Western Railroad Discussion > A Busy Day On The BNSF

It was a partly cloudy to cloudy day with a few sprinkles in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low 77-58. Traffic was steady all day with a slight lull after the 305pm manifest. Here are some of the trains that passed by the backyard and beyond and a couple from yesterday. Mostly an Orange Crush type of day.

5/3/2016

1. WB 542pm manifest train with BNSF 6804-9386-8762 on the point.
2. A Cat on the prowl in same train.
3. WB 553pm coal train with BNSF 5867-9345 on the pull with DPU's.

 

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Today:

4. EB 1110am "Z" train with BNSF 7122 on the very point with a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
5. Another power shot of same "Z" about to take Signal 640 on a yellow near Bauman Rd., Ritzville.
6. The End of same "Z" fading away past Signal 640.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/16 16:19 by Ritzville.

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7. EB 1127am stack train with BNSF 4070 on the very point with DPU's at Bauman Rd.
8. DPU's 7417 and company fading away towards CP W. Tokio.
9. EB 1158am manifest train with BNSF 4053 on the very point with DPU's.

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10. DPU's BNSF 8402 and company fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot.
11. EB 1215pm manifest train with BNSF 6804-9386-8762 on the pull.
12. DPU's fading away by old Ritzville Depot.

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13. WB 1231pm coal train with BNSF 5745 on the very point with DPU.
14. DPU BNSF 8534 on same train.
15. EB 136pm autorack train with BNSF 5524-6927-600 on the pull.

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16. EB 229pm grain train with BNSF 5206-8328 on the point with DPU.
17. DPU BNSF 3926 on same train.
18. EB 305pm manifest train with BNSF 7661, CREX 1203 and BNSF 7326-3972-6344-6370 on the pull. CREX 1203 is the only non-Orange power of the day sofar.

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19. WB 410pm grain train with BNSF 8337-8160 on the pull with DPU's.


This may be it for this Orange Crush day. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow! Thanks so much for looking!


Larry

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Unloaded many pieces of Cat equipment, like the dozer in the second photo,
at the old Miramar dock in San Diego, when I worked for the local Cat dealer.
Hawthorne Machinery!

Mike

Nice ones.
Brian Stevens

Thanks for sharing again Larry. Always GOOD

Brian
Burlington, Iowa

Quite a variety of trains: coal, grain, autoracks, stacks and manifests. Interesting the differing container heights in #7 and 8. All good stuff. Thanks.

Mike

Thanks everyone!

Larry

Thanks Larry, lots of Orange that day. Atleast the train types varied