358 LOGGING 
316 Skeleton log cars (20 feet long; bunks 10 feet wide, 12 feet center 
to center). 
2 Cabooses (1 for the main line and 1 for the loading crew). 
2 Tank cars for hauling water for the camp. 
2 Flat cars (1 for the construction crew and 1 for the main-line train). 
1 Mule car for transporting the animals used in loading. 
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 
Five engines were in constant use in hauling on the main line 
and spurs; one locomotive was used by the loading crew and 
construction train; and one was held in reserve. 
An Alabama longleaf pine operation with 24 miles of main 
line, and from 5 to 6 miles of spurs used fifty-three 40-foot flat 
cars to haul, daily, from twenty-five to thirty cars of logs (70,000 
to 90,000 board feet). These cars had a rated capacity of 60,000 
pounds and each carried from 2500 to 3500 board feet. 
The logs, which were hauled 6 miles over a trunk-line rail- 
road, were loaded on cars provided and kept in repair by the 
trunk-line railroad which also furnished one 65-ton rod engine 
for use on its track. 
The logging company provided one 54-ton rod, one 40-ton 
rod, and three Shay locomotives of the following weights: 28, 
32, and 55 tons. The rod engines were used on the 18 miles of 
main-line logging road, while the 32- and 55-ton Shays were used 
on the spurs, and the 28-ton Shay on the construction train. 
On a western operation where 200,000 board feet were hauled, 
daily, over a 3-mile main line with a 5 per cent maximum grade 
and many curves, a 55-ton Heisler was used on the main line and 
a 35-ton Heisler on the 3| miles of spurs. Forty 40-foot flat 
cars were required to handle the output 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO CHAPTER XX 
Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army: Military Railways. Professional 
Papers No. 32, Washington, 1917. 
Earle, Robert T.: Adaptability of the Gypsy Locomotive for Logging 
Purposes. The Timberman, August, 1910, pp. 34-35. 
