Western Railroad Discussion > Cloudy Day with A Different Camera On The BNSF

It was a warm sultry day with a few sprinkles in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 83-60. Traffic was unusually light for a Friday. Maybe the fire in Montana is affecting traffic. I'm also trying a new used camera to see if I can shoot a better picture. Ater picture three is with the new camera. Here are some of the trains from yesterday evening and today so far.

1. WB 540pm oil train with BNSF 5923-6120-4174 on the point with DPU and a friendly wave from the hogger.
2. EB 639pm coal train with BNSF 9142-9042-8941 on the pull with DPU.
3. DPU green and cream 9755 pushing same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/15 16:36 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 1029am coal train with BNSF 5762-8593-5734 on the pull with DPU.
5. WB 1207pm manifest train with BNSF 7306 on the very point om approach to Columbia St. crossing in Ritzville.
6. Same train at Columbia St. crossing.

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7. Old Amtrak boxcars rolling in same manifest train.
8. The End of same train fading away beyond the old NP Ritzville Depot.
9.  WB 1231pm grain train with BNSF 740-5135 on the pull with DPU.

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10. EB 233pm coal train with BNSF 9218, green and cream 9582 and BNSF 6127 on the point with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 5803 fading away towards CP W. Tokio.
12. EB 347pm manifest train with BNSF 6415 on the very point with a friendly wave from the hogger.

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13. Another shot of same train undulating towards CP W. Tokio.
14. The End of same train fading away towards CP W. Tokio.
15. EB 359pm manifest train with BNSF 6750-8121-7229 on the pull and a friendly toot-toot from hogger.

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I believe the new camera does better on long zooms, maybe pictures will look better in sunshine.

16. EB 505pm manifest train with BNSF 8221-7286-5075-4003 on the point with a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
17. EB 526pm manifest train with BNSF 7800-6590 and CREX 1317 on the pull.
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This may be it for today! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We're expecting 50mph winds tomorrow. Thanks so much for looking!

Larry



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/28/15 17:37 by Ritzville.

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I really like Photo 5. It tells me more about Ritzville.

Nice photos and coverage of the day. Looks like the new camera produces sharper images.
Brian Stevens

Larry,
Like the pictures with the new camera. It will be interesting to see how it does in good light. Thanks for another good "Ritzville Report".

Mark
Reno NV

Ritzeville:
I always like your reports, better images will only make them more visually pleasant.

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.

Larry

SCKP187 Wrote:
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> Nice photos and coverage of the day. Looks like
> the new camera produces sharper images.
> Brian Stevens

I agree with Brian.

Ronda Thomas