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.

If while you wait for the stacker to unload the log train you get bored, then get busy with clearing debris from the bottom of the bunkers.

The lumber train was augmented this morning by several empty bunkers. The centerbeam flat loads were on the rear half of the train with the 1201 on the rear. Someone who lives at the intersectio... (more)

The 1201 crawls along Park Street, nearing the end of its morning turn to Mill 5 and back, loaded up with fresh-cut boards. The railroad has begun swapping out the old A-frame cars with newly acq... (more)

Power at the rear of a log train pushing up the aptly named "Sand Cut". At 2.2%, the grade is the steepest and most challenging piece of the railroad. Once in a while, if the rail is wet or the ... (more)

After helping to shove a log train up the 2.2% "Sand Cut" these two switchers have cut off at the top and are returning light to town. The railroad passes through sections of deep woods with a fee... (more)