Western Railroad Discussion > A Challenging Picture Day On The BNSF

The weather was very challenging for picture taking in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with pea soup fog and rain today. It was a high-low of 53-41 and .24 of rain and fog. The bottom line, it was just a crummy day for picture taking, but I gave it a try. Here are the catches of the day.

1. A fast grab of WB 920am grain train with CREX 1302 and BNSF 7672 on the point in the fog. I couldn't see the train in the camera, the shot was just a guess. I was a ble to filter out some of the thickness of the fog.
2. WB 932am intermodal train with BNSF 4279-4293-6146 on the pull in the fog.
3. EB 949am autorack train with BNSF 6824-6996-8129 on the point in the fog.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/16 16:20 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 1029am grain train with BNSF 4491-9092 on the point with DPU in the fog.
5. WB 1057am grain train with BNSF 7848-H1 1036 on the pull with DPU.
6. Quick shot of BNSF H1 1036 on same train.

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7. Quick grab of DPU CREX 1427 on same grain train.
8. EB 1126am coal train with BNSF 6198-5725-5682 on the point with DPU's.
9. DPU's BNSF 6319-5875 on same train fading away.

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10. EB 118pm grain train with CREX 1425 and BNSF 7643 on the pull with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 7469 fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot.
12. WB 143pm manifest train with BNSF 7966-7196-4758 on the point with a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
 

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13. WB 257pm grain train with BNSF 5971 and NS 9791 on the pull with DPU.
14. Another power shot of same.
15. EB 307pm "Q" train with BNSF 7130 on the very point.

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16. The End of short "Q" fading away by old Ritzville Depot.
17. WB 321pm oil train with BNSF 4930-8797 on the pull with DPU.
18. DPU's BNSF 8075-4910 on same oil train.

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19. WB 330pm grain train with CREX 1342 and BNSF 5427 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot and wave from the hogger.
20. DPU's BNSF 6880-H1 1053 on same grain train.
21. WB 423pm coal train with BNSF 5910-5255 and green and cream 9620 on the pull with DPU and friendly toot-toots from the hogger.



 

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21. Another shot of green and cream 9620 on same coal train.


That's it for this wet day! Hope everyone has a great weekend and thank you so much for looking!

Larry

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Looks like you caught a dove sitting on the wire in the first photo.

Neat visual extremes in both weather and trains.  Almost all of the water reflection shots are between coupled units.
Brian Stevens

You did good on a not-so-good day...even got an NS...I almost went over to UP's Blue Mtns. yesterday but the weather prediction was too discouraging.
Brian