Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

The Willow Creek Railroad was established at Antique Powerland in 1975 with just two members and 600 feet of track. Over the years the group has grown and the route expanded to over 5000 feet of track. Below are some picture of the Willow Creek Railroad, taken at the Great Oregon Steam-Up on July 31, 2010.

Union Pacific Alco PA1 #603 on the Willow Creek Railroad

Southern Pacific EMD SW1500 #2679 on the Willow Creek Railroad

Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad

Army Train on the Willow Creek Railroad

The following video shows trains running on the Willow Creek Railroad during the Great Oregon Steam-Up on July 31, 2010.

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

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Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up

The Willow Creek Railroad was established at Antique Powerland in 1975 with just two members and 600 feet of track. Over the years the group has grown and the route expanded to over 5000 feet of track. Below are some picture of the Willow Creek Railroad, taken at the Great Oregon Steam-Up On August 1, 2009.

The following video shows trains running on the Willow Creek Railroad during the Great Oregon Steam-Up on August 1, 2009.

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up

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Pacific Northwest Logging Museum at Antique Powerland

Antique Logging Machinery Museum sign on August 1, 2009

Located behind the Fire Trucks and the Caterpillar Museum, a collection of logging equipment was marked with this sign at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up as the Future Home of the Antique Logging Machinery Museum. The 2009 Steam-Up Program said that the Pacific Northwest Logging Museum was formed in 2008.

1947-1955 GMC 520-640 Conventional Truck with Home-Built Tower on August 1, 2009

Part of the museum's collection is this 1947-1955 GMC 520-640 Conventional Truck with a Home-Built Tower, shown here parked among the museum’s equipment during the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up.

The Pacific Northwest Logging Museum was organized to promote the interest and education of the public through the preservation, collection, display and interpretation of historic operational logging equipment, tools, memorabilia and other pertinent materials, and to recognize the role of the logging industry in the social and economic development of the Pacific Northwest and to illustrate the evolution of logging technologies and practices from the past and into the future.

The Pacific Northwest Logging Museum had some equipment arranged for display by the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up.

1933-1937 Caterpillar 70 on July 31, 2010

This Caterpillar 70 is one of 266 produced between 1933 and 1937. It is owned by Kurt Spegel and Bret Spegel.

Caterpillar 2U D8 on July 31, 2010

This Caterpillar 2U D8 was built under government contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was later placed in public service either by the state or a county, which both used this same shade of orange paint. The clearing blade has been modified for extremely heavy land clearing. This machine is equipped with aftermarket hydraulic steering clutches, which required about 40 pounds of pull from the operator.

Caterpillar D8 with Hyster D8N winch & arch on July 31, 2010

Here is another Caterpillar D8 on display, equipped with a more typical dozer blade.

Caterpillar D8 on July 31, 2010

Caterpillar D8 with Hyster D8N winch on July 31, 2010

This Caterpillar D8 is equipped with a Hyster D8N cable winch.

Caterpillar D8 with Hyster D8N winch & arch on July 31, 2010

This Caterpillar D8 was displayed with a logging arch showing a typical skidding setup.

Hyster Arch on July 31, 2010

This small Hyster arch was built in Portland, Oregon, for a D4-sized crawler tractor. The iron-spoke wheels on this unit were supplied by the England Wheel and Carriage Works. These wheels were known all over the world for their quality and durability, and Hyster was a large user of these industrial wheels.

Pacific Car & Foundry Arch on July 31, 2010

Pacific Car & Foundry, manufacturer of Carco winches, started building logging arches after World War II during the heyday of Caterpillar logging. This size of arch was designed to be used behind a Caterpillar D8, International TD 24, or Allis-Chalmers HD21.

LeTourneau Rooter on July 31, 2010

When Robert G. LeTourneau developed this iron-wheeled ripper, he trademarked it as a “rooter.” LeTourneau developed most of his products to be matched to Caterpillar equipment. In the 1930s, 1940s and into the mid 1950s, LeTourneau’s plants were built next door to Caterpillar’s so freshly assembled Cats could roll into his facility to be equipped with his attachments as specified.

LeTourneau Rooter on July 31, 2010

This LeTourneau Rooter was designed to be pulled by a Caterpillar D8 tractor with a cable winch. If needed, another Caterpillar D8 pusher could assist it.

