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Title: Making railroad ties
Post by: Oldguy on February 10, 2015, 10:05:50 PM
From Missouri Dept of Conservation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51AX8w9bt2I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51AX8w9bt2I)
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Post by: S&S RR on February 10, 2015, 10:53:12 PM
Bob


I enjoyed the video - Thanks for sharing it.
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Post by: PennsyJ1 on February 11, 2015, 06:49:38 AM
History is always great to hear about and interesting. Thanks
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Post by: ACL1504 on February 11, 2015, 07:06:27 AM
Great video, I've seen it before and its well worth watching.

Tom ;D
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Post by: bparrish on February 11, 2015, 02:23:43 PM
Makes me tired to watch them..............


I"m going to take a nap now.

see ya
Bob
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Post by: coors2u on February 11, 2015, 02:41:18 PM
Sure makes my job now look easy. Great ideas for dioramas and logging themed layout.
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Post by: jerryrbeach on February 11, 2015, 04:32:32 PM
Bob,
Thanks for posting the link to the video.  I found it both interesting and informative. 
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Post by: NEBrownstone on February 12, 2015, 08:07:39 AM
model Railroader did an article in the early 70's about a tie plant.  Pretty interesting.  Lots of 2ft narrow gauge intermingled with standard.  It would make a neat layout or set of modules.
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Post by: GPdemayo on February 12, 2015, 09:02:59 AM
I really enjoyed the film.....thanks Bob.  8)
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Post by: Zephyrus52246 on February 12, 2015, 08:48:16 PM
Thanks for the link, what an interesting video.
Jeff
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Post by: UP Fan on March 03, 2015, 04:26:15 PM
Great film, Bob.  Thanks for sharing with us.  Can you imagine a 10 hr day doing the work those men did?   Made my back and shoulders hurt just watching them.   :-\

Bob
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Post by: moonlicht on March 03, 2015, 04:53:24 PM
great movie, now i know 24" is used as wel 8)
Cor
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Post by: LoggerMike on March 22, 2015, 01:06:46 PM
I was brought up on a sawmill in southern Ohio, on my Grandfathers farm in late 60's and early 70's....see that sawyer and mill brought back so many memories.  We cut our own trees, ( chainsaws), "snaked" them off the hills, with horse teams and a Tractor, carried to our Mill on trucks or wagons, and took to the C&O or B&O yards on a truck.  We took an avg load of 75 ties each trip.

A lot of work for a teenager....made me into who I am today....I miss those days, sometimes.

That's why my layout is geared toward Logging.

Great movie.

Logger Mike,
Charlotte area
Title: Re: Making railroad ties
Post by: oldbloodhound on March 22, 2015, 02:57:57 PM
Quote from: NEBrownstone on February 12, 2015, 08:07:39 AM
model Railroader did an article in the early 70's about a tie plant.  Pretty interesting.  Lots of 2ft narrow gauge intermingled with standard.  It would make a neat layout or set of modules.

I thought the same thing Russ about making a nice manufacturing plant for a layout.  Could use On30 to get the ties from the saw mill to the plant and then after processing, load them onto standard gauge boxcars or gondolas.  And I never knew that ties themselves were floated down river; another interesting theme.
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