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I couldn't resist, this is a beautiful little Porter, IMO.

Wonder what they used the winch for?
Norm

It would certainly be quite the utility engine. Re-railing a log car or any other light piece of rolling stock. Log skidding or used as a second donkey engine. Loading smaller logs. How about re-railing a mining car?

Maybe to run a small portable sawmill? Nice engine!

Something like this!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00021.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00020.jpg

Sorry for the poor quality!

Brandon

Those are some great pics. Got any more?
Norm

Heres the others! These where taken with my better of the two phones. The only problem with the California rail museum is th poor lighting!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00017.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00016.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00015.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00014.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00013.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00011.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj31 ... _00010.jpg

I have more pics of the 0-6-0 because I plan to make one with a sloping tender and one wit a tank shaped tender!

Brandon

Nice, but I meant of the Porter and/or the logging layout Gave me some ideas for my layout.
Norm

Unfortunately that is all it is! It is just a curve that comes from nowhere and goes knower. As you can see in the second pic the second car is not completely there.
I wish I got pics of the other small displays they had in different scales.
It is just a small display that they have for the model railroad stuff! I think it looks great and would like to see more but they didn't make a layout out of it!

Brandon

The combination of log-handling machinery and locomotive was known as a "gypsy." The gypsy-rigged locomotive was almost exclusively used in the redwood region; although the last one was used in Oregon pine forests in WWII (source: Logging Railroad of the West).

Interesting tidbit of information. I like how they're using the winch on the loco to pull the log to the car. Eliminates the need for a boom type loading device.
Norm

For those interested in more info;
http://www.gearedsteam.com/other/bear_h ... rbor_1.htm

Oh, and Dolbeer was the inverter of this thing, too, btw.