A friend who is a Simpson RR employee gained permission to conduct a special trip for a small group of rail enthusiasts, running up the railroad to Mill 5 and back in one of the speeders last Satu... (more)

A roundhouse scene: The Simpson lokies don't get out much these days except for a bit of switching in the mornings. The 900 is in the near stall, then the 1200 and 1201 while the 1202 reposes in ... (more)

"The Miserable Mile" on the Simpson Railroad, so named by the crews from enduring this last stretch of the trip; a slow, bouncy, flat mile of rail before reaching Mill 5.

The 1200 called in sick today, so it's staying in the roundhouse waiting on the mechanic's attention. Something is causing it to regularly blow a fuse.

The guys spent part of the afternoon on section work in the rain and mud today installing a new frog in a switch leading to the yardage along Park Street.

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)

Simpson Timber Company #1200 leads a train of empties into a clearing in the forest on the way to the Dry Sort Yard at Mill Five. Soon this train will be paralleling the Shelton-Matlock Road on th... (more)

Simpson Timber Company #1200 leads a train of empties through a clearing in the forest on the way to the Dry Sort Yard at Mill Five. Once this train arrives at Mill Five, these unique homemade cen... (more)

Simpson Timber Company #1200 leads a train of empties through the forest on the way to the Dry Sort Yard at Mill Five. This is the last operating remnant of the once extensive Simpson Timber Compa... (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)

The Last American Logger: Some trains may haul logs, but if you get technical (and railfans often do) Shelton, Wash. is the last place in America to see a traditional logging railroad at wo... (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)