Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.

One can almost hear the long ago din and bustle of the Great Northern Railroad town of Wellington echo off the walls of the first snowshed on the line down to Skykomish. The structure is now part... (more)

First in the series of shots of this train entering the Columbia River town of Lyle, seen here just poking out of the tunnel heading west.

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)

Going retro with a 60 on front of this WB stacker. The "floodgates" had opened up and the trains which had been delayed by Montana flooding all seemed to be resuming their trips west, making for ... (more)

After an afternoon rain shower a V train follows an earlier stacker up the hill within about 20 minutes of each other. A surprise for me is BC Rail DASH 8-40CM #4605 as the number two unit.

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)

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.

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)

With the passage of time nature is reclaiming the old GN tunnel. The railroad completed the bore in December, 1900, the original line used a system of eight switchbacks to cross Stevens Pass. In... (more)

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.

Oops! Last Thursday the new guy misjudged distance which resulted in this bunker dangling off the end of the dock. It was still in this position Tuesday, but they had removed the load. Now they h... (more)

At the foot of Goldsborough Creek Canyon the 1201 emerges from the shady woods and crosses the bridge eastbound into warm sunlight on the last day of winter. The first part of the train was empti... (more)

No logs have come in from the water for awhile and the only train today was this move to bring a forklift up the hill from Shelton on a flat car. Here engineer Stick gets ready to unload the carg... (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)