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mill; while on a short haul the number is less, because of the 

 short time required to make a round trip. The requirements 

 for a large operation having an 8- or lo-mile haul cannot be met 

 unless the number of log cars available is equal to twice the 

 number of loaded cars hauled daily. 



The equipment used by a large white-pine logging company 

 operating 14 miles of narrow-gauge main-line and from 2 to 4 

 miles of spurs, and delivering daily from 200,000 to 210,000 feet, 

 log scale, at the mill was as follows: 



154 Skeleton logging cars (24 feet long, bunks 8 feet wide, 10 feet center to 



center), 3000 feet, log scale, capacity. 

 2 Cabooses (i for the main line and i for the construction train). 

 2 Box cars for hauling supplies to camp. 

 2 Flat cars for the construction train. 

 2 Water tank cars for hauling the camp water supply. 



Thirty-five cars were loaded at skidways each morning and 

 each afternoon, making a total of seventy cars daily. The re- 

 mainder were on the road or in the repair shop. 



Three locomotives only were employed on this road, two for 

 hauling and one for road construction work. One of them, a 

 60-ton rod engine, hauled only on the main line, while a 55-ton 

 Shay geared locomotive hauled on the spurs and pulled a train 

 for 7 miles on the main line each morning and night. A 35-ton 

 Shay was used exclusively for construction work and for hauling 

 water for the camp. 



A logger in the Missouri shortleaf pine region, operating 35 miles 

 of standard-gauge main line and from 15 to 20 miles of spurs, used 

 the following equipment to handle 125,000 feet daily (90 cars) 



316 Skeleton log cars, (20 feet long; bunks 10 feet wide, 12 feet center to center). 



2 Cabooses, (i for the main line and i for the loading crew). 



2 Tank cars for hauling water for the camp. 



2 Flat cars (i for the construction crew and i for the main-line train). 



I Mule car for transporting the loading-crew animals. 



Seven rod locomotives of the following weights were used: 



1 24-ton 



1 36-ton 



1 38-ton 



2 44-ton 



1 48-ton 



1 50-ton 



