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Camp 6 is a fantastic logging museum in Defiance Park in northern Tacoma that has a small railroad with a loop of track that they operate over on weekends. I had always wanted to visit and ride this unique P.D.Q.& K Railroad Logging Train Rides. Knowing for once that I had a car, I E-mailed Camp 6 about two months before this trip. I received a reply the day I was going to leave from Rick Bacon, General Manager Camp 6 Logging Museum. At Banks I called Cliff Chapman who scheduled a special train for me to ride on Friday at 10:00 AM June 9th. I told several people about this trip on the POTB run on Tuesday and told them to met me at Camp 6 Friday at 10 AM. When we pulled into Camp 6, I found Elizabeth Davidge, Philip Kondziela. John Pennington and Rick Bleak waiting for us to arrive. I met our crew who pointed me the right way to buy tickets for this unique train ride. We all then boarded this train which had a Whitcomb engine, a log car and a covered open car.
The Whitcomb engine.
A picture of Shay #7 in their engine house.
A group picture of our special train riders this morning.
A skidder.
We departed and passed the Camp House on wheels on railroad tracks.
A logging train on the right and Camp Housing on the left.
The loop begins with this switch.
Our train running though the woods.
The view looking back.
Skidder
Another view of our train.
Our route crossed this low wooden trestle.
A Northern Pacific Log Car with a load on it.
The Lidgerwood Skidder hauls logs off a hill up to a quarter mile at a rate of 15 to 20 MPH.
The view back
A tank steam engine.
When we completed the loop we went around a second time.
After our second trip we backed into the station area.
The Camp Cars ride on railroad wheels. After we had finished our ride, we gave our train crew hearty thank you for such special trip.
Our train at rest.
A Rayioner Caboose.
The view of the wye track which they use to turn equipment to even out the rail wear.
Another view of Shay 7.
Additional rail equipment behind the engine shop.
A logging equipment display.
Later, back at the train our Whitcomb switcher that had pulled our special train.
A different view of the Camp Cars.
Box car and the Fire Train, etc. After looking around, seeing equipment pictures and the inside of the Camp Cars, it was time to move on. A special thank you to the Camp 6 Logging Museum for having us today and running that special train for our group.
South to PortlandElizabeth wanted to join us going to Battle Ground, Washington so I rode south with her to there. We led the way with Jim driving Bob and Chris. We took the Vader exit and went down to the track to take a few pictures of trains we hoped to see come through.
The Coast Starlight Train 11 sped south through Vader.
Later a BNSF southbound went through Vader. We then left Vader and headed to Battle Ground.
There we found the Spokane, Portland and Seattle 2-8-2 539 on display. After we shot these pictures, we all said goodbye to Elizabeth who headed back north to Lynnwood while we headed to the Days Inn at 82nd Street and I 84 in Portland. Right as we almost got on I 702, the low fuel light came on. We made it to a Shell Gas Station at Sandy Road where we put in $20 of fuel. Our rental car has a tank of gas prepaid, so we need to turn the car as near empty as possible on Sunday. With that done, we went to the Days Inn and checked in for two nights. After some rest time in our rooms, we walked over to Elmer’s for dinner with me having more Prime Rib.
Bob, Chris and I then took the MAX Light Rail Line to Lloyd Center. Here I checked Trainorders.com for any info on the SP 4449 trip to Sherwood tomorrow. There wasn’t anything there or on 4449.com so I then took a long shot and checked my E-mail with no luck on that subject. A walk to Radio Shack for more floppies then I took Bob and Chris to Chinatown then gave them their first ride on the MAX Expo Line. We returned to the Days Inn where I watched the big comeback by Cal State Fullerton in Game One of their best of three against Missouri before calling it a night.
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