The sun pops out as the train reaches Dayton Airport Rd. Note the engineer's silhouette against the background of fresh cut board.
Departing the dry sort yard for the 10 mile run back to Shelton. "Excellent" track quality, dontcha think?
The rear of the Leavenworth Snow Special kicks up snow in an already heavy snowfall as it heads towards Leavenworth, WA.
Just leaving Shelton for the 10 mile run up to the dry sort yard west of Dayton.
Approaching the dry sort yard, so-called because many of Simpson's logs are floated to the bay where the main mill is, then loaded to railcars and taken 10 miles inland to the mill west of Dayton.
Rolling west across Dayton Airport Road.
"Nice" track. Simpson was built to haul logs and you can sure tell from the track!
8 a.m. westward run between main sawmill in Shelton and "Mill 5"s dry sort yard. Note that the cars do not appear to be interchange compatible.
Local waiting for the derail to be aligned
S&NC was a short lived road that took over Milwaukee Road operations on the Olympic Peninsula, reached via car float. The F units were ex-BN.
Belt Line SW1200's 1203 and 1204 drag Evergreen stacks from the port to Belt Line's yard, where outbound Union Pacific road power is waiting.
A slug set consisting of a pair of U28Bs spliced by a home-built slug idles at the Tacoma engine facility.
Switching Local Industries at Fredrickburg Jct in Puyulla
An all switcher show leads the Weyerhauser "Woods Train" at Ostrander, WA just outside of Longview, WA
