Western Railroad Discussion > A Busy Cloudy Day On The BNSF

It was a cool Cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub at 56 degrees with rain tonight. Sorry, light was pretty poor for pictures with the cloudy conditions. Here some of the trains that passed thru the backyard last evening and today.

1. WB 454pm grain train with BNSF 7405-5026-4758 on the point.
2. WB 504pm manifest train with BNSF 6818-7482 on the pull with a big Hitachi mover behind second locomotive.

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3. WB 516pm oil train with Citirail 1303 and BNSF 986 on the point with DPU.
4. DPU CSX 799 on same oil train.
5. EB 904am stack train with BNSF 7532-4133 on the pull.

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6. WB 920am grain train with BNSF 5281-6169 on the point with DPU.
7. WB 930am #27 Empire Builder with 96 on the point over 4hrs late.
8. Another shot of 96 on #27.

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9. EB 1050am manifest train with BNSF 5028, green and cream 9645 and NS 9268 on the point.
10. Another shot of same train.
11. WB 1118am coal train with green and cream 9706 and BNSF 9164 on the pull.

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12. EB 12noon manifest train with BNSF 8259 and UP 8353 on the point.
13. WB 1216pm grain train with BNSF 5499 and CP 9581 on the pull with DPU.
14. EB 147pm grain train with BNSF 4431 on the point rolling over Division St crossing in Ritzville, Which I had to quick shoot from the car.

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15. A picture of the same Division St crossing in 1940 by Bert Kendrick. Would be cool to still have wig-wags, LOL.
16. EB 244pm manifest train with BNSF 8810-8924-9181 on the point, lots of EMD.
17. Another shot of same train.

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18. EB 351pm manifest train with BNSF 8511-8506-9352 on the pull. Couple of P4's rolling thru the backyard.
19. Another shot of same train.

Now for a few trip pictures from 9/30/2014.

20. Castle Crags seen from Highway and railroad.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/14 08:47 by Ritzville.

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21. Caboose motel just south of Dunsmuir, CA off of I-5 on the west side of freeway.
22. Another picture of caboose motel.
23. Old SP target signals still in use on the old SP West Valley route in the Sacramento Valley, west of Willows, CA. The west end of the valley seems to have three light signals. California Northern run on this line now.

That's it for today. Have a great evening everyone and thanks so much for looking.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/14 17:30 by Ritzville.

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The final shot is one of my favorite types of photos. Not only does it show trainless tracks fading into the distance, there is a red signal, meaning that a train is somewhere off down that track. Anticipation....

Sounds like you had a great trip. The Dunsmuir area ("The Playground Of The Gods") is fabulous and the caboose motel a classic roadside attraction.

Tor in Eugene

Torisgod Wrote:
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> The final shot is one of my favorite types of
> photos. Not only does it show trainless tracks
> fading into the distance, there is a red signal,
> meaning that a train is somewhere off down that
> track. Anticipation....
>
> Sounds like you had a great trip. The Dunsmuir
> area ("The Playground Of The Gods") is fabulous
> and the caboose motel a classic roadside
> attraction.
>
> Tor in Eugene


Tor, Dunsmuir is a beautiful area. I used to ride freight trains out of Roseville when I was stationed at Beale AFB in Marysville, CA. from 1967 to early 1970 to Dunsmuir. Lots of covered wagons back then. There was also a crew change at Gerber, CA back then. The old hotel room next to the tracks and station in Dunsmuir were only 3.00 a night. I'm going to miss all the old SP target signals. Glad I was able to catch the target signal lit up.

Larry