Mornings in the Palouse are well-known amongst photographers for the interplay of light and shadow upon the hills that characterize the region. On September 23, 2009, engineer Larry peers into his mirror as WAMX 5012 lifts a half- dozen loads out of St. John, Wash., on PCC’s PV Sub. This scene is set in the branch’s namesake Pleasant Valley, its slopes covered with golden stalks from the summer harvest and the green tint of winter wheat’s fi rst growth.