Forest Railways
A forest railway, forest tram, timber line, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felled logs to sawmills or railway stations.
In most cases this form of transport utilised narrow gauges, and were temporary in nature, and in rough and sometimes difficult to access terrain.
Read more about Forest Railways: History, Logging Railroads in North America, Other Railways For The Transport of Goods
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“I was struck by this universal spring upward of the forest evergreens.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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