East Link Bridge Funding Is Back

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/165823.asp

We reported last week that Bridge Funding for Sound Transit's Eastside Light Rail Project was on hold. Through some adjustments the State was able to come up with funding to keep the project on time...for now. But there are a lot of discussions right now over what State projects will receive funding in this downturn world of money.

PCC 2353 at Gordon

Photos courtesy of Janice Rendahl

My sister is in denial...

She doesn't realize that the slippery slope of Railfanning has given way under her feet! Knowing how much I love trains, she got ahead of one in Eastern WA and waited for it to pass - knowing I would love to see photos. I told her that in due time she would be hanging out by the Edmonds ferry dock, waiting for the Garbage Train or the Coast Starlight to come sailing through, to which she replied, "It's your disease; consider me your enabler." What a gal...

On State Route 26, halfway between Washtucna and Dusty, you'll find Gordon on the Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad. Last weekend Jan found PCC 2353 lumbering along with tank cars. Given the amount of spray planes she saw while traveling, she surmised that the cars could have been filled with fertilizer. I love this land; it's desolate and beautiful in its own way. The smell of a Palouse summer is something that stays with you - warm foliage, blistering sun, warm wind strong enough to blow a motorcycle sideways on the highway. The Palouse is near and dear to me for so many more reasons.


PCC 2353 is a GP35 that was built in 1965 as Pennsylvania Railroad 2353; it had a 30-year career before being retired as Conrail 2353 in 1996.