Burlington Northern split pea soup. Behind the power rolls a load of dried peas heading out of the Palouse.
Slow and heavy. Snaking up the grade out of Garfield, the 20 and '04 pump out the power crossing under Highway 195. At the controls, Jeremy throws me the peace sign.
Strung out over the curves of the Palouse, 14 loaded lumber cars, empty hoppers, and a loaded boxcar of peas make the northbound manifest.
The Milwaukee Road, condemned to nothing more than a bike trail. One day, 30 years ago SD40-2s, E units, and the Hiawatha rolled over the mighty concrete structure. Jer and myself pause in silence... (more)
With Stan working on the F unit, Jer has to switch himself around the elevators of Oakesdale for a little while.
Working inside the heart of a magical machine. Not too often does any railroader get a chance to work fully inside an enclosed locomotive. Let alone an F unit. The covered wagons are a thing of ye... (more)
End of the day and end of the daylight. In the distance of the evening, our conductor ties up the end of the train while Jer shuts down the power for the night. By the morning, fertilizer will be ... (more)
Late summer harvest time. Knee-high lentils turn all sorts of shades of yellow and orange as they become ripe and ready for harvest. Using all three motors, the W&I moves 11 loads of fertilizer ac... (more)
1940? Maybe 1950? Or could it be 1960? It isn't any of those. Its actually 2008.
Hands of the railroad.
10 mph is the speed limit though Pullman, and the F sure isn't going to go any faster.
Jeramey moves two motors back to couple with the rest of the big grain train.
The crippled Highball moves north to Rosalia at a restricted speed of 10mph. On the rear is the hopper that sepereated the train with the rest of the derailment. As seen a Railroad: Mid America Rail Car Leasing - MRLXLocomotive: EMD FP9Location: Rosalia, Washington, USALocomotive #: MRLX 6304Train ID: The HighballPhoto Date: February 04, 2009
8 big ones on the ground. A few thousand cubic feet of wheat spilled. Track ruined (the CWR is sheared in two different places, and they weren't welds!). No one hurt. A bad flange on a BNSF hopper... (more)
A broken drawbar is the least of the W&Is problems at the moment.
