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Title: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: Barry on May 21, 2016, 12:54:58 AM

One of the gems of Seattle Narrow Gauge railroads is Bill Scheef's Wind River Railroad. One of the features of this railroad is the Cornich Timber branch line and it's working incline.

Log cars are loaded at the Reload Camp, high in the Wind River Mountains

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On the trip down the mountain, all trains pass though Camp 6

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Because of the steep terrain in the Wind River Mountains, log cars are transported up and down the hill on an working incline

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The incline can be viewed in operation in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwFbV1io-Ik

The final destination of the log trains is the sawmill at Port Carrie

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Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: GPdemayo on May 21, 2016, 09:47:19 AM

Neat..... 8)

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: Zephyrus52246 on May 21, 2016, 10:01:45 AM

Nice looking railroad.

Jeff

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: donatode on May 21, 2016, 10:13:09 AM

Beautiful....!!

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: Glassman on May 21, 2016, 03:07:21 PM

Very nice. Is the working incline run by a cable and is that the Mc Cabe saw mill? Very nice indeed.

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: ACL1504 on May 21, 2016, 03:21:45 PM

Barry,

Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Very nice layout.

Tom ;D

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: Janbouli on May 21, 2016, 08:12:35 PM

Great looking layout, that steep climb is very Scheef, it's the Dutch word for aslant, oblique, awry

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: bparrish on May 22, 2016, 03:30:17 AM

Gents...........

There are about 6 or 7 really cool Sn3 layouts in the Seattle area. I had the privilege of working on and operating on Russell Segner's railroad.

If you are EVER in the Seattle area.............. find one of the Sn3 people and visit their railroads.

see ya
Bob

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: S&S RR on May 28, 2016, 10:01:07 AM

Very nice!

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: postalkarl on May 30, 2016, 03:56:24 PM

Hi Bill:

Great RR. Love your photography. Very nice photos.

Karl

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: Barry on June 25, 2016, 12:17:07 AM

Bill has just completed the log pond. The photos don't do the scene justice.

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Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: ger deguelle on June 25, 2016, 02:25:42 AM

very nice looking layout

Title: Re: Bill Scheef's Sn3 Cornich Lumber
Post by: tom.boyd.125 on June 26, 2016, 10:45:20 PM

Really like the photos of the finished log pond. Real nice to see the 5/21/16 photos on this thread from Barry before the pour !
Tommy

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