Western Railroad Discussion > A Drippy Day In The Upper Columbia Basin--2026

Today was a raw day with drippy rain in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 49-40 and .11 of rain. This will be an abbreviated day of pictures due to the weather and other activities. Traffic was so-so during today with a bevy of trains all through last night. There was also some work going on the line today. Here are some of the trains from yesterday late afternoon and today that ran thru the backyard.

1. EB 531pm oil train with BNSF 6202-9141 on the point with DPU.
2. WB 547pm grain train with BNSF 5203 and warbonnet 744 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
3. BNSF 489368 GN heritage hopper rolling in same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/15 17:50 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 641pm coal train with BNSF 6095-9359 on the pull with DPU in a ray of sunshine.
5. WB 1006am grain train with BNSF 4725 and NS 7532 on the point with DPU.
6. DPU BNSF 8246 on same grain train.

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7. EB 1028am coal train with BNSF 9265-9104-8524 on the point with DPU. All EMD consist.
8. DPU BNSF 8841 on same EMD coal train.
9. WB 147pm grain train with BNSF 5283-4065 on the pull with DPU.

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10. EB 158pm manifest train with BNSF 7841-4866 on the point.
11. WB 224pm coal train with BNSF 8593, green and cream 9531 and BNSF ??64 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from hogger.
12. DPU BNSF 9090 on same coal train.

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13. EB 435pm manifest train with Citirail 1313, BNSF 8404 and NS 9172 on the pull.
14. NS 9172 on same train.
15. EB 445pm manifest train with GECX Big Blue 2026 and BNSF 4075 on the point.

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16. Another shot of Big Blue 2026 on same manifest train.
17. EB 520pm intermodal train with BNSF 4452-5306 on the pull with a friendly TOOT from the hogger.
18. BNSF 482825 Colorado and Southern heritage hopper rolling in all Orange WB 537pm grain train.

That's it for this drippy day! Hope everyone has a great evening and thanks so much for looking!

Larry

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Some rainy, some a little sun or cloudy and all the paint schemes---just gotta love your variety and nice shots Larry, great bunch.
Brian Stevens

As always Larry, love all your photos -- especially the fact that you do not hesitate to include photos of the trains, not just the locomotives.

Hope things are going well for you these days!

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

I saw trains 13 and 15 this afternoon, but was busy with work.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Another nice series of photos.

Ronda Thomas

Thanks Brian, Will, Ted And Ronda!

Larry