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Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:26 am
by ZapperJet
Hi all,

I thought I'd start a thread for my ongoing wood rail project. Basically, my idea is to make locos, stock, trackage, trestle, and trackside objects for a wooden rail service, used in logging of course.

First off, I've gotten a wood rail loco in Trainz. It's based off the Madera Sugarpine 0-4-0T Geared locomotive, and adapted with spoked, wide rimmed wheels. Gear ratio is 4:1.

Render:

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in Trainz:

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I'm planning on making a #2 locomotive with a greenish tint. After that, I'll make some trackage and trestle-age.

Cheerio,
John

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:33 am
by Pencil
Sounds like a neat project, John!

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:56 am
by stealthsteam
This looks buteful John!

Brandon

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:57 pm
by nwhitney
Nice little loco. Looking foward to what you come up with.
Norm

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:16 pm
by Col Hogan
Cheerio John :mrgreen:

Looks very nice and would probably accomodate those small mines too.
Oh, and BTW, is "trestle-age" what I think it is ? lolol (roflmao)

(don't tell anyone I just said that . . . )
Ken 8)

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:37 pm
by thegrindre
Hmmm, we have foliage, track-age so why not trestle-age. LOLOLOL

:D

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:06 am
by ZapperJet
Hi guys,

Here's a mini update. Rick reminded me that I needed to make some pole road trackage, here's a preview:

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Cheerio,
John

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:37 pm
by nwhitney
Looks good.

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:25 pm
by thegrindre
OOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yeah, John. That's cooool.

Rick

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:47 am
by Col Hogan
Those poles have to be some very special hardwood. Seems to me the weight
of the locos and cars would keep them cracked. I'm curious what the process
was to make them straight and how they attached to the ties. HHmmmmmmm. :?

Ken 8)

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:44 am
by thegrindre
Well, Ken, not all pole roads used ties. A little Internet research will show that stakes were used to keep them in line and not all were perfectly straight either. :wink:
All but the smallest of engines ran on them but mostly horse drawn 'locos' were used. :D

Have fun,

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:20 am
by thegrindre
Thought I might add these two shot for those of you who may be interested. You can find lots more on the Internet.
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:D

Re: Wooden Rail Project

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:07 pm
by ZapperJet
Also be aware that they crawled along at a VERY slow pace. The idea for a pole road (not a squared wooden railroad) was that one was able to actually get the logs to the milling site, not to get them there quickly. Often pole roads functioned without rolling stock, save for the engine, and would drag the logs along the ground in between the poles. (The pole road engines were very regularly made from donkey engines with added driver sets, often driven by a chain and sprocket system) The logs would be carried a relatively short distance to an area known as "the landing". This section functioned similar to a coal transfer station by having the log road next to and above a steel road or squared wood road, onto which the logs could be rolled off onto disconnect cars to be hauled away on a much longer stretch.

Cheerio,
John