LeTourneau Model D Tournapull on July 31, 2010

The LeTourneau Tournapull is a two-wheeled tractor unit that could be used with a variety of trailing units, such as a scraper, a logging arch, a rear-dump hauler, a flatbed, or a lift-and-carry crane. The front of the tractor could also be equipped with a dozer blade or a “V” snow plow. The tractor is equipped with large low-pressure pneumatic rubber tires and was capable of speeds of up to 29.5 miles per hour.

LeTourneau Model D Tournapull on July 31, 2010

This Model D Tournapull is attached to a Model D Scraper that could self-load up to 5 pay-yards of dirt or be push-loaded with up to 7.5 yards in less than one minute. This equipment could be used to build and maintain access roads, level land, cut ditches, fill over culverts, fill holes, build bridge approaches and haul supplies.

1944 Coos King Donkey Engine on July 31, 2010

After sitting outside for over 20 years, all the core of 1944-built Coos King Donkey Engine #156-L needed to start up was new points and some ether. The Coos Bay Iron Works has operated since 1882 and still remanufactures donkey engines, which it advertises as a simple, easy to maintain solution for economical low-footprint logging on slopes, bogs or environmentally sensitive areas using high-line logging methods.

Skagit Reload Drum Set of July 31, 2010

This extremely heavy-duty two-drum machine was built to provide reloading services. It was designed to handle loads of 25 to 50 tons.

Skagit Reload Drum Set on July 31, 2010

Trucks, usually off-highway versions, would bring loads of logs to a railroad where the entire load was lifted off the truck by this drum set and placed on a railcar. One drum would provided the lift, and the other provided the pull to swing it over the railcar where it was lowered into place.

1947-1955 GMC 520-640 Conventional Truck with Home-Built Tower on July 31, 2010

Small home-built towers like this became quite popular in the 1960s. Many loggers had an old drum set that they could place on a truck or a sturdy 40-foot trailer frame. Most of these home-built towers used a section of heavy-duty water pipe fashioned into a tube that could be easily stood up. Billions of board feet of smaller timber in small patches, as well as hardwoods, were logged with home-built towers like this one, which is on a 1947-1955 GMC 520-640 Conventional truck.

Galion Roller on July 31, 2010

Another piece of equipment displayed by the Pacific Northwest Logging Museum was this Galion roller.

Caterpillar Grader on July 31, 2010

Also displayed by the Pacific Northwest Logging Museum  was this Caterpillar Grader previously owned by the Marion County Highway Department.

Marion County Highway Dept. Grader on July 31, 2010

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Miscellaneous Displays at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum

Here are some engines and other items on display at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum at Antique Powerland.

Hall Scott Model 177 Engine on July 31, 2010

This is a Hall Scott Model 177 engine. It has a displacement of 855 cubic inches with a 5-1/2” bore and a 6” stroke. It produces 245 horsepower at 1600 revolutions per minute and 900 foot-pounds of torque at 1200 revolutions per minute. It was removed from a 1938 Fageol truck and was loaned to the museum by Don Letson.

White Model 201A Engine Cutaway on July 31, 2010

This is a cutaway of a White Model 250A truck engine. This 150-horsepower gasoline engine was introduced to the heavy truck market in 1940. This engine featured a number of innovations for its time. It reduced weight per horsepower by 35% and increased horsepower per cubic inch of displacement by 20%, increased miles per gallon and decreased fuel cost by almost 20%, increased the safe governed speed from 2400 to 3000 revolutions per minute, and introduced sodium-cooled exhaust valves, zero-lash hydraulic valve lifters, stellite-faced valve seats and the use of dry ice for shrink-fitting them, the two-barrel carburetor, and the first bypass thermostat cooling system for quick warm-up with water flowing freely.

White Model 201A Engine Cutaway on July 31, 2010

This cutaway has been color-coded to help show what would be in each part of the engine: yellow is oil, dark blue is water, red is exhaust, green is intake gas, and light blue is intake air. This cutaway was created around 1960 at the University of Portland.

1946 Cummins HR Engine on July 31, 2010

This is a 1946 Cummins HR diesel engine. It produces 150 horsepower at 1800 revolutions per minute.

1946 Cummins HRS200 Engine on July 31, 2010

This Cummins HRS200 engine has a displacement of 743 cubic inches and produces 225 horsepower at 1800 revolutions per minute. It was originally used in the Lochausen’s 1946 Kenworth Model 523 Tractor #9, which is also here in the museum, having been equipped with a 220-horsepower Cummins NH220 engine in 1985.

1966 Detriot Diesel 6V-71 Engine on July 31, 2010

This is a 1966 Detroit Diesel 6V-71 two-stroke diesel engine donated by the students of Portland Community College’s Diesel Services Technology program. The 238-horsepower 7.0-liter V6 version of the Series 71 engine was introduced in 1957 and was widely used in trucks and buses.

