GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1799
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.”
(the beginning of the poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918)
INTERMITENTLY WATCHED TRAINS
The BNSF Diesels I saw going through town from July 25 to Oct. 17 were #1900, 51 times; #1833, 50 times; #262…