Simpson Timber Railroad Mainline Action in Dec 1995

Some material re-edited
and re-posted, some not posted before. Nice weather on the day of shooting, frosty rime coats the ground at the Mid Fork Satsop River Bridge while the 1201 (cab forward) pulls log loads away from the reload. About 18 miles further east the train nears Dayton dry sort yard and the 1200 follows with ballast dump cars in tow. The rails are gone now from this point west. The last scene shows the train as it abuts Shelton Matlock Road at Chappell Crossing, about six miles out of Shelton.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• simpson timber
• log train
• emd1200
• sw1200
• forest products
• logging
• railroad
• shortline

[cheechchongfan97]

Did you get any from the Vance Creek trestle?

[MasCoRailbuff]

@cheechchongfan97 Sadly, no.  That would've been a decade earlier.

[robertgift]

Thanks for information.

Gauge?

Is that trestle also vehicle bridge?

[MasCoRailbuff]

@robertgift standard guage, and yes the bridge is planked for vehicles (log trucks,etc.)

[Loco4Locomotives]

I have a USGS map that showed quite an extensive rail line to the north of Shelton into the Olympic mountains. Do you know if any of that remains other than the line between the Simson facilities? Thanks!

[MasCoRailbuff]

@Loco4Locomotives There's nothing remaining of the line beyond the dry sort yard at Dayton since 2003.

[dillionpeterson]

those days are gone. jon peterson,elma,wa

[robertgift]

@MasCoRailbuff Thank you. That explains the horn in case someone was planning to cross.

Johnstown, PA had a paved two-lane bridge with a track curving into it.

Crossing signals looked strange at both ends of the bridge.

Now I cannot find it on aerial photos.

[rbfishcss]

Shelton Washington

[Conraildan]

where is this rr?