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Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
Hines Log Pond
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The Fred Herrick Lumber Company excavated a large log pond next to the mill complex. The pond was heated
with water piped in from adjacent hot springs. This pond was the last stop for logs brought down by rail
from the north. The unloading track adjacent to the pond was banked at a steep angle to ease the dumping
of logs into the pond. A locomotive crane was often used to facilitate the unloading.
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Loaded log cars on the unloading track. Photograph is from the Harney County Historical Society collection and
is courtesy of Martin Morisette.
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Looking across the pond as a carload of logs splashes into the pond. Photograph is from the Harney County Historical Society collection and
is courtesy of Martin Morisette.
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A cable from the locomotive crane on the adjacent track was threaded underneath the log load, allowing the crane to slide the logs off the flat cars and into the water. Photograph is from the Harney County Historical Society collection and
is courtesy of Martin Morisette.
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The same process to unload cars was still in use in the early 1960's, although the crane was newer. Photo by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.
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The final years of log hauling saw the railroad retrofit all log flats with rigid stakes, which tended to hold log loads on a lot better than the collapsable stakes used up to this point. The new type of log car
meant that a new method had to be found to unload the cars. This machine picked up an entire load of logs at once. Photograph is from the Harney County Historical Society collection and
is courtesy of Martin Morisette.
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