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)

After delivering a log train to the Dayton dry sort the 1200 will tie onto the rear of the return job to Shelton which is waiting just out of the picture frame to the right with the 1201 on point.

The morning lumber train winds through the streets of downtown Shelton with fully loaded a-frames of freshly cut boards from Mill 5 and will arrive at Mill 3 on the waterfront within 10 minutes.

The 4018 along with its HATX workmates is heading light with one tank car uphill towards Bayshore Siding to pick up the rest of its train and will then continue on to the Kitsap County transfer st... (more)

The 1200 is winding up at the Franklin St crossing for the trip to Mill 5 as the conductor throws a wave.

As it leaves the Dry-sort yard the 1201 is crossing Hanks Lake Road heading back to Shelton. Mt Washington and Mt Ellinor are seen in the distance.

the 1201 crew shunts loads around 4 PM on the Simpson property in preparation for the next trip out of Shelton.

The 1201 leading a log train near Chappell Crossing on the return to Shelton from Mill 5.

The first locomotive to move across the new Goldsborough Creek Bridge was the 900 "City of Elma" at 2:15 PM today. Trainman Jerry gives the thumbs up as Dispatcher Dave looks on from the cab. Th... (more)

MOW crew prepare the rebuilt Simpson Railroad railbed at the approach to the new Goldsbough Creek Bridge. The railroad is near to normal operations again after a 14 month hiatus.

The new Goldsborough Creek span was dropped in place today and Simpson MOW old-timer Jerry is resetting rail in preparation for trains that will roll again next week. The old bridge was destroye... (more)

How many railroaders does it take to turn a locomotive? Well if you're using an armstrong turntable to turn a SW1200, apparently it takes four. With the major part of the railroad out of servic... (more)

I'm all set up for a shot I've been trying to get for several months. I can see the train, every things good. All of sudden a car screech's to a halt and out jumps this guy and he starts runnin... (more)

Delivering to the Puget Sound & Pacific (that's whose engines are in the background).

20 minutes and 4 miles west of Shelton, the afternoon westbound arrives admidst a classic Pacific Northwest downpour.