just so much potential waiting to be used.
This really puts a new meaning to derail.
Why didn't they make the drive wheels have teeth or some kind of grip?