Description: EAST TEXAS LOGGING RAILROADS FROM 1840 TO 1964 TRAM LINES LOCOMOTIVES, LOGGING OPERATIONS, SAWMILL AND EAST TEXAS HISTORY FULL OF GREAT OLD LOGGING RAILROAD PHOTOS LOGGING RAILROADS OF EAST TEXAS EAST TEXAS SAWMILL HISTORY & PHOTOS NOW IN PRINTED FORMAT You are purchasing a recently released PRINTED VERSION of the Journal of Texas Shortline Railroads. UNTIL NOW THIS ISSUE WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN DIGITAL FORMAT. This issue of the Journal chronicles the development and history of the logging railroads and tram operations in East Texas between 1840 and 1964. The issue contains over 100 of the best logging images of the lumber industry in East Texas. These illustrate the history of moving logs from the logging front to the mill by oxen, riverboats, small Porter built steam engines, geared engines like the Shay, Climax and Heisler, and rod engines which once work from New York to West Texas, the story in printed format.The 89 page issue has articles about Transporting Timber to the Saw Mills, Fuel and Water for the Logging Engines, Geared Locomotives in East Texas, Kirby Lumber Company #90, Bear in the Big Thicket, The Last Climax in Texas, A New Railroad in East Texas, Breaking a Log Jam on the Neches River with a Steamboat in the 1880's, Perhaps Texas First Tram Logging Railroad, Log Train Derailments and Wrecks and more. THE DIGITAL FORMAT ON THUMB DRIVE IS STILL AVAILABLE ON EBAYTHE BENIFITS OF PDF FORMAT PDF format on a Thumb Drive allows you to read this Journal on either PC or MAC using Acrobat Reader software. Over 100 high resolution photo scans are used to illustrated this issue of the Journal.To our knowledge the Journal is the first railroad publication of its kind to use a CD format. The format allows the reader the highest resolution for photos, maps, charts and other illustration. These can be viewed at 400+ magnification or printed off with clarity not available in normal printed form. If you have any interest in East Texas history, sawmills, logging or railroading you will find each page will take you back to the early sights, smells and sounds of railroads and lumber operations in the Piney Woods. PAYMENT AND SHIPPING Winning bidder agrees to pay for USPS MEDIA SHIPPING WITH CONFIRMATION AND TRACKING. And 8.25% Texas sales tax if a resident of Texas. Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this item before you bid. OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST We offer a wide range of railroad related state maps, CD's, TD's, railroad publications, railroad maps, locomotive diagrams, steam and diesel era photos and framed railroad memorabilia displays. Please see our other railroad related listing or contact me if you have specific interest. View My Other Items For Sale Add me to your Favorite Sellers
Price: 19.99 USD
Location: Wortham, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-21T13:40:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
California Prop 65 Warning: NEW PRINTED VERSION OF THE LOGGING RAILROADS OF EAST TEXAS - AN OVERVIEW FROM 1840 TO 1964. FULL OF HISTORY AND PHOTOS FROM THE JOURNAL OF TEXAS SHORTLINE RAILROADS V4.1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Year: 2002
Modified Item: No
