Simpson's logging railroad has run west out of Shelton, WA for over 125 years. It was shut down about 2 years ago except for mill switching in Shelton. The two mills and all the railroad equipment was sold to Sierra Pacific Industries effective July 1st. All the equipment is to be sold. Simpson retained ownership of the railroad but with no traffic and no equipment it probably won't last long.

My friend Reg from Shelton tells me that the ballast cars and bulkheadflats vanished from Knight's yard a few days ago. He thinks they wentout to the drysort yard for scrapping. The last interchange cars storedat Knight's were taken to the mill this morning. Puget Sound & Pacificwill deliver ten empty cars to the waterfront mill today. They will be the last loads out. Reg caught a work train near Dayton picking up scraprail. It consisted of the #1202, a flat and the American crane. Acrewman told him that Friday was the last day for the railroad employees.Sierra Pacific takes over July 1st. They bought the four locomotives and all the rollingstock. Bids are being accepted for the equipment at this time.