A Rough Cut Life: Logging Railroad Stories

Steam-locomotive enginemen tell anecdotes of their experiences in the woods, which are intercut with 16mm archival films dating back to 1903.

Wrecks, run-aways, humorous incidents in camp, and double-headed snow-plowing with geared engines are among the subjects covered in this personal look at a long-vanished life-style.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Steam
• Railroad
• Logging
• History
• Documentary

[mrhearse777]

This is what we all try to achieve. AUTHENTICITY ! You just can't beat the human voice recalling what really went on . Magical stuff. Living History.

[warrenhaack]

@mrhearse777

Thanks for the complement. I was lucky enough to meet and interview all these old railroad men. Now they are gone. And this is indeed the history of what went on. For more DVDs, go to Catenary Video.com.

[mrmom852]

Great Video...My Family was from Camino,Ca. I went to school there, My Dad was the Mill Wright for a time in the early 60's at Michigan Cal ..Get the Book Pino Grande, the Logging Rail Road of Michigan-Cal Lumber Co...Played on all the Old Shay Engines they used to have at the Offices at Camino, they tried to get a turist RR going in the 70's, rode on it once, don't know what happened to it...

[warrenhaack]

@mrmom852 For in-depth coverage of those railroads see "Logging Railroads of El Dorado County" from Catenary Video Productions. (You can go online to find it). The segments you saw in "RCL" are part of that show. You can go online to order it. I worked on the tourist RR in the 70's. It closed when the right of way was closed and made into a county road. Thanks for your comments.

[darkyoda]

I love the first comment. "Something wasn't his fault that morning." makes you wonder what else that engineer had done.

[warrenhaack]

Apparently this engineer was prone to "deep holing" or throwing it into emergency stop. Part of the attraction to me of railroad logging was the atrocious conditions they had to work under. 16 hr day did not apply. Glad you liked the video.

[SierraRailway]

darkyoda

yeah, the engineer would usually "plug the train up" and put it into emergency very often. This video has some very funny stories that a lot of us railroaders can relate to, even if they're about logging railroaders and camps from over 60 years ago!

[SierraRailway]

The overpass at the beginning of the video is still in place. However, the main highway a little farther away is one, if not the most important reason, for the death of the Pickering.

[vintageShanesaw]

'Don't jump'... now that's wisdom !

[Todaylight]

Great stuff, absolutely amazing!!!

Thanks for sharing!