It took considerable time and thousands of man-hours for the outside world’s railroads to reach Humboldt County in 1914. And even more money to keep that transportation system up and running. But, the ...

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In 1901, the tranquility of the forests blanketing the San Bernardino Mountains was pierced by the unfamiliar sound of a steam whistle and the churning of a steam locomotive. The first and only ...

One of the last logging railroads in North America ended a century-long run Nov. 6 as Englewood Railway ceased operations on Vancouver Island off Canada’s West Coast. “This announcement is consistent ...

In the beginning, there was wood. From there came industry and the logging railroad. John Berg of Wisconsin Rapids has written a book about both in “The Lake Shore and Eastern — a Logging Railroad in ...

Fans of railroad history won’t want to miss an event to benefit the Ferndale Museum, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Ferndale City Hall. North Coast historian Katy Tahja will discuss her new book “Logging ...

As late as the 1920s there were still many huge, old growth trees in the area east of Redmond and logging was dominated by the Siler Logging Company. Felled trees were taken north by means of a ...

Editor's note: This is the first of three columns devoted to Ronald C. Sullivan's "If Rails Could Talk." It’s not unlikely that down through the years as many or more books have been published about ...