Painting History For Future Generations

From the Othello "Outlook."

June 15, 2005

I had seen some of Ms. Kimball's work on display at various places over the years and noted that she had probably taken pictures for the scenes she wished to paint. When time came for me to write my book, I looked her up. It was then that I found she had passed away 5 years earlier.  I did locate a few picture at her son Mike's house. He and his wife, Penny, were very gracious in allowing me to make copies of her Dry Coulee pictures, which have already been posted to this site.

You can see those pictures at this link.

Dry Coulee Difference Of Decades

1978 view is a Dorothy Kimball photo, courtesy of Mike and Penny Kimball.

Bridge #118 location. Dorothy was likely getting the picture to paint a version of the scene later.

1981 Wilson Creek Train Photo

Dorothy Kimball photos.

Moses Lake Trackage Photos

Dorothy Kimball photos.

Photos from 1981 (the white stuff along the tracks is ash from Mt. St. Helens) showing  trackage to the south of the depot location.

All but the track on the right is gone now.

Dry Coulee Bridge View

Dorothy Kimball photo.

Shot of her hand and bridge #118 in 1978.

1979 Adrian Cutoff Views

Dorothy Kimball photos.

Best I can figure is that these are along the section from Coulee City to Bacon section.

1981 Adrian Trestle Views

Dorothy Kimball photos.

1981 Adco Rock Cut

Dorothy Kimball photo.

Looking south towards Adrian.

1981 Gloyd

Dorothy Kimball photo.

In this view today, you would be looking at the Grant County Fire District 5 Station 6 location, alongside Stratford Rd, near the intersection of Road 12 NE.

Difference of Decades Adrian Interchange Switch

Both views face generally south. The Google link will have you facing north.


1978 photo courtesy of Dorothy Kimball.

April 2012 view.

Google maps view:

Difference Of Decades Dry Coulee Trestle

After recently getting a hold of a few photos from the late Dorothy Kimball, I was looking through the photos I took during a hike of the old railroad grade through Dry Coulee. Sure enough, I managed to nearly match one of her shots, totally by accident.

Keep in mind that Dorothy was looking for interesting things to paint, so she had no qualms about drawing on her picture to help out.

1978 view:

2010 view.

2010 Bacon Siding

October 21, 2010 hiking trip along the grade through Dry Coulee. The only station on the line through here is Bacon.

This line was abandoned in 1979.

Looking east.

Forgotten railroad tie.

Looking west. 

Looking east.

Looking east.

Looking west just beyond the former west siding switch.

1978 photo of the east siding switch. Dorothy Kimball photo.

1981 Gloyd

Dorothy Kimball photo.

This stretch of track, originally built by the Connell Northern in 1914, had last been used for hauling trains of sugar beets from the interchange at Adrian to the sugar factory at Wheeler. By this time, those trains had stopped and this stretch would be pulled up in 1983.

This is the Stratford Road crossing near Road 12 NE today. Looking this direction today you would see a the Grant County Fire District 5, Station 6 fire station.

1981 Adrian Trestle

Photo by Dorothy Kimball.

Panorama image created with two exposures on print film. Tape them together and here is the desired image.