A "down" train of logs crosses River Bridge. The working side of the shays was always on the dark side when hauling loads across the bridge.
A train of logs arrives into Tuolumne during the West Side Lumber Company railroad's last year of operation.
It is well before sunrise as No. 8 heads into the woods with a long string of empty log cars. This was during the last season the WSL railroad operated, and was one of my earliest efforts at nigh... (more)
In Tuolumne, where the West Side was king, the only visible remnants of the glory days are a few miles of abandoned trackage, the sawdust burner at the mill site, a fenced-off railroad yard, the a... (more)
These abandoned narrow gauge rails haven't felt the weight of a Shay-powered revenue freight since the West Side quit operation in 1961.
Dropping back 48 years from my last post, here is another one of those grainy faded Anscochromes that has been reasonably resurrected by Photoshop. No. 3 is doing intra plant switching at the mil... (more)
Dropping back 48 years from my last post! I wonder if this kind of log dumping is still done. These particular logs were hauled into Tuolumne by the three-foot gauge Shays of the West Side Lumber... (more)
In the early morning twilight the first "up" train of empties meets the first "down" train of logs at Camp 8. Another one of those old faded Anscochromes brought back to life by Photoshop.
No. 10 headed toward Tuolumne with one of the last trains of logs. In a few days the railroad would routinely shut down for the winter, but never reopen. This is another old Anscochrome slide th... (more)
Empty "up" train crosses River Bridge during the last year of WSL's rail operation. Photoshop was able to restore this image from a faded overexposed very grainy Anscochrome original.
