Lackawanna Lumber Company

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Lackawanna Lumber Company Log Train – Near Cross Fork, Potter County

This is Locomotive number 242, a Shay, built in 1888 at the Lima Machine Works, Lima, Ohio. It is pulling at least six loaded log cars. A Shay locomotive, with its special gears driving the train, made it superior to other types on steep inclines and switchbacks. Some of the m... Read more

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Lackawanna Lumber Co., Near Cross Fork

This was known as the Shacks.  Built on platform cars to be transportable to follow the flow of work.  Consists of cooking, dining, lobby, and sleeping rooms, as well as cars for horses. This solution for temporary housing probably was as efficient and commodious as the stationar... Read more