36 cylinders and 30 empty hoppers rock and roll on the 1907 laid jointed rail on the "CW" destined for another load of Big Bend wheat at Wilbur and Almira.
“Boiling heat, summer stench…” ~ Burning. Time. Land. Light. ¶ EWG is on the move and hogger Zach Hastings has a firm set applied; pinching 456 wheels wanting to roll on half as many axles.... (more)
"Almira, 03:30" ~ Turning another silent into a violent night. A methodical violence that is: disturbing the dead and the dead-asleep alike. Hootin’, rootin’ and a tootin’ – Cowboys and th... (more)
“Force Majeure” ~ Hartline, Washington: before breakfast-o’clock in the midst of temperatures tumbling into inhumane depths; when one can scarcely feel his digits ditch lights reach into the... (more)
“Cole's Crossing” ~ 02:56 crew change at Cole’s Crossing (homestead in the background) somewhere along US 2 between night and a barely dozen-degree morning. In the 45 cab, Eastern Washington... (more)
“Ex Oriente Lux : Govan Crepusculum” ~ Heaven’s peaceful eye, rising, faithfully, effortlessly, paints its ephemeral pastel chef d’oeuvre as wispy clouds float across its crepuscular creat... (more)
The Eastern Washington Gateway crew has put together a small string of grain loads and is leaving Coulee City, WA to head east to pick up loads at elevators over the next 100 miles to Medical Lake... (more)
Engineer Welch has two former SP "GRIP" SD45's bracketing a former SSW SD40T-2 on a 47-car westbound empty "Scoot" train heading towards Coulee City. It was nice to hear a blue 20-645E3 in Run 8 ... (more)
