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Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, Volume 1 by Thomas Fetters New: Order Now. Take a trip back into the days of logging railroads in the southwestern part of Virginia, the northwestern part of North Carolina and the northeastern part of Tennessee. This new 288-page hardbound book is packed with 331 rare photos, 54 maps and 30 locomotive rosters, with 90 companies represented. Steam Echoes, The Railroad Photography of Glenn Beier This 11" x 8-1/2" 288-page hardcover horizontal format book features SP Steam, The Sierra RR, West Side Lbr. Co., Pickering Lbr. Corp., Feather River Rwy., SP Narrow Gauge, Damp;RGW Narrow Gauge, Southwest Lbr. Mills, Hillcrest Lbr. Co. Ltd. and more! The Log Trains of Southern Idaho A History: The Railroads and Logging of Boise Payette Lumber by Jim Witherell This book has three histories: the railroads; the logging; and a regional saga of Weyerhaeuser operations during the height of the steam era. In Search of Steam Donkeys Logging Equipment in Oregon by Merv Johnson Now available in a limited run 2nd printing. The only book ever written about steam donkeys, this book gives you steam logging at it's best Mallets on the Medocino Coast Caspar Lumber Company, Railroads and Steam Ships by Ted Wurm SOLD OUT: A Logger's Lexicon by John T. Labbe and Lynwood Carranco The first fully-illustrated, comprehensive and uncensored "dictionary" of North American logging terms, slang, and technology. SOLD OUT: Hidden Treasures The story of the narrow gauge Ohio River & Western Railway By Edward H. Cass

	Logging Railroads of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, Volume 1 by Thomas Fetters Hardcover 11 x 8-1/2 288 pages $54.95 Take a trip back into the days of logging railroads in the southwestern part of Virginia, the northwestern part of North Carolina and the northeastern part of Tennessee.	quantity
You'll discover an amazing number of long-forgotten railways, tram-roads, and narrow gauge lines, as well as many ghost towns in the Southern mountains that thrived at first, then faded with the passing of the logging industry. This new 288-page hardbound book is packed with 331 rare photos, 54 maps and 30 locomotive rosters, with 90 companies represented.
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Steam Echoes, The Railroad Photography of Glenn Beier
Hardcover horizontal format
11 x 8-1/2
288 pages
$58.95

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Glenn Beier is a photographic artist. Over fifty years ago, after graduating from the prestigious Art Center School of Photography in Los Angeles, he quietly began seeking out and photographing the last vestiges of steam-era railroading in the western United States. Inspired by those who came before him, Glenn purposely sought to capture the essence of narrow gauge, shortline and logging railroads of the West.

Not satisfied with typical locomotive portaits, Glenn strove to create images that would evoke feelings of the power, massiveness and "aliveness" of the soon-to-vanish steam locomotives working in their natural habitats, and to record the character and individuality of the people who, on a daily basis, brought them to life and put them to work. His success in this lifelong endeavor speaks for itself-the stunning artistry of his black and white images will inspire us for generations to come.

This 11" x 8-1/2" 288-page hardcover horizontal format book features SP Steam, The Sierra RR, West Side Lbr. Co., Pickering Lbr. Corp., Feather River Rwy., SP Narrow Gauge, Damp;RGW Narrow Gauge, Southwest Lbr. Mills, Hillcrest Lbr. Co. Ltd. and more!

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	The Log Trains of Southern Idaho by Jim Witherell A History: The Railroads and Logging of Boise Payette Lumber Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11 192 pages $42.95	quantity
This book has three histories: the railroads; the logging; and a regional saga of Weyerhaeuser operations during the height of the steam era. Boise Payette Lumber operated their own common carrier railroad, fostered two more and dominated a fourth. The whole story of Southern Idaho's logging history is covered in these railroads, the B-P's logging lines and that of competitor Hallack & Howard Lbr., supplemented with over 300 photos and maps. We're pleased to once again make available this long out of print book.
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	In Search of Steam Donkeys Logging Equipment in Oregon by Merv Johnson Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11 280 pages $54.95	quantity
In Search of Steam Donkeys is returning in a limited run 2nd printing. The only book ever written about steam donkeys, this book gives you steam logging at it's best. Machine drawings and rigging diagrams are included along with over 350 photographs. This book is Available now. Don't delay, order yours today!
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Mallets on the Mendocino Coast
Caspar Lumber Company, Railroads & Steamships
By Ted Wurm
Hardbound, 8-1/2 x 11, 136 pages
$39.95

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On the rough and rocky Redwood Coast of California lies the tiny settlement of Caspar, 125 nautical miles north of San Francisco and about five miles south of Fort Bragg. Operating from 1861 until 1955, the Caspar Lumber Company's mill at Caspar was supplied with timber for 75 of those years by the company's own private railroad.

Originally known as the Jughandle Railroad, the standard-gauge line twice changed its name during its existence�first to Caspar & Hare Creek Railroad, later Caspar, South Fork & Eastern Railroad�and operated a fascinating array of motive power over the lightest of rail, crossing streams on tall timber trestles, to bring in virgin redwood logs from the forest.

The Caspar Lumber Company also operated a fleet of coastal schooners, both sail and steam, to carry lumber from the "doghole" landing at Caspar to San Francisco and elsewhere. This facet of the operation makes for a fascinating story in itself.

The railroad and the mill are now memories, but author Ted Wurm brings them back to life in this volume. Along with a detailed and lively history of the operation, the reader will find maps, bibliography and index, and the model builder will delight in scale drawings of a variety of the locomotives, cars and structures.

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