Western Railroad Discussion > Nice Spring Day After The Rain On The BNSF--UP EMDX 1502

It was a beautiful day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 76/44. Heat is on the way, UGH. Traffic was fairly steady with one lull in the early afternoon. Here are some of the trains that rolled by today. Still mostly Orange. I need some of Mikes variety in Texas, lol.

1. WB 1021am coal train with BNSF 5816-8567 and CREX 1303 on the point with DPU.
2. Another shot of CREX 1303 on same train.
3. EB 1021am grain train with BNSF 5487-7745 on the pull with DPU.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/17 17:35 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 1148am "Z" train with BNSF 7215 on the very point.
5. EB 111pm "Z" train with BNSF Orange Blast on the pull.
6. EB 128pm grain train with another BNSF Orange Blast on the point.

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7. EB 143pm "Q" or intermodal train with BNSF 3964-3978-5051 on the point.
8. WB 158pm oil train with BNSF 8114-7346 on the pull with DPU's.
9. DPU's BNSF 7063-7659 fading away on same train.

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10. WB 241pm coal train with BNSF 5872 on the very point with DPU at Bauman Rd., Ritzville and friendly waves from the crew.
11. DPU BNSF 8570 fading away towards downtown Ritzville on same train.
12. EB 337pm manifest train with BNSF 6914-7905-7464 on the pull with friendly toots from the hogger.

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13. EB 353m grain train with CREX 1209 and BNSF 7081 on the pull with DPU.
14. DPU BNSF 6543 on same train.
15. EB 406pm grain train with UP 5416 in the head-end mix.

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16. Crop duster flying over EB 515pm garbage/manifest train.
17. A closer shot of EB 515pm garbage/manifest train with BNSF 5006-6524 on the point.
18. UP Tier IV EMDX 1502 in the head-end mix of EB 527pm manifest train. That's an unusual find in the backyard!



That should be it for today. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/17 17:34 by Ritzville.

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Catching that EMDX unit was indeed pretty cool. Really liked seeing those clouds start popping up midday. #12 was nicely framed with those beautiful clouds in the background. Thanks.

Mike

Nice catches and trains Larry. Great catch of the EMDX / UP unit--too bad there is no where to put UNION PACIFIC on it.
Is the tarped hopper a bad order set-out??--it's been there a few days.
Brian Stevens

SCKP187 Wrote:
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> Nice catches and trains Larry. Great catch of the
> EMDX / UP unit--too bad there is no where to put
> UNION PACIFIC on it.
> Is the tarped hopper a bad order set-out??--it's
> been there a few days.
> Brian Stevens

Brian, that hopper has been there for weeks. It was part of the MoW outfit of weeks ago. They forgot one car, lol. Thanks Mike for your comments, great to see you back in action.

Larry

That traped car is probably a wreck car with ballast inside tokeep the weather off of it. They have those sitting in Salina, KS for that purpose. upkpfan

upkpfan Wrote:
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> That traped car is probably a wreck car with
> ballast inside tokeep the weather off of it. They
> have those sitting in Salina, KS for that purpose.

Correct. Emergency ballast car. There's nothing worse than trying to dump frozen ballast! It just doesn't happen!

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 18. UP Tier IV EMDX 1502 in the head-end mix of EB
> 527pm manifest train. That's an unusual find in
> the backyard!

While EMDX 1502 is traveling with that ID, it's UP 3000 underneath the temporary white patch. It is moving from Progress Rail in Tacoma to Progress in Muncie, IN.

Thanks for the interesting info.

Larry