Over the Labor Day weekend my wife and I traveled up to Eureka, California.  While we were there we went to a couple places around the area that contained items from the history of the local area.

At Fort Humboldt they had many examples of logging equipment from a wide range of years.

This picture shows a logging “disconnect” car.  These were used in pairs, with the log providing the frame for the car.

Here is a picture of a Dolbeer Logging engine, or steam donkey.  This was invented right in the area, and they had several examples of different types of engines.  This was used for many different tasks in the woods, one of which was loading railroad cars.  This is an example of one of the smaller ones.  I will post pictures of some of the larger “bull” engines later.