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.

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.

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.

Stick and Jerry take a break to check business orders while today's power, the 1201 idles just outside the window.

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.

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)