Hi Guys, Just wanted to let everyone know that in the February issue of MISSOURI CONSERVATIONIST magazine on page 13 there is a photo of an old wood burning steam engine pulling a string of pine logs on straight spline log cars. I can't make out the road name, but looks to be either Frisco or Missouri and North Arkansas RR.The caption below the photo goes on to say that in 1912 every mile of track laid required 3,500 pine ties. In 1912 15 million ties were sold in Missouri. Because of the high use of pine for ties and fuel, it devastated the pine forests in the Ozark Mountain Region and the business ended up going bust in two decades. Interesting article and I thought you guys would like to read it. By the way, the Missouri Conservationist magazine is FREE to any Missourian. All you have to do is contact the MDC website at: www.mdc.mo.gov/node/9087. Couldn't ask for a better deal, and the articles are great too! Enjoy the article, George
Indeed, Missouri Conservationist is a great mag, free to us in the Show Me State. Excellent photography. For you out of staters, a subscription costs only $7 per year. I get one for son Kurt in Olathe, KS every year. Just contact the Mo Dept of Conservation in Jeff City if interested. Ken
George - Thanks very much for the heads-up. The author is an acquaintance of ours who lives in Rocheport; his wife set my daughter up with her first guinea pig a few years back. I haven't seen him in a while but will have to try to reach him and see if he knows anything about the locomotive. It's been a year or so since I talked to him last, but he'd purchased an old boxcar to add as a "room" for their bed and breakfast. Best Regards,
It appears that most, if not all, of the magazine is also available free online. You can click on the "Magazine Archive" link in the website mentioned above and browse issues by date, or go directly to this month's story about Ozark lumbering and forest management here. http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2012/02/healthy-forests-generations The photos are in a separate sidebar to the main article.
