The Peninsular Railway & Lumbermen’s Museum, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the history of America’s last logging railroad, has started offering diesel-powered excursions in western Washington. 

Trains last ran on the Simpson Railroad in 2015. In 2017, the Peninsular Railway & Lumberman’s Museum was established to preserve the history of the famed logging railroad. The group has set up shop outside of Shelton, Wash., at an old rail yard and is offering excursions on a short section of the former Simpson main line. In previous years, the group has offered excursions on home-built speeders, but earlier this year it completed the restoration of SW900 No. 900. The locomotive is now paired with two former Simpson cabooses for the excursions. 

The railroad’s next excursions will run on Father’s Day Weekend. For more information, visit simpsonrailroad.org. —Justin Franz