On30" sawmill scene

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Another logging variation in On30”. This time with a sawmill, large enough to warrant a railroad to feed it (or course, only the front end of the sawmill is actually modeled..). Again, the visible part of the layout is 22” x 68”. There is not room enough to let the jackslip pass over the tracks, so I had to place the sawmill at the end of the yard tracks.

In order to get more siding capacity, I decided to move the run-around off stage, so trains arrive with the engine pushing its consist. This was of course inspired by the “Simplicity Sidings” switching game, although I have not adhered to the game´s rules when it comes to siding capacities etc. .

The small company town serving the mill is off scene, and another aspect I found no room for is how finished lumber is transported from the mill to market.

A small signature feature of all my On30” plans is a little 18 ft boxcar, converted to a yard shed. The prototype for this is the only surviving piece of equipment from the mythical 30” gauge Yosemite Short Line. When I saw this back in 1984, it was being used as a tool shed in the Sierra Ry yard at Oakdale, CA. It has later been moved to Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, where hopefully it will one day be restored.

 

Boxcar /shed, Oakdale 1984

 

 

My model version, built abt 1985