Western Railroad Discussion > A Better Day With Less Smoke On The BNSF

Today was a clearer day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with less smoke after a cold front blew thru area and cleared out the smoke. It was 88-60 for a high-low today. Traffic was none between 830am and 1156am in the morning with some early afternoon trains here and there. Here are some of the trains from yesterday afternoon-evening and today.

1. WB 429pm oil train with BNSF 8050-4486 on the point with DPU.
2. EB 448pm stack train with BNSF 5360-8228 on the pull.
3. WB 509pm grain train with BNSF 6393-5153 on the point with DPU.

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4. WB 604pm TOFC train with BNSF 7206-1094 on the pull of a fairly short train and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
5. EB 1156am oil train with BNSF 4399-5629 on the point with DPU.
6. EB 106pm manifest train with BNSF 5289 on the very point of a 5 unit train.

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7. Another shot of NS 8113 in the head-end mix of same train.
8. Another shot of same train.
9. EB 132pm 7 unit manifest train with BNSF 4082 on the very point along with NS 8969 in the head-end mix.

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10. Green and cream 9803 also in the head-end mix of same train.
11. WB 217pm manifest train with BNSF 6504 on the very point on approach to Bauman Rd., Ritzville.
12. Same train at Bauman Rd.

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13. The End of same train fading away towards downtown Ritzville.
14. A very quick shot of WB 311pm Orange manifest train rolling by old NP Ritzville Depot.
15. EB 404pm grain train with CP 8566-9600 on the point with windows open, maybe no A/C and a friendly wave and toot from the crew.

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16. Another shot of same grain train.


That should be it for today! Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow! Thanks so much for looking!

Larry

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Lotta nice catches, and great way to work in the depot/caboose/train. Certainly look better now that the smoke has cleared.
Brian Stevens

Crystal clear today, nice images and locations.
Alan