https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/04/roadbed-small-logging-railroad.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roadbed-small-logging-railroad Model railroads and model trains Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/04/roadbed-small-logging-railroad.html#comment-21659 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 06:36:51 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4779#comment-21659 As Rusty commented,,,
The Logging rails were only laid temporarily so all they did was leveled the ground out only what they had to,,, to lay the track right on the ground. which made for uneven bumpy rails. that is why you had the slow “usually” geared locos because if they went more than 10 or 15 MPH they would jump off of the tracks. :>]

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/04/roadbed-small-logging-railroad.html#comment-21557 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 02:28:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4779#comment-21557 Sometimes logging railroads merely laid their tracks on the ground and did not use a ¨typical¨ roadbed. If you have photos of a prototype logging railroad which looks flat, then they (the railroad) probably laid the tracks on the ground. I have found old logging railroad tracks in the woods (an abandoned track) which were laid on the ground. To be typical of the period, I would use some small rail like code 70 to represent light rail that logging railroads used.

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