Paldi

Photo of Cossy Asanda operating a steam donkey on Hill 60. The winch shown in the picture pulls the logs by cable to the loading area for transfer to railway cars.

Photo of a donkey engine in Paldi, B.C.

Photo of a heavy-duty equipment at Mayo Lumber Mill, Paldi, B.C.

Photo of a load of logs being transported through the steam engines and cars. The photo is captured on the road from Cowichan Lake to Duncan, while the load is on the move.

Photo of four men and a woman standing on the platform of the front part of a steam engine.

Photo of a wood burner locomotive deployed at the Mayo Lumber Company for the logging operations. Some small pieces of wood are loaded in the back of the wood burning engine to be used as fuel.

Photo of the first logging train loaded with logs on the back car having a 3-spot steam engine.

Composite photo displaying two different scenes at the Mayo Lumber Company at Paldi, B.C.

Photo of a man standing on a stack of logs while logging in Duncan, B.C. Another man can be seen standing on the ground in front of the logs.

Photo of the log dump at the mill pond situated besides the Mayo Lumber Mill at Paldi, B.C. The logs were dumped from the steam cars into the mill pond and were later fed to the mill.