It took considerable time and thousands of man-hours for the outside world’s railroads to reach Humboldt County in 1914. And even more money to keep that transportation system up and running. But, the ...

The logging railroad reached its heyday in the late 19th century and early 20th century when large lumbering operations clear-cut forests to produce lumber, paper and other wood products for a fast ...

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In the beginning, there was wood. From there came industry and the logging railroad. John Berg of Wisconsin Rapids has written a book about both in “The Lake Shore and Eastern — a Logging Railroad in ...

NORTH ADAMS — Four years ago the tiny Hoot, Toot & Whistle Railroad crawled one last time through the hills of North Berkshire to Readsboro, Vt., and stopped. "You can't run on sentiment," declared ...

Coos County at one time or another had nearly 30 logging railroads, many following along routes cut by rivers and creeks. The longest of these was the Smith-Powers line, connecting Myrtle Point to ...

APTOS – Generations of outdoor enthusiasts have sweated their way along the trails above Aptos Station for a view of the ocean, but the original trailblazers had their eyes set on another prize: the ...