In an area where the railroad runs through deep woods STC 1200 steps into a sunlit corner on its way back to Shelton from the Dayton dry-sort yard. The afternoon was a very pleasant respite after... (more)

The 1202 is on the end of a log train moving through the back yards of downtown Shelton at the beginning of a trip uphill to Dayton. The bridge is the new one which, in February 2010, replaced th... (more)

This location is where the railroad runs adjacent to the Shelton - Matlock Highway. They've been using three locomotives lately to move logs to the dry sort yard at Dayton, one up front, two on t... (more)

The 900 returns to town, long hood forward, with a train of empty log cars. The location is just beyond city limits near a gravel mining operation.

Two Simpson Railroad employees direct a wheeled log loader in reseating the wheel-set on an a-frame lumber car which had taken a hard hit during switching. The operation turned out to be successf... (more)

The crew of the 900 have brought a loader up from Shelton on a flat car and will off load it with a cargo ramp at the end of a spur. They are just about to Hanks Lake Road at the dry-sort yard. I ... (more)

The mail must get through! View from the cab of Simpson's #1200, stopped while waiting for the 900 to clear the line. The 900 has brought a log loader up the hill on a flat and is backing up to ... (more)

View from the cab of Simpson's 900 while switching lumber loads in the morning at the mill. Having just eight cylinders allows room to set the dynamics underneath the hood, allowing for a sweepin... (more)

The 1201 shoves a cut of centerbeams down the Olympic Panel spur while PSAP power waits to move up the main to put its train together. The Simpson mainline crosses the PSAP main just this side of... (more)

On a westward afternoon job to return empty A-frames to Mill 5, the Simpson switcher "lumbers" around a corner just before crossing bridge 2. The 10 mile trip to Dayton will take around 40 - 45 m... (more)

The mid-day job emerges cab forward out of the forest about 2 miles out from its return destination in Shelton.

In the first month of resuming normal operations after a line closure the mid-day log train nears Mill 5 at the end of the line. The 1201 is on the end of the train as a helper coupled behind two... (more)

It's been a while since this track was used. Simpson lost a bridge in 2008 and it was finally rebuilt in early 2010. #1201 is dragging a string of empty flat cars to the mill at Dayton. Off in the... (more)

High speed running! Simpson 1201 is delivering a string of empty flat cars to the mill at Dayton and is running around the cars in order to shove them into the mill. Is walking speed too fast? ... (more)