Simpson power waits while the loaders take log bundles off the train to cold deck. Lots of logs up at the dry sort yard right now, and more coming, means job security. (permission to be on prope... (more)

Down at the loading dock it's nearly departure time. After the log train clears the switch Dave will align it for the 1202 which will then move up and tack onto the rear. (permission to be on pr... (more)

At "Knights" the log job is returning empties after the morning run up to Mill 5.

At the crossing with a logging road known as Smith Lane, the grade levels off and the lead engine notches down after the 2.2% ascent of the Sand Cut. Two pushers are on the rear, but one will cut... (more)

Mill 5 bound, the 1201 is blasting up the hill above Goldsborough Creek near the Carman road. Many of the logs were barnacle-coated from being in the seawater for a while.

Nearly at the end of a run up the hill with a train of logs for the sort yard and Mill 5. MT Rainier is in the picture today, too.

It's only July but the residents of this trackside home already have their Christmas lights hanging in preparation for the holiday season. Meanwhile a Simpson Timber Railroad work train makes a f... (more)

Near the end of a run from town, as the train tops the grade with A-frames in front of the waterwood, Nick and Brandon are probably discussing how they'll efficiently make their cuts at Mill 5 and... (more)

The log trains run by the tide schedule, which affects when they can load wood out of the bay. So when the the railroad makes a run up the hill later in the afternoon you will see them tack on th... (more)

With its bell clanging, the 1201 approaches a private crossing east bound at Carman Road, passing by apple blossoms in someone's backyard along the tracks.

Grunting and grinding, the 1201 attains the top of "Sand Cut". On a 2.2% grade along a half mile stretch, this is where the challenge occurs on a daily basis. Pop can trees are rarely seen in thes... (more)

Dave Buben rolls the 1200 onto the bridge deck with a train of empties in tow, returning them from Mill 5 to the waterfront for tomorrow's log haul.

The 1201 returns to town with a string of empties from the Dry Sort. There is plenty of waterwood to keep them busy lately and a shortage of centerbeams is actually limiting outbound product from... (more)

"Earth Day at Oakland Bay" proclaims the banner and the Simpson crew is on the logger outbound from Shelton to Mill 5.

Dave Buben guides the 1200 through plant trackage while the 1202 waits for a helper assignment on the mid day log train to Mill 5.