You could say I've had a lifelong interest in power lines and substations, and at one point I even wanted to be a lineman (but a physical limitation kept me from pursuing that career). At one point, I even gathered enough information to write a book about the history of electric utilities in my home state of North Dakota.

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David Budka says:

NDLineGeek has a penchant, inclination, for bringing out the beauty and wonder that can be found in the power lines and substations that serve rural America. Like the railroad depot, the country store, the coffee pot on stilts watertower, and the country grain elevator, the small REA or investor-owned substation was/is… Read more

NDLineGeek has a penchant, inclination, for bringing out the beauty and wonder that can be found in the power lines and substations that serve rural America. Like the railroad depot, the country store, the coffee pot on stilts watertower, and the country grain elevator, the small REA or investor-owned substation was/is part of the rural scene. Each substation is unique to its service area, and yet has all the standard characteristics of any distribution or small power substation.

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March 27, 2013