There are three main industries served by  the SB & BS RR, one of them is the SKAIL Lumber Co. Trees are
harvested and brought to the sawmill where they are cut into various size lumber.
  The sawmill is a highly modified Keystone Locomotive Works Danby Sawmill. It has been widened and
lengthened and a second story shop added. Construction is board-by-board.
                             Edger                        Boiler
          
                                                      Steam Engine

Cut off saw          Live Rollers       Circular saw           Log Carriage.
   A lot of the interior details like the edger, cut-off saw, rollers etc... are scratch-built. Most of the pulleys and
hangers are from N.W.S.L. with various other details from a bunch of manufacturers including a million Grandt
Line NBWs. The belts are strips of plain brown paper bags.
  Work has stopped at
the mill because one of
the belts has jumped the
pulley.
 A worker takes this
opportunity to sweep
sawdust off the floor, a
necessary function for
safety at all sawmills.
   The foreman poses for a picture. On the left is the edger,
the boiler is barely visible in the corner (the white styrene
is the unfinished smokestack). The steam engine and
pulleys to the main saw are on the right. The pulley without
a belt brings power to the second story shop.
   The scratch built cut-off
saw swings like the real
McCoy, note the green
counterweight.  The belt is off
its pulley, that explains why
nothing is running at this time,
note also the belt tensioner
and geared transmission.
   Scratch built edger.
Power comes from under the mill
which is as detailed as the rest.
Rollers pull the wood in while the saws
rotate in the other direction.
THE UPSTAIRS SHOP.
                              Workbenches

                     Grease Barrel                      Drill Press


                                              Circular Saw                     Power
       Table saw                      Repair Bench               from Ist Floor

                                       Hoist & Access hatch             Grinder

 Stove             "Lounge"                                           Exhaust Fan
   There are plenty of details with all sorts
of power tools, machines and the
workbenches have their own tools too, even
a brassy spittoon.
   The "lounge area" is where workers take
their breaks, it has chairs with clothing
draped on the backs, a table with an empty
bottle, coffee cups and a newspaper the
clutter here is different than elsewhere. An
enamel coffee pot is on the stove and a dog
is keeping guard.
    There is still a lot of work to be done, handrails for the stairs that lead to the shop, the smoke
stack, windows, more figures and other details.


THE SKAIL LUMBER Co.
A kit-bashed and scratch-built, freelanced, steam powered sawmill.
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