Locally here we have a pair of those beasty's! Russ
Collier Memorial State Park, Chiloquin Oregon
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www.collierloggingmuseum.org]
One of the more important and rarer pieces of equipment in the museum is the McGiffert Log Loader. There are two in the museum. The stiff-boom McGiffert is #17 and the quarter-boom McGiffert is #40. To see how the McGiffert worked, stop by the Weyerhaeuser Log Transfer display
Another rare piece of equipment is #44, a swing-boom Clyde Track Machine, believed to be one of only two in existence. The Clyde Track Machine is a steam-powered crane mounted on a heavy railroad car. With its arms extending out over three cars, it could pick up a load of ties from the rear car, carry them forward and lay them down properly on the subgrade