Logging Railway Operation

[sailormatlac]

Thanks for the input.

I knew about the concept of always running on the downhill side to keep cars from rolling down. Makes a lot of sense on a make shift railroad.

The pictures you saw might of been trains that were loaded up near standard gauge tracks, with the logs being brought to the mainline by horses or a drag line, and loaded up on a siding. Probably from a hillside that was even to rough for a geared loco.

They were from Oregon and B.C., in the woods and clearly identified as privately owned logging railroad. They weren't common carrier too. Some getting loaded with timber with pole crane and horse teams. But I'll be honest, I didn't saw a lot of them, most of the time, it's shay, climax and heisler.

Matt