Big Trestle and Canyon Part Three - Upper Canyon Logging Railroad 

That canyon is the size of my bathroom!! Maybe I should model a canyon to fit in my bathroom!! OOOOHHHH and add an echo feature to it !!! Can't wait to see the next video!!

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In 62 we were on our way to the Seattle Worlds Fair and stumbled across a dual gauge logging railroad on the Portland Short Line. Amazing.

Very cool, love how things are turning out. Great job guys

Great vidio, Now that is going to be one grand canyon when she's done. Love the mirror. Thanks for the coffee...

Great video as always thanks for sharing. Good Sunday morning to you guys. Having some coffee and enjoying the show

Hey folks, I've seen, and I'm sure you have too, that logging railroads would just lay the ties on the ground and pack dirt in around them on the temporary spurs. I'm quite sure that a 75 ton shay would settle any uneven tie problems quickly Last night I saw a video of the Roaring Camp and Big Trees railroad (April 2023 I think). It even showed the train climbing a switch back, on a very steep grade, very steep. Some trees were right next to the right of way. It may be worth a look, for some ideas. Speaking of switch backs, could there be one in the future connecting the logging railroad to the main line? Just hinting possibilities. Everything is progressing nicely. Now we get to see some more of your scenery building skill, which is massive ;-)

That is looking great am enjoying the build. I watch Thunder Masa also and have learned alot from him too. Have a great Sunday and see you Tuesday. GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖

Looking great. Understand why you waited on the installation of the mirror. That should be self evident. That canyon is looking fantastic. Rail on!

That logging railroad looks very good, it looks like some of the logging roads I've traveled many of them were older railroad grades. I was lucky to have grown up in the 60s and 70s because some of the logging railroads were still being used in the area because of poor truck access. Because Dad liked to go exploring up in the hills we would hike the logging grades got to see the bridges, trestles and such. With log ties they could have been made ready for ties a couple of ways, some would take a slab off the log for the rail but if they had that equipment they would just cut the log into ties. Some would cut flat pockets into the logs for the rails others just spiked the rail to the log. One place I know of they put down a mat of hemlock logs to just to fill in the muck hole in the ravine. You could see the layers of logs that had been put down to keep the track from sinking out of sight. There are a couple of good videos out there of the early years of logging Vancouver Island you enjoy. It's not much different from logging the Pacific Northwest.

On the full-sized, an adze or broad axe was used to flatten off the timbers while ballast was used to adjust the elevation.

Wow, Beautiful!

Wow spectacular job 👏

Looking fantastic, Dale. And thanks for the shoutout!

Great work.

Now, this is really awesome. Please keep uploading the great content.

Nice work. Lately, Dave finishing the carving with a hot gun, to melt the fuzzy things.

Its really been neat watching you guys getting this project together ,I really love way you take us through the steps . You guys are awesome and always so cheery :)

Well thought out. Excellent!

Dear Dale and Karyn, awesome sleepers. Love how you’ve adopted Dave Meek’s technique. Beautiful windmill from Steve! Very interesting vid. Curious for your next episodes! Cheerio

Your scenery is WOW, fringin awesome. Rail on!

Thanks for the video

Looks like you have a mountain if work there!🚂🚂🚂

Perfection as always your work. I'm like you and I love a trestle. Great job guys

That is a really ambitious canyon! And where in the world did you find that picture of Dave Meek? LOL

Dave (Thunder Mesa) also used a heat gun to srt of round off the foam rocks after the wire brush texturing.

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So is that the official name of the area? Huge Canyon? The part about the ties and track was very good. One thing perplexes me though. You make a great effort to spike every tie four times, but use sheet metal rail joiners, even though you've meticulously wired every rail. I would have bet my left kidney you would create and cast your own joint plates and glued a pair to one rail end at the joint for expansion if I know you'd be wiring every rail. Remind me not to bet my left kidney on anything. ;-) You've made amazing progress in a short period of time. Can't wait to see what's next up.

I love the opening song!! What is the name of the song?

Being an N Scale modeler, i struggle to find good steam era stuff and parts. Temped to use ho scale items like spikes, castings, etc.

Outrageous…..simple outrageous….I think Bigfoot will be needed somewhere in that canyon.

Dale, Did you find the spike heads to be too long and hits the headsof the rail? I found this to be the case with my On30 track.

Hey guys are y’all going to connect the logging railroad with the main railroad

Your not tieing this up for another week?☺ The again.

what are your plans for the floor underneath the tunnel at the bottom of the canyon? Any plans for a river?

Check out Thunder Mesa's "Gruesome Gulch" build - It's both hilarious and cool!

No offense (as a fellow pensioner), but who thought it was a good idea for two pensioners to balance a big mirror on top of a step ladder (or two) and fit it themselves?!!! It's a great addition to the logging railroad as it goes off into infinity (and beyond!).

I see LLagas Creek Rail source for silver nickle has closed !

8:02 at this point, hoss - if that belt sander takes many more trips down the line - I'm starting to think popsicle sticks will have been the better option.

Ive been looking forward to how you were going to disguise the fact that the trestle is close to the wall. To me, because the trestle is close to the back wall, it makes the scenery far more challenging. The Timber Railroad tie reminds me of an old American movie about the construction of a railway. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MM_UUB6J-Fw.html