Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen's Museum was invited to place its Simpson Railroad SW900 and caboose 201 (ex CWWR 597) on display at Green Diamond Resources' industrial park during Olympus Rally we... (more)

What's left of the Simpson Railroad's locomotive roster, the SW900 "City of Elma" and SW1200 "City of Shelton" repose inside the old brick roundhouse. Perhaps they will get a ... (more)

The 900 has been sitting dormant in its roundhouse stall since Simpson Lumber Company ceased operations in Shelton nearly one and a half years ago. It is hoped that a possible return to service o... (more)

Setting a string of center beams on the dock for storage in preparation for the mill and railroad closure. Yesterday the cars were brought down in a special move from the Dry Sort yard where the... (more)

Simpson Lumber Company's first diesel engine, purchased new in 1955 and still kept in fine running condition, waits in the 1947 vintage brick roundhouse for another day of hauling logs and lumber.

A roundhouse scene: The Simpson lokies don't get out much these days except for a bit of switching in the mornings. The 900 is in the near stall, then the 1200 and 1201 while the 1202 reposes in ... (more)

The 900 has been inoperable for the past year and has made its triumphant return to service after a rebuild. Here it is after a turn switching Mill 5 at the top of the hill this morning and is br... (more)

Viewed from the cab, workers apply the finishing touch of securing a center-beam "Home Depot" load of plywood while the 900 waits to move it over to the PSAP spur. Permission OK'd to be on the pro... (more)

Conductor Jerry Miller puts together an afternoon lumber train of A-frames at Mill 3. Shortly after we will take the cars up the hill to Mill 5. Permission OK'd to ride.

The 900 returns to town, long hood forward, with a train of empty log cars. The location is just beyond city limits near a gravel mining operation.

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)

The mail must get through! View from the cab of Simpson's #1200, stopped while waiting for the 900 to clear the line. The 900 has brought a log loader up the hill on a flat and is backing up to ... (more)

View from the cab of Simpson's 900 while switching lumber loads in the morning at the mill. Having just eight cylinders allows room to set the dynamics underneath the hood, allowing for a sweepin... (more)

On a westward afternoon job to return empty A-frames to Mill 5, the Simpson switcher "lumbers" around a corner just before crossing bridge 2. The 10 mile trip to Dayton will take around 40 - 45 m... (more)

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)