Simpson's log trains do not currently run the 10 miles to Mill 5 with waterwood. Instead, logs are moved a few hundred yards from the dock and off-loaded at a cold deck area next to the sawmill d... (more)
And the wait begins...after a trip up the hill shoving at the rear of this log train, Jerry situates the 1202 on the main while logs are removed from the loaded train parked on the pass. It may ta... (more)
Stick and Josh crew up to shove a few center beams around the property. Here they have just set one around the corner and are returning on the house track.
Hauling logs through the forests of Mason County to the mill during autumn leaf season! Let's hope we will see the trains rolling again by the end of this year.
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.