Western Railroad Discussion > 36 Days In The White On The BNSF

Another snowfall day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 28-22 and 1.5 inches of snow. This makes 36 straight days of snow on the ground with no end in sight. Now an Arctic blast starting tomorrow. Traffic was busy this morning with a big lull in the afternoon. Here are my catches of the day and one from yesterday.

1/9/17

1. EB 228pm manifest train with a BNSF Orange Blast on the point with DPU and snow flying. This was the last train until after 8pm. 
2. DPU BNSF 5070 on same train.

1/10/2017

3. EB 901am grain train with BNSF 7252-6577 on the pull with DPU's and friendly toots from a friend at the throttle.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/17 16:32 by Ritzville.

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4. DPU's BNSF 5293-4944 on same train.
5. WB 927am coal train with BNSF 9337-4166 and Warbonnet 798 on the point with DPU.
6. Another shot of Warbonnet 798 thru the flocked tree.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/17 16:31 by Ritzville.

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7. DPU BNSF 4925 on same train.
8. EB 1038am grain train with BNSF 8122-8461-5242 on the pull with DPU.
9. Another shot of same with flying snow.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/17 16:32 by Ritzville.

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10. DPU BNSF 4360 on same train in snowfall.
11. WB 1127am grain train with BNSF 7551-4017 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
12. DPU's BNSF 4727-7401 on same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/17 16:33 by Ritzville.

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13. WB 1227pm "Z" train with BNSF Orange on the point with DPU's.
14. DPU's BNSF 4527-6966 on same "Z".
15. WB 1237pm grain train with BNSF 6860, UP 5150 and green and cream 9785 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger. Thanks Ted! My most interesting train of the day.

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16. Another shot of UP 5150 and green and cream 9785 on same train.
17. DPU's BNSF 7667-7796 on same train.
18. EB 357pm "Z" train  with BNSF 7235-8029 and CREX 1203 on the point with DPU's.

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19. DPU's BNSF 7964-7163 on same "Z".
20. WB 408pm manifest train with BNSF 7007-4021-4986 on the pull, no DPU.

That's it for today. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry

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Too many days with snow on the ground.  How deep is it?  Looks like you can still get around ok.
You are getting some good wintry shots.
Thanks for sharing.
SD-45
 

SD45 Wrote:
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> Too many days with snow on the ground.  How deep
> is it?  Looks like you can still get around ok.
> You are getting some good wintry shots.
> Thanks for sharing.
> SD-45
>  

About 7-8 inches to a foot. 

Larry

I'm waiting for the "50 Shades of White" thread!

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Looks like all from the comfort of your patio!

Staying close to the home, Larry?

iliketrains Wrote:
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> Looks like all from the comfort of your patio!
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> Staying close to the home, Larry?


You bet J.J., pretty messy away from home. Haven't been able to use the car the past couple of days. Having a real winter this year, lol.


Larry

I caught that Z PTLCHC after their crew change in Pasco. They didn't have any problems getting up to track speed and flew through the falling snow causing quite the blizzard. 

Richard O. 

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Thanks for the cool looking shots Richard with all that snow flying. Stay warm!

Larry