Detroit Diesel Allison GT404 Gas Turbine on July 31, 2010

This is a Detroit Diesel Allison GT404 Gas Turbine Engine. Allison’s development of gas turbine engines was derived from the General Electric J31 engines used to power the Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first American fighter jet. After World War II, Detroit Diesel Allison went on to develop the Model 501 turboprop which powered the Lockheed C-130 cargo plane, and was adapted for generator sets, pumps, compressors, oil field and marine equipment. Detroit Diesel Allison also developed the 250 Series turbines to power light helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. In the 1970s, Detroit Diesel Allison promoted the GT404 and GT505 gas turbine engines for use in highway trucks, scrapers and crawler tractors, generator sets, bulk unloaders, air compressors, motor coaches, pleasure boats, work boats and tug boats. Advantages of the GT404 and GT505 cited by Detroit Diesel Allison included clean exhaust, serviceability, smooth power with high torque rise, effective engine-dynamic braking, simplified transmission requirements, superior cold weather starting, light weight and a simple cooling system. Despite a variety of applications of the gas turbine engines, they fell from favor due to rising fuel costs, although Allison continued turbine development into the early 1990s.

Detroit Diesel Series 60 Engine on July 31, 2010

This is a Detroit Diesel Series 60 Engine. This inline 6-cylinder four-cycle diesel engine was introduced in 1987 and has been widely used in trucks and buses.

Detroit Diesel Series 60 Engine on July 31, 2010

36-Inch Sleeper on July 31, 2010

This is a 36-inch sleeper. This type of sleeper was commonly used on trucks from the late 1940s through the 1980s and is still used on new equipment in a few cases today. Before this sleeper was developed, drivers had to either sleep over the steering wheel or in the trailer with the freight.

Ford HD Wind Tunnel Test Model on August 3, 2008

This Ford HD Wind Tunnel Test Model was surprisingly expensive. The cab cost $55,000 and the trailer cost $90,000.

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Paymaster Truck at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum

1971 Paymaster Tractor on August 3, 2008

This 1971 Paymaster Tractor, Unit #1, was designed and built by Dean Hobbensiefken, a truck driver and small fleet owner, in Lyons, Oregon from 1969 to July, 1971, with the goals of improving fuel mileage, lowering maintenance costs, improving ride and lowering noise levels. The design resulted in the issuance of seven U.S. Patents and the resulting two-axle tractor could pull the same payload as a three-axle tractor, with a 40% increase in fuel mileage. This truck has approximately 500,000 miles on it.

1971 Paymaster Tractor on August 3, 2008

In 1974, Ryder Systems of Miami built 10 units of a similar design. The project ended due to the oil crisis, but a third prototype was built in 1978, and two additional trucks were built in Lyons in 1980, for a total of 14 Paymaster trucks. One of the 1980 models is owned by George Nielsen of Junction City, Oregon and is known as "Ye Old Dragon." Nielsen and "Ye Old Dragon" set a World Speed Record in the Highway Hauler Class - 3 Axle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 2004 with a speed of 164.298 miles per hour, and they hold the current record, set in 2007, of 176.898 miles per hour. For more information, visit PaymasterTruck.com.

1971 Paymaster Tractor on July 31, 2010

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Murty Brothers Truck at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum

1964 Murty Brothers Flat Top Flatbed Truck on August 1, 2009

Anthony Francis “Tony” Murty (1918-1985) and Benedict Paul “Ben” Murty (1920-2003) were born in Conrad, Montana, and moved to Portland, Oregon, as young children. They started a business called Murty Brothers in 1938. In 1939 they conceived of the twin steering axle, which they patented in 1943. In 1949 they designed the air spring brake and sold the patent to Bendix. Also in 1949 they patented an idea for a mechanical tilting cabover truck cab. They built their first twin steering axle truck in 1951 to haul trusses for Georgia Pacific. In 1952 they built an eight-wheel crane truck with a horizontal engine under the platform. Their Tilt-Cab debuted at the 1953 Auto Show in Chicago. It was used by Diamond T, Ford, and International.

1964 Murty Brothers Flat Top Flatbed Truck on August 1, 2009

This 1964 Murty Brothers Flat Top Truck is powered by a Cummins 262 pancake-style engine mounted under the frame and was designed to haul long loads like steel and pipe.

1964 Murty Brothers Flat Top Flatbed Truck on July 31, 2010

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