2nd Annual Logging locomotive Meet
Initial: 10/06/2008 Last Revised:10/07/2008

The logging locomotives --- Shay, Climax, Heisler, Clishay are very slow.  It's great to devote a  weekend to these snails.   We just measured the MCC track and found the Southern Division loop to be 9.7 scale miles (1.2 actual miles) and the Mountain Division loop to be 7.8 scale miles (1.0 actual miles).  The typical logging locomotive ran at 10 mph or less so at scale speed it takes about two hours to loop both divisions  ----- not counting time for repairs.   There are several long grades on the Mountain Division typical of logging railroads.   These little locomotives can pull amazing loads over short steep grades but the long grades take a toll on their ability to keep steam pressure.  The run back down is also a struggle --- to keep the speed down to a safe level.

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	Tim's Climax
	Another view of the Climax
	This Climax boiler is stainless steel
	The Climax valve gear
	The Climax tender
	Ted brought his Tionesta Valley RR diesel plus a string of log cars.
	Dan's Shay made it to the Mountain Division meadow
	Dan's shay resting.
	Jon pushing a string of log cars with the MCC Termite Lumber locomotive.
	Another view of Termite Lumber log train
	Jon, Dan and Brian discussing a couple dead locomotives
	John's Clishay
	Another view of John's Clishay on the way to the steaming bay
	John is getting lots of help and advice
	Dick with his Clishay.
	Looks like a Clishay conference
	Martin steaming up his Clishay
	Off to the track
	On the way up the Mountain Division.
	What goes up must also come down
	Ken brought a skeleton Log car
	The log car truck
	Ken's loaded log car behind Nelson's Shay
	Bob gave a few rides behind his NYC diesel
	Lots of riders up on the Mountain Division meadow.