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Authors Dr. Frank Telewski and Scott Barrett are dedicated to preserving the history of Weyerhaeuser’s Vail-McDonald logging railroad operation and the Chehalis Western Railroad through field and archival research. We intend to share our research through social media and books and invite you to share your stories and questions or comments via our comment link.
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1932 Ford Speeder Special tour
In this video (taken in May of 1989), author Scott Barrett discusses and demonstrates a 1932 Ford Speeder Special. This speeder was used for railroad track patrol by the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company.
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Logging camp, daily life. Vail, Washington – Thurston County
Date: early 1940`s
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Crew transport. Logging camp daily life. Vail, Washington – Thurston County
Date: early 1940`s
#history #logging #railroad #washingtonstate
Logging camp, daily life.
Vail, Washington – Thurston County
Date: early 1940`s
#history #logging #railroad #washingtonstate
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company – Vail, Thurston County, Washington
Date: early 1940`s
Contextual Notes:
Vail was a community 16 miles southeast of Olympia in southeast Thurston County. It was named for William Vail who owned farmland and timber land in the vicinity, by a logger named Cosby.
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