Camden Miniature Steam Services

Whilst it may not be about the railway locomotives, this is a book anybody interested in logging should have. The core subject is the steam donkeys, essentialy self contained and semi-portable steam winches used by loggers in the woods. These came in a variety of sizes from small to bloody big and all are described in detail here, but also decribed iare the uses they were put to, notably operating skidders and skylines to get the lumber from where it fell to the loading point. Whilst this book looks at these in Oregon State, the practices were pretty universal, and the very large number of drawings and diagrams here will help modellers in all scales to recreate their logging operations. 280 very well produced pages, full of B & W photos, drawings & diagrams. Hardbound. Timber Times.