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dave2-8-0

May 01, 2021 09:17AM

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Can someone help clear up some of my ignorance about logging? I see these photos of logging trains, loaded with cut up logs. Typically how long (in feet) are the log segments loaded on each car? And why that chosen length? Mill requirements, or restrictions by length of the bunk car, or both?

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