Chuck Whitlock, our club’s president, has been kitbashing Federal truck models that he bottom fished from Ebay. With the assistant of the layout detail maestro Frank Davis one has arrived at the mill and picked up a load of lumber for delivery to a customer.

Federal truck picking up load at the mill

I never knew until I started modelling with our club that old time trucks had chain drives. I’ve “blown up” the above pic so’s you can see the chain drive.

Close up of the Federal Truck showing chain drive

Another bit of mind blowin’ detail on our layout here in Fort Bragg, CA.