Western Railroad Discussion > Surprisingly Good Day For Variety On The BNSF

It was another cloudy cold day with rain on the way in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high of 39 and a low of 31. After reading posts on TO about all the warbonnets going into stored hibernation I felt like I was losing lots of old friends that rolled by the backyard. But to my surprise many warbonnets rolled by the house along with leased units. When the mixed train went by with five 200's up front, I wonder if they are headed for the hibernation storage track. I hope not, they looked mighty nice to me. If all the leased and warbonnets disappear in the future, the fun will be diminished greatly. Here are some of the trains that rolled thru the backyard today.

1. WB 915am manifest train with warbonnet 788, CP 9542 and warbonnet 606 on the point. Had to quick shoot due to sneaking up on me.
2. Another quick shot of warbonnet 606.
3. WB 928am coal train with BNSF 7143 and green and cream 9534-9513 on the pull with DPU.

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4. Another power shot of same coal train.
5. DPU BNSF 6502 on same train.

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6. EB 1226pm manifest train with BNSF 6715, warbonnets 281-215-251-208-211. BNSF 6788 and CN 2114 on the point. All those warbonnets sure looked nice, but maybe headed for storage tracks.
7. Another power shot of warbonnets 215-251.
8. Another power shot of 211 and CN 2114.

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9. One more shot of same manifest train with 8 units on the point.
10. Odd looking loads rolling in same manifest train.
11. EB 1236pm manifest train with BNSF 6530-4428 on the pull.

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12. Old MP boxcar MP 269478 rolling in same manifest train.
13. WB 129pm grain train with Citirail 1408 and BNSF 7162 on the pull with DPU.
14. Another shot of same power.

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15. DPU BNSF 7015 on same grain train.
16. WB 155pm coal train with BNSF 9020-8809-8527 on the point with DPU and great sounding 5-chime.
17. Another shot of same train.

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18. DPU BNSF 5700 on same coal train.
19. EB 353pm intermodal train with BNSF 7???, Citirail 1328 and BNSF 5385 on the pull. Light is becoming bad and beginning to rain.

That's it for another overcast day! Hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks so much for looking!

Larry

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Ritzville Wrote:
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> 10. Odd looking loads rolling in same manifest
> train.

Those loads are upside down dump beds for haul trucks,
used in mining and large construction projects.

By the looks of them, they're probably from Caterpillar!

Mike

those warbonnets are destined for the scrapper eventually :( ...but nonetheless a very nice set for today !

I like the MP box car, no graffiti, a rare sight these days.

Nice series of photos Larry.

Ronda Thomas