Setting out center beams for the shipping department downtown last October. The railroad is currently (January, 2014) in a holding pattern since an incident on December 26th, 2013 in which a load... (more)

Moving through an ess curve at the lower end of the Sand Cut grade, the 1200 begins to dig in for the last couple miles up the hill with thirty one loads. Two other engines were helping the effor... (more)

"She won't go another further." On the Simpson Railroad at rails end, 10 miles out from the Shelton waterfront, the 1201 has pulled up on the last few yards of the former mainline, now used as a l... (more)

Pulling down the grade, leaving the Dayton Dry Sort behind and returning eastbound to town in the morning. A cool fog layer has lifted, allowing some colorful lighting all around! Note the turno... (more)

Making their way back down the grade two Simpson locomotives are traveling light after hauling some waterwood up to Mill 5. Recently, fresh crushed rock has been spread on the ROW which will allo... (more)

The train consisted of three Simpson units and "Flat Car Willy", carrying a forklift on a return from Mill 5 after taking 31 log cars up the hill. They were holding at the low end of Knights Sidi... (more)

The inside rail of the wye track required some attention, so yesterday morning the guys were hard at it utilizing hand tools, the backhoe and one of the railroad's gang cars in what could've been ... (more)

The 1202 is the rear end power on this outbound trip, helping another SW1200 on the head end get this log train up the hill in the woods west of Shelton. This spot is inaccessible by automobile, ... (more)

The morning turn is crossing First Street in Shelton, interrupting a section crew who are busy replacing a guard rail on the wye track. Nice old speeder!

Eastbound, returning from the Dayton dry-sort this morning with a string of empties.

Earlier in the morning at this location a locomotive hit the ground after a rail rolled under it. Here a crew from Simpson makes repairs to the crossing and trains were running again soon afterwa... (more)

In the cab of STC 1202 on the rear of a Simpson Railroad log train. The 1202 was built for CB&Q in 1959 #610, to BN renumbered #259, to Pacific Transportation Services renumbered #1202, To Simpson... (more)

The 900 has been inoperable for the past year and has made its triumphant return to service after a rebuild. Here it is after a turn switching Mill 5 at the top of the hill this morning and is br... (more)

At the vast dry sort facility located at the west end of the railroad a Simpson conductor guides the 1200 to a hook with the waiting 1202 after the train had delivered logs to be cold decked. Ano... (more)

A split screen view: Simpson power idling on the left, center beam flat sitting on the Mill 5 lead, right. As seen from an empty log flat car.