Western Railroad Discussion > Lighter Smoke Day In Ritzville Area On The BNSF--"B" Units

It was lighter smoke day with less smoke on the ground level with smoke haze in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. Not good to breathe but much better than yesterday with a high-low of 88-58 with a campfire smell. Traffic was light today with a burst in the late morning with an afternoon gap from 1221pm-335pm . The flood gates are about to open for this late afternoon-evening. Here are some of the trains from yesterday late afternoon-evening and today. Tried to filter out some of the smoke.

1. EB 537pm manifest train with BNSF 7928-5472-4860 on the point.
2. EB 549pm grain train with CP 8720-9776-9675 on the pull.
3. Another shot of same train.

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4. WB 606pm grain train with BNSF 4330-7516 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
5. BNSF 482554 SP&S heritage hopper with it's decal mostly missing.
6. WB 618pm baretable train with BNSF 4102-5254 on the pull.

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7. EB 1049am manifest train with BNSF 7826-5030-7486 on the point.
8. WB 1103pm intermodal train with BNSF 6136-9371 and UP 7628 on the pull and a friendly toot from the hogger.
9. Another shot of UP 7628 on same train.

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10. WB 1114am TOFC/intermodal train with BNSF 8378-7968 on the pull.
11. WB 1129am coal train with BNSF 6356, UP 5078 and green and cream 9560 on the point with DPU.
12. EB 1221pm grain train with BNSF 7145-7883 on the point with DPU. There was a little over 3 hour gap after this train.

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13. EB 339pm manifest train with BNSF 4126 on the very point at Bauman Rd., Ritzville and a friendly wave from the hogger.
14. The End of same train fading away in to smoke haze towards CP W. Tokio.
15. EB 354pm grain train with BNSF 4733, CREX 1208 and BNSF 7371 on the pull, no DPU at Bauman Rd.

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16. The End of same train fading away into the smoke and haze towards CP.W. Tokio.
17. EB 406pm manifest train with BNSF 7109-8019 and BNSF "B"'s 346-341 on the point. Have had quite a few "B"'s roll thru the backyard lately. Always nice to see them at work.
18. Another shot of "B"'s 346-341 on same train.

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19. One last shot of same manifest train.


That's it for today! Hope the smoke lightens up. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow! Thanks so much for looking!


Larry

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Seems like you get more variety on your side of Pasco than we do on the west side
Brian