March 1, 2017
About an hour before sunset and the
refraction of light within and through a veil of cloud cover makes
for a surreal winter scene. Engineer Jerry Miller is poised to swing
his butted 45’s down and ‘round the bend westward. He and his
conductor have just spotted five covered hoppers under the Hite
spout. With everything buttoned up, handbrakes spun on the spot, Fred
hung, a quick set and release, the conductor gives Miller the
highball to proceed into a boreal martianscape.
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