DEER ISLAND LOGGING SHOWS

Over a number of years, we have been having shows with our 1/8 scale logging equipment at Deer Island, Oregon.  It started with a spar tree, set up next to a nice deep canyon for yarding logs with Merv's 1/8 scale live steam Willamette two speed donkey.  Through a number of years, we have worked to get a railroad in this same scale, 7.5 gauge - 1/8th scale, to compliment the logging operation.  With much work and help from volunteers, we are happy to say that the railroad is pretty much finished as of September 12th 2008, just one day before we had Deer Island for a side field trip for the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Portland, Oregon.  We still have things to do, but the railroad was in operation end to end and we hauled logs and gave rides with Randy's small gasoline locomotive for the show.  This was the second Narrow Gauge Convention side show we put on here and it drew people from all over the USA as well as overseas!  On this page are pictures of our outfit here including projects and construction, past and more recent events here.

The National Narrow Gauge Convention show 2008.
These are the most current pictures here as of September 2008 

The current loading donkey is a hand crank machine.  We hope to get a powered loading donkey soon.

At the landing.  A turn of logs just came up the hill.  The loading boom loads the rail cars for the trip to market.

Merv Johnson at the throttle of his Willamette two speed donkey.

A couple of the grandkids taking a ride.  The favorite part of the show for the young.

Or the young at heart?

A recently built duplex loader was on display here.

Picking up a few loaded log cars at the landing.

A view down at the bottom of the canyon where the logs are
 gathered up by the chocker setters.

Click on the links below to open a new window of other events or activities at Deer Island.

Deer Island Show 2000

projects and construction 

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