“Cumulonimbus Capillatus Incus” ~ Cum-u-what? Yeah, that’s Greek, I mean Latin for the ominous anvil cloud formation that hangs over the elevations of the pristine-pine-covered Coeur d’Ale... (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)
“Kootenai Zag-Zig” ~ Yup. I do manage to get out in “ideal” weather conditions from time-to-time as on this splendid May day this year. Looking north, I’m poised on a 400-foot east bank ... (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)
“Sippy Cup Takes the Hill” ♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤♤ Sippy Cup?! You say “Sippy what?!... (more)
Three-to-four and this coming-off-the-Columbia-Sub stack and its hangin-ten-high crew wait for a favorable approach at Latah Junction as the clouds drift swift overhead on a quickening breeze and ... (more)
“Lions at Lyons” ~ Its roar can be heard many minutes before coming into sight: pounding, literally slogging up the grade just west of Spokane Washington on the old Great Northern Railway main... (more)
A pair each of EMD SD70M’s (3862 and 4749) and GE AC44CW’s (6718 still in CNW paint and 7168) are in command of the regular evening departure of a short M-SKHK with and some mixed freight but ... (more)
A BNSF manifest of mixed freight coming up from Pasco Washington with a couple of fairly new GE locomotives, and one relatively old General Motors SD40-2 (obscured by trees) gains momentum to clim... (more)
