49 minutes
This is the story of West Side
Flume and Logging Co Railroad, the little railroad that moved the big
wood out of the mountains of California! Gargantuan logs ride narrow
rails down slot canyons and over dizzying trestles.
Shays and heislers battle impossible grades to reach the high logging
camps. It’s all here: the air-borne ballet at the reloads with ten-ton
logs poised for feather light placement, the explosive water dumps, the
water tanks, skeleton flat cars — even the very last train to run on The
West Side. This work of devotion by filmmaker Glenn Beier presents the
colorful drama of working amid the tall timber of the West.
