Page 37 - All Scale Rails Magazine Issue 4 September October 2015
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As we head west, the trees get taller and
something begins to peak through the pines.
A behemoth of a lumber milling complex
comes into view, bustling with activity; man-
ufacturing raw wood materials for our ex-
panding country. Both the sawmill and the
filling station we passed on the way into
town have intricate inner details.
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The main body of the layout, including the
peninsula, is an incredibly detailed replica of
what a lumber milling town would look like.
There’s the mill complex, where logs begin
their journey in raw form to where they are
pulled into the complex where they are cut,
cleaned, dried and prepared for commercial
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use. The finished boards are stacked behind
the massive complex, along the back rail
lines. Tracks spider web between buildings,
the inner workings of the mill never stopping.
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Here you see a Santa Fe surveyor hung
from the trestle by the loggers for trying
to buy the railroad.
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