A Day in the Woods, A Logging Industry Documentary

“A Day in the Woods” tracks North America’s unique logging heritage from earliest colonial days into the age of steam logging…and beyond. From the days before any machinery, before steam locomotives, before the Shay locomotive through the game-changer that was the Caterpillar 60 tractor and then to the trucks that put the nail in the coffin for locomotives in the forest.

This documentary weaves archive black & white and color film, with photos, expert narration and recent film of restored logging steam locomotives working on lines through Northwest Pacific forests. Some of the film in this documentary has not been seen in decades, sitting in company and museum vaults – waiting for Golden Rail Video to pay for the restoration of the film. Recordings of authentic steam equipment bring life to silent films found, restored and used in this show.

NOTE: The narrator discusses logging’s impact on the environment, positive and negative, and on workers.