Prototype Information
The Saginaw Timber Company incorporated on March
18, 1908 and organized in 1909. Saginaw is an area on the Chehalis River three
miles southeast of Elma in southeast Grays Harbor County. The company was to be
capitalized at $100,000. The organizers were A J Morley and W G Hopkins. The
company constructed and operated a 40 mile logging railroad in the Aberdeen area.
In 1919, the company merged the E H Lester Logging Company, a two mile logging
railroad in the Montesano area.
Some time prior to 1929, Saginaw Logging Company established, owned and operated a logging road between Brooklyn Wa, and Vesta Wa, where it connected with a branch line of the Oregon-Washington Railroad Navigation Company (Joint trackage - Milwaukee Road x Division and Union Pacific Division). Desiring to extend its logging road from Vesta to Preachers Slough, in Grays Harbor county, it caused to be organized the Gray's Harbor Pacific Railway Company, a 9.25 mile logging railroad.
The
Grays Harbor Pacific Railway Company commenced construction of its
line in 1929. Its intent was to construct a main line parallel to the
Oregon-Washington Railroad Navigation Company branch line from Preachers
Slough through Bridges, Wa, then extend its tracks to Vesta, a
distance of about thirteen miles. In 1930, the Grays Harbor Pacific Railway Company
acquired trackage rights over the line of the Oregon-Washington Railroad
Navigation Company between Preachers Slough and Vesta. It also acquired trackage
rights over the line of its parent company (Saginaw Logging Company)
between Vesta and Brooklyn. As a result of the acquisition of these
trackage rights, the Grays Harbor Pacific Railway Company abandoned construction of its own line.
In 1933, the Saginaw Timber Company merged the Gray's Harbor Pacific Railroad Company into its operations, The company also merged the Saginaw Southern Railway Company. By 1934 the company was known as the Saginaw Logging Company and operated between Brooklyn and Preachers Slough area.
In 1933, the company merged the Gray's Harbor
and Pacific Railroad Company, a 9.25 mile railroad in the Aberdeen area. The
company also merged the Saginaw Southern Railway Company. By 1934 the company
was known as the Saginaw Logging Company and operated in the Brooklyn area.
In 1946, the company was reorganized as the
Saginaw Lumber Company. In
1947, the company formally acquired the Bridges to Vesta track from the
Gray's Harbor
and Puget Sound Railway Company (a subsidiary of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad Navigation Company). On February 14, 1947 the company ceased
logging operations and was dissolved.
Locomotive and Rolling Stock
The Saginaw Timber Company conducting logging operations with a second-hand ninety-four ton locomotive,
a tender, 102 log flat cars, and two second-hand cabooses. It was reported that the company operated a incline at one logging site.
Alternate history
The Saginaw Timber Company plays an important role in the WWSL universe. See its alternate history here.
Resource
Adams, Kramer, Logging Railroads of the West.
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