Draft:Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700

Coordinates: 47°12′47″N 123°06′06″W / 47.21307°N 123.10167°W / 47.21307; -123.10167
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Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700
Simpson Logging Locomotive No 7
Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700 is located in Washington (state)
Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700
Location3rd and Railroad Aves., Shelton, Washington
Coordinates47°12′47″N 123°06′06″W / 47.21307°N 123.10167°W / 47.21307; -123.10167
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (locomotive); 1920s (caboose)
Built byLima Machine Works; Peninsular Railway Co.
NRHP reference No.84003532[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1984

The Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 (also known as "Tollie") and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700, located in Shelton, Washington, were together listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

The locomotive, plus a flatbed log car carrying several large logs, and the caboose form a train, as if just arrived from the woods, on Railroad Avenue in front of Shelton's U.S. Post Office. Both the locomotive and the caboose served the Simpson Logging Company.

"Tollie" is a Shay locomotive, was built in 1924 by the Lima Machine Works.[2]

Caboose No. 700 was built in Shelton by the Peninsular Railway Co., in the 1920s, which it served until 1936. After that it served the Simpson Logging Company operations. It had a large side door like a box-car would, and was used to transport supplies to logging camps. It was retired in 1965 and was brought to Shelton in 1983. The caboose's interior was remodelled to serve as the Shelton Mason County Chamber of Commerce.[2] It currently serves as the Shelton Caboose Visitor Information Center.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700 / "Tollie"". NARA. Retrieved August 18, 2022. Includes __ photos.
  3. ^ Google streetview

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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, Washington (state) Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1924 Category:Locomotives of the United States Category:Cabooses of the United States

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