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Date: 12/08/12 22:13
Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: BrianA

Photographed a BNSF Xtrain at Easton off of Stampede Pass in the snow this morning and chased it to Thorp, WA.

1-2) BNSF 4914/4667 pass through Cabin Creek, WA at 10:55 AM.
3) At Easton with the snow coming down.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA



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Date: 12/08/12 22:14
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: BrianA

Followed the train into the canyon between Cle Elum and Ellensburg and took a few photos there too. Considering there are still few daylight trains over Stampede, I really enjoyed photographing this one.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA



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Date: 12/08/12 22:21
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: upbuddyboy

Excellent...thanks

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Date: 12/08/12 22:37
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: ALcocentury

Really nice shots,thanks

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Date: 12/09/12 05:21
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: Atsf814

Christmas card material. Thanks for sharing!

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Date: 12/09/12 07:30
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: icancmp193

Great stuff! Just enough snow to make it pretty, without making travel a nightmare.

Tom Y

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Date: 12/09/12 07:37
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: fbe

Did you sense the rumble of a rotary being tested at Easton or Auburn?
Nice images.

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Date: 12/09/12 07:43
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: CimaScrambler

Saw this tool at Easton back in October, waiting for an accumulation of the white stuff.

Kit

Kit Courter
Menefee, CA
LunarLight Photography


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Date: 12/09/12 17:14
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: althewelder

That is a very different looking spreader, it doesn't even have wings on it. Kind of more like a sled. Who built that one?

AL Bayer

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Date: 12/09/12 17:47
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: chefjavier

Great spreader! Only one? It seems odd.

Javier Ortiz
Dallas, TX

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Date: 12/09/12 18:44
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: ns1000

NIIIICE set of pics!!! Thanks for sharing.

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Date: 12/09/12 23:46
Re: Snow at Easton 12-8-12
Author: TCnR

althewelder Wrote:
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> That is a very different looking spreader, it
> doesn't even have wings on it. Kind of more like a
> sled. Who built that one?
>
> AL Bayer


Great Northern began that design and it's been nicknamed a 'SnoDozer'. There are a number of slight variations as the fleet was rebuilt, BN built a few if I remember correctly. I understand that BNSF has upgraded them, definitely keeping the fleet in shape.

Note that a Jordan Spreader was adapted from a ballast and slope grading machine. I would guess that GN just had to work their own magic for moving snow. There's an interesting Jordan Spreader site with more info:
http://www.trainweb.org/JordanSpreader/

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