A logging railroad describes railroads, pole roads, tram roads, or similar infrastructure used to transport harvested timber from a logging site to a sawmill. Logging railroads vary in gauge …

Feb 24, 2025 · Learn about the history of often unknown or forgotten logging railroads, which once dominated the transportation of timber in the early 20th century.

Between 1875 and 1878, Charles D. Scott, a lumberman of considerable mechanical ingenuity, operated a logging tram road with a home made locomotive to handle logs to the Scott and …

Take the whole family on a trip back in time with a ride on a vintage steam train. Head for Laona and climb aboard the famed Lumberjack Steam Train for a journey into the late 1800’s. Sit in a …

Logging railroads figured prominently in the expansion of lumbering across northern Minnesota from the 1890s to the end of the white pine era in the 1930s. Lumber production in Minnesota …

Loggers had started using carts and wagons to haul logs overland for longer than anyone could remember, and it was only a matter of time before they started building primitive railroads, …

Logging camps for these companies and others were soon established across the western forests, with first oxen, then horse teams and local trains moving massive logs, and many of …

Dec 31, 2024 · Discover the hidden logging railroads of historic sawmills. Unveil secrets of the timber industry and its forgotten tracks.

Logging railroads dominated Michigan’s pine-logging and hardwood-logging eras. Pulpwood loading yards and gondola cars scattered throughout northern Michigan are the only evidence …

Come enjoy one of our daily narrated one-hour scenic logger steam train rides! We take you along the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad and show you where lumberjacks once felled …