Sunday, January 02, 2022

1900's Oregon logging train photo colorized by the amazing "Imbued With Hues"

 I hope you click on it for a full screen look, it's a stunning large bridge of logs they constructed, from experience, without computers

https://www.facebook.com/204043959763699/photos/a.204047289763366/1958148951019849/

5 comments:

  1. Notice the Shay locomotive and the drive configuration. These puppies generated enormous levels of torque, but little speed. But that’s the way the loggers wanted them, given the hills and hollers typical of the forests they were cutting in.

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    1. I don't think that's a Shay https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/shay%20drive%20locomotive

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  2. You're right Jesse. The engine is a Climax. From the web: “The Climax locomotive was developed by Pennsylvania lumberman Charles D. Scott. Scott's homemade locomotive was an odd-looking contraption, but it worked well on his tram railroad. In 1888, he approached the Climax Manufacturing Co. of Corry, Erie County, proposing that the firm manufacture the engine commercially.”

    I’m gonna go stand in the corner for an hour.

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    1. oh don't be ridiculous, I've made far many more mistakes, and far worse.... thanks for identifying it as a Climax! I've probably posted a photo of one before without knowing what it is

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  3. Great example of playing the cards you are dealt.

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