In 1905 Union Pacific president E. H. Harriman toured Yellowstone (accompanied by photographer and stage-line operator Frank Jay Haynes) and met with Northern Pacific officials. Seeing the growth in visitation and the need for better facilities, he ordered construction of a branch from the Oregon Short Line (a UP subsidiary) north from St. Anthony/Ashton, Idaho, to the park’s western boundary.

This week, though, a lot was happening and I actually felt a little tired. I also couldn’t decide what to share, so I’m posting two photo projects.

You may or may not know that I’m an architect with a fair amount of experience. Enough that I’ve semi-retired from the profession—but I can’t seem to give it up completely, so I still take on the occasional project.

Snow Canyon is near St. George in Utah.

I thought you might enjoy a couple more shots from the partial lunar eclipse.

Not to be confused with now and then, I’ve got a couple of pictures of the old train trestle I’ve posted several pictures of. Back in the day when there was train service to Yellowstone National Park, there was regular train that ran over this wooden structure.