And did I ever mention the end of CdA's timber business also brought an end to the decades-old business of towing logs across Lake Coeur d'Alene. No more booms/brailles getting gathered at St. Maries (the last existing site for this activity on the lake) and towed west on the meandering St. Joe River and north under the former UP swing bridge at Chatcolet (now jacked up in the air for the new bike trail) and on up the lake to CdA and the Spokane River. This operation had been getting rare and spotty in recent years, but steady enough to feed the last mill or two. When they began to phase down work at the DeArmond Mill this spring, log tows across the lake ended, and the tug cleared out the last of the logs stockpiled in Cougar Bay. You're right, you don't have to be a railfan to appreciate this stuff.