Western Railroad Discussion > A Busy Dry Saturday On The BNSF

It was a cool breezy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 38-33. Possible snow tomorrow afternoon. Traffic was busy today, did miss a few trains with other activities. It was also an Orange GE day with an EMD here and there. Lots of coal on the move. Here are the catches from today.

1. WB 930am manifest train with BNSF 5108-8284 on the point with DPU.
2. DPU BNSF 5776 on same train.
3. WB 948am manifest train with BNSF 5293-675-7497 on the pull with DPU.

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4. DPU BNSF 6671 on same train.
5. WB 1010am grain train with BNSF 3888-7021 on the pull with DPU's.
6. BNSF 482825 Colorado and Southern Heritage Hopper rollingi n same train.

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7. EB 1029am manifest train with BNSF 387? on the very point with DPU.
8. Another shot of Warbonnet 755 and CREX 1417 in the head-mix of same train.
9. WB 1046am oil train with BNSF 8070-7163 on the pull with DPU's and friendly toots from the hogger.

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10. BNSF 486111 BN Heritage Hopper rolling in WB 1105am grain train.
11. WB 1148am oil train with BNSF 6961-5880 on the pull with DPU's.
12. WB 1230am grain train with BNSF 7978-6778 on the point with DPU and a friendly wave from the hogger.

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13. DPU's BNSF 7614-6668 on same grain train.
14. DPU BNSF 9326 on EB 1252pm coal train.
15. DPU BNSF 6185 on WB 233pm coal train.

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16. WB 338pm coal train with BNSF 5995-6261-7977 on the pull with DPU.
17. DPU BNSF 6070 on same train.
18. WB 411pm coal train with BNSF green and cream 9779 and BNSF 6147-8414 on the point with DPU and friendly toots and wave from the hogger.

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Nice series Sir! We have .25 mile visibility and mild temps, just too foggy to see the trains!!

19. Another shot of green and cream 9779 on same coal train.
20. DPU BNSF 5997 on same coal train.

That's it for today! Hope everyone is having a great weekend and thank you so much for looking.

Larry

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