With the help of four men it can load from 125,000 to 150,000 feet of timber in a day.

By means of the cable it can make up a train, and then by lowering the truck and raising the legs out of the way, it is converted into a locomotive and hauls the train away to the mill or railway station at the rate of three or four miles at hour.
As forests are cut away along the water courses, railways have to be resorted to more and more, Fig.28.This has had a stimulative effect on the logging business, for now the logger is independent of the snow.

On account of the steep grades and sharp curves often necessary in logging railways, a geared locomotive is sometimes used, Fig.

29.
It can haul a train of twenty loaded cars up a twelve per cent grade.
The geared engine has also been used as a substitute for cable power, in "yarding" operations.

The "turns" of logs are drawn over the ground between the rails, being fastened to the rear of the engine by hook and cable.