CBR 1203 leads the first revenue train westbound out of Tunnel 14 on the Coos Bay Rail Link main line. Other than a work train in September 2011, this is the first train over this line since Sept... (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.

Former-Rio Grande SW1200 134 has traded the canyons of the Rockies for the "canyons" of Saginaw, Texas. The engine is seen here at the Gavilon Grain elevator, where it now spends its days switchi... (more)

Three of Simpson's locomotives are visible. In a switch move the 1200 has come out of the siding after holding for the 1202 to pull up with the dump car. After grabbing the mud load Jerry Miller... (more)

In addition to hauling "waterwood" up the hill there was a mud load this morning. They have just emptied the Difco side dump into a huge mud puddle. The 1201 idles nearby on the main.

EJ&E 322 and Slug T-2 sit outside the Woodcrest Shops, in Markham.

The machine is removing banding from the logs before grabbing the loads off the train. This is at the west end of the railroad, a little over 9 miles from Shelton where the logs came out of the w... (more)

With available "waterwood" in the bay the railroad has been busy hauling logs up the hill to Mill 5. The mid-day train is beginning a return to town with empty log flats.

CBRY switch power, Warden, WA

Starting up the lokie first thing in the morning before sunrise. After the air pressure builds up they'll roll her out on the turntable and onto the railroad to do some switching at OPP and Mill ... (more)

Port Jersey Railroad SW1200 1197 has a new coat of paint. After years of being red and white, the 1197 is now painted red white and blue. The paint job is not quite complete, it still needs to be ... (more)

Louisville & Nashville SW1200 #2299 was built February 1957 and later became Seaboard System #2299. Unit was sold for scrap to Precision National in August 1983

Even though RF&P had a good stable of motive power, occasionally they would come up short. Such was the case on the morning of July 21, 1982 when a GP35 or GP40 wasn't available for the Acca Loca... (more)

Louisville & Nashville SW1200 #2299 was built February 1957