LARGE SCALE DONKEYS AND LOCOMOTIVES

Live steam scale locomotives have been around for quite awhile.  There are many clubs around the world operating these machines in public, and private shows.  What you don't see very often, is live steam logging equipment.  There is a small  number of scale working steam donkeys around, bringing back the days of logging in the steam era.  All of these machines are for the most part, scratch built, as there is no commercial builder of scale steam donkeys in the world.  This site contains pictures of scale steam donkey's and equipment, as well as logging locomotives.  Be sure to check out the "Deer Island Logging show 2000" page, for a look at these machines in operation.

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MERV JOHNSON'S WILLAMETTE 2 SPEED DONKEY, 1/8 SCALE 

Merv Johnson's Willamette 2 speed, operating as a loading donkey.  (Deer Island, logging show).

Paul Smiths 1/4 scale donkey

Paul Smith's wood fired 1/4 scale donkey, Deer Island, Oregon.

 

 

Leroy Johnston's donkey

Leroy Johnston's homebrew donkey design, uses two vertically mounted cylinders just in front of the boiler.  It is fired on propane and has a lot of fine detail work built into it.

Denny Thulin's 3 truck Shay locomotive at his home in Vancouver B.C. Canada.  A very nice machine, it will negotiate a turn radius of as little as 15 degrees.  He has paid close attention to detail on this locomotive and I believe, has been working on it for about 20 years now.

Denny's Shay locomotive.

A look inside the cab.

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This photo shows the fine detail work inside the cab of Denny's Shay locomotive.  It is oil fired, has an independent steam brake.  

 

 

Bob Palmers donkey, about 1/12 size (1 inch to the foot).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Skagin's Hysler.  This locomotive is 3 & 1/2 inch to the foot, in scale.  That is about 1/4 size of a full size locomotive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                             

Dave Skagin's donkey.  This machine is patterned after the donkey on display at the museum in Tillamook, Oregon.  It is 3 & 1/2 inch to the foot scale.

 

 

 

 

Logging at Bickleton, Washington.  The loaded rail cars look good as they pull across one of the trestles on this railroad. 


 

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