Western Railroad Discussion > A Nice Day In The Upper Columbia Basin On The BNSF

Turned out to be a nice partly cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 62-31. Traffic was fairly steady today. Here are some of the trains that passed thru the backyard and beyond today and last evening.

1. Warbonnet 747 in the head-end mix of the WB 608pm manfest train.
2. Older wood chip car with Northern Pacific beginning to show thru green paint rolling in same manifest train.
3. WB 958am garbage/intermodal train with BNSF 4157-5197 on the point.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/15 16:32 by Ritzville.

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4. Same train about to pass signal 641 on a high green.
5. The End of same garbage/intermodal train fading away from Bauman Rd., Ritzville.
6. WB 1042am coal train with BNSF 8759-5872-9153 on the pull with DPU.

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7. Another shot of same coal train.
8. DPU BNSF 5827 fading away WB towards signal 661.
9. EB 1148am stack train with BNSF 4501-5337-4423 on the point.

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10. EB 1209pm manifest train with BNSF 5318-5064 and Warbonnet 738 on the pull at Bauman Rd.
11. Another shot of Warbonnet 738.
12. A dust devil just West of Bauman Rd. crossing. Not as big as yesterday's dust devil.

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13. WB 1221pm manifest train with BNSF 7629 on the very point at Bauman Rd.
14. Another shot of same train with a friendly wave from the conductor.
15. CSX 5240 in the head-end mix on same train.

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16. The End of the same manifest train fading away from Bauman Rd.
17. The End of EB all Oramge 100pm grain train rolling by Ritzville, WA old NP Depot
18. WB 138pm grain train with green and cream 9627 on the very point with DPU's at Bauman Rd.

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19. The End of same grain train with the DPU's fading away.
20. EB 203pm manifest train with BNSF 4965, Warbonnet 747 and BNSF 5347 on the pull with a friendly wave from the conductor.
21. WB 232pm oil train with BNSF 7323 on the very point at Columbia St. Ritzville



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/15 22:05 by Ritzville.

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22. DPU's on same train rolling by Ritzville NP Depot.
23. WB 415pm coal train with green and cream 9778, BNSF 8850 and green and cream on the point with DPU.
24. EB 446pm stack train with BNSF 7864-4783-4861 on the pull with a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

That should be it for today! Hope everyone had a great weekend and thanks so much for looking!

Larry

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GOOD stuff...!! Thanks for sharing.

I saw csx5240 about 24 hours prior at Austin, MT..east side of Mullan Pass. I stopped for gas in Ritzville about 4 pm today and then trackside for a few as I saw the coal train coming.
Roger Beckett

Did you use new camera to take these photos? It would be much appreciated.

From Clifford Cook
Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Really nice photos Larry.

Ronda Thomas

cookdb3 Wrote:
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> Did you use new camera to take these photos? It
> would be much appreciated.
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> From Clifford Cook
> Sydney, NSW, Australia.

I did use new camera, still experimenting with settings.

Larry