Stick and John are bringing empty bunkers back to Shelton in the afternoon and are about to rumble over the bridge at MP 2.

At a location alongside Goldsborough Creek the 1202 ducks through the forest while hauling logs on a trip uphill to the dry sort .

The log loading operation is a fascinating thing to see. The locomotive moves up one car after each load is set with the crane. Here the engine has moved up to shoreline from the dock and the tr... (more)

A mini tug pushes a load of waterwood into position for the claw to retrieve and place into a bunker car. There will be no further work done for the year - next week is vacation - and the crew wa... (more)

At MP 4.5 the railroad abuts Carman Road for ¼ mile. On the end of the log train two switchers pushing roar past and disappear into the woods on the trip up to Mill 5, five miles away.

Late in the afternoon Stick has his train of A-frames backed into the Mill 5 lead and waits for it to be loaded with fresh cut lumber to take back to town. Permission to be on Simpson property.

Jerry Miller waits to hop off and line a switch. The job was switching Mill 5 on a cold December afternoon. Permission to ride.

The gravel and cement trucks will have to wait for the log train to clear the crossing while on its way out of Shelton with waterwood destined for Mill 5, some 8 miles west of here.

Coming back down the hill from Mill 5, the three Simpson 1200's travel light rounding a curve above Goldsborough creek in the woods west of Shelton, WA.

The inner sanctum of the operation. The old girl waits for her next assignment. Sister 900 sits in the wall-side stall.

On the PSAP railroad a conductor returns to the pool power after setting out a cut of empties at Bayshore Siding. In a few moments they will receive an order to proceed north toward Belfair .

Another trip up the hill and the rear helpers separate. The 1200 continues with the log train into the property while the 1202 waits behind with a mud load at the Hanks Lake Road crossing.

Keeping the logging trucks off the streets of downtown Shelton, another trainload of logs passes Knights siding and is moments away from entering the Simpson Timber Company mill complex on the Oak... (more)

Simpson Timber Railroad SW1200's # 1201 & # 1200 exchange empties for loads at the Dayton Dry Sort Yard about 10 miles west of Shelton, WA. You may have heard rumors that it rains often in wester... (more)

Simpson Timber SW1200 # 1201 shuffles empty log bunks within the sprawling mill complex in Shelton, WA. Picture taken on mill property with permission.