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

It Was a slightly cooler day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 80-60. Today was a steady day of trains with many of them Orange which made for lots of pictures. Here are some of the trains from yesterday afternoon and today that passed by the backyard and beyond.

1. Another shot of EB 237pm work train with BNSF 1526 and green BNSF 1836 on the point passing thru CP E. Tokio.
2. WB 440pm grain train with BNSF 8234-7542 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot form the hogger.
3. WB 538pm manifest train with BNSF 4579-6922-4306 on the point .

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4. WB 630pm manifest train with BNSF 4317-4007 and CP 6238 on the pull.
5. Another shot of CP 6238 on same train. This unit made it's return trip about 830am today.
6. WB 642pm grain train with BNSF 6393-7237 on the point with DPU and friendly toot-toot form the hogger.

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7. EB 916am coal train with Citirail 1214 and BNSF 8559-6588 on the pull with DPU.
8. WB 1038am coal train with BNSF 5825-6436-5620 on the point  with DPU and a friendly toot-toot form the hogger.
9. EB 1058am manifest train with BNSF 4837, CSX 5114 and "B" unit 336 on the pull and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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10. Another shot of same power.
11. EB 1159am manifest train with BNSF 7527-745-4661 on the point.
12. WB 1237pm coal train with BNSF 9894, Citirail 1334 and BNSF 9356 on the pull with DPU.  

 

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13. Another shot of Citirail 1334 on same train.
14. Same coal train about to crest downhill towards signal 661 at green over red WB towards CP E. Essig.
15. WB 112pm manifest train with BNSF 7238, Warbonnet 7?? and blue CIT 6015 on the point un approach to Bauman Rd., Ritzville.

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16. Same manifest train at Bauman Rd.
17. Another shot of blue CIT 6015 on same train.
18. Same train about to pass signal 641 on a green.

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19. EB 220pm manifest train with BNSF 4120 on the very point with a friendly wave from the crew at Bauman Rd.. As train was passing, heard the train lose it's air going into big-hole and train stopped. Turned out FRED was the culprit causing a bit of a delay.
20. WB 322pm grain train with BNSF 5056 on the very point with DPU.
21. DPU BNSF 5474 fading away by the old Ritzville NP Depot.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/15 18:22 by Ritzville.

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22. WB 328pm coal train with BNSF 9167 on the very point with DPu and a big friendly wave from the conductor.
23. DPU 9142 fading away towards downtown Ritzville.
24.EB 531pm manifest train with BNSF 7213-6550-4624 on the pull.

That's it for this busy day! Hope everyone is have a great weekend and thanks so much for looking!

Larry

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Really nice photos Larry.

Ronda Thomas

Nice line-up of trains through Ritzville today. Not one intermodal train. Interesting! GP60B units seem to be running pretty often lately through Ritzville.

SantaFeRuss

Larry,
Good catches on the B unit and the standard cab SD60's. Thanks for another good "Ritzville Report"

Mark
Reno NV

The train that lost it's air was the H-PASNTW, and that wasn't the end of the troubles with FRED. I saw them heading into downtown Spokane at 5:45pm, but when I got out of dinner two hours later they had only made it as far as Parkwater. They had to make a pickup of around 20 cars out of Yardley including a odd load on a flatcar. About 8pm they left thier train on main 2 at Parkwater and after waiting for a couple trains to clear they snaked back into the yard to grab cars. After putting the extra cars on the train, they were having trouble with fred and ended up replacing it. They didn't leave till well after 9pm with a new crew.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Sounds like Dave had a bad day till the end. Makes me glad I'm retired, lol.

Larry