[timmuir]

pnrailway, on 19 September 2018 - 02:18 PM, said:

Wayne,

I have only had experience on some of he lakes in southern BC as far north as Kamloops. I know on Harrison Lake there was still a thriving lumber business where they would fload the logs down the lake to the southern end and then down into the Frasier River to be floated towards Vancover. Don't know if you want to show something like that or not. I have spent some time at Harrison Hot Springs and over on the west side of the lake were log rafts waiting to be send down the connecting river to Harrison Mills and then on into the main Frasier River.

But of course. I'm ashamed of myself for not thinking of that. Good thinking on my part... :blush2: A log raft would be real fun to model, I think. I haven't seen one in maybe 50 years, but I would see them on the Willamette River in Portland, OR, quite often when I was a kid. This post card is a little bit before my time, and the ones I saw were sea-going rafts, with a definite ship-shape to them.

 Log Raft, Morrison St Bridge Portland.jpg (329.66K)
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So, timber and fish so far...

[wacampbell]

Good suggestion about the logging. Big rafts of logs are such a prominent sight around BC that they should be included. I have a location in mind for a lumber or shingle mill, but the Adams Bay pier doesn't quite have enough space for such an operation.

I did find this photo that captures what I had in mind when I mentioned fruit packing.

https://searcharchiv...uilding-on-dock

The area along Okanagan Lake was, and still is, lined with orchards and vineyards. I imagine steamships plying the Okanagan picking up fruit at small docks along the way, and delivering to the railhead at Adams Bay for transport to the coast.

Thanks for the ideas and suggestions ....


Wayne

[stlsf4003]

Mighty fine work you've done with this Route Wayne!

Do you have any plans on releasing it once it's finished?

[wacampbell]

Thanks ,

Yes I hope to release it some day.

[ebnertra000]

The mention of log rafts reminded me of this I found last weekend on a trip up north. While I was photographing the massive ore dock structure at Taconite Harbor, MN, I noticed this little display placed near the public access to the harbor (built after the ore dock closed). Apparently, before Erie Mining used the area for loading ore boats, massive log rafts were taken across Lake Superior to Ashland , WI for use in the paper industry

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[wacampbell]

That’s a lot of lumber in those rafts.

[stlsf4003]

Hey Wayne.

What Payware assets have you been using to build this route?

Cause when the day comes that you release this wonderful route, I want to make sure I've got everything i'll need to run it.

[wacampbell]

> What Payware assets have you been using to build this route?

So far none.

Excluding the rolling stock, everything else in the route is my own work. I created my own terrain textures, vegetation, structures, track etc. I may get weak and eventually make a dependency on the US Asset Pack - we'll see.

A long way to go yet ... thanks for following.


Wayne

[stlsf4003]

Wow

I'm highly impressed with you Wayne!

Where other route builder's a shackled to Dovetails over priced payware routes and assets just to get the things they need for route building, you defied the system and built your own assets!

I and the rest of RW fandom tip our Engineer caps to you!

Keep up the good work.

[paulytechnic]

wacampbell, on 26 September 2018 - 04:33 PM, said:

Excluding the rolling stock, everything else in the route is my own work. I created my own terrain textures, vegetation, structures, track etc.

Well, that would explain the unique (and absolutely spectacular) look you're achieving! Your hard work appears to be paying off quite well, Wayne!

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