Seeking Providence
BNSF 6572 steadily crawls up the east slope of Providence Hill, one of the major obstacles on the railroad's Lakeside Subdivision.
The sun has set, and only the glow of the cloud line to the west shares any light on the scene. In the distance, the rolling hills between Lind, and Warden WA stretch on further than the eye can see. Mostly adorned with ryegrass and sage, some of those hills seasonally host crops of wheat, cultivated with dryland farming.
Other than the occasional vehicle of a farmhand traversing the county road, the only sound for many minutes was that of the four cycle GEVO prime movers roaring. The head end has just passed the former control point of Providence, and will crest the summit of the grade out of the right side of the frame.
The photo title is the same as a magazine article from the 1990's on this section of line. My memory fails me on recalling the author or publication, though I have a feeling it was Pacific Railnews, or CTC Board. A photocopy of that periodical accompanied me on my first visit to this line thirty years ago. On that day, much the same as on the day of the image above, very few trains ran until the evening hours, followed by a nearly nonstop parade through the night.
Seeking Providence
BNSF 6572 steadily crawls up the east slope of Providence Hill, one of the major obstacles on the railroad's Lakeside Subdivision.
The sun has set, and only the glow of the cloud line to the west shares any light on the scene. In the distance, the rolling hills between Lind, and Warden WA stretch on further than the eye can see. Mostly adorned with ryegrass and sage, some of those hills seasonally host crops of wheat, cultivated with dryland farming.
Other than the occasional vehicle of a farmhand traversing the county road, the only sound for many minutes was that of the four cycle GEVO prime movers roaring. The head end has just passed the former control point of Providence, and will crest the summit of the grade out of the right side of the frame.
The photo title is the same as a magazine article from the 1990's on this section of line. My memory fails me on recalling the author or publication, though I have a feeling it was Pacific Railnews, or CTC Board. A photocopy of that periodical accompanied me on my first visit to this line thirty years ago. On that day, much the same as on the day of the image above, very few trains ran until the evening hours, followed by a nearly nonstop parade through the night.