Western Railroad Discussion > Windy Operations In The Upper Columbia Basin--BNSF

It was a very windy day(30-45mph) with 50mph gusts in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakedise Sub. The high-low was 63-41 with rain on the way. Tough picture taking day with all the wind. The Russian Thistle was on the move today along with tons of leaves blowing everywhere. Here's some of the windy catches of the day and one from yesterday.

10/16/2017


1. Grinstein green and cream 9627 in the head-end mix of WB 603pm oil train.

10/17/2017

2. WB 1011am grain train with BNSF 8263-8081 on the point with DPU.
3. BNSF 488312 Colorado and Southern Heritage Hopper rolling in same train.

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4. BNSF 486742 Frisco Heritage Hopper rolling in same grain train.
5. BNSF H1 1007 now with graffiti in the head-end mix of WB 1026am grain train.
6. WB 1042am manifest train with BNSF 4953-7207-6707 on the pull.

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7. The End of same train fading away.
8. WB 1135am "Z" train with BNSF 7966-5151-4764-7912 on the point.
9. EB 1154am ballast work train with BNSF 6332 on the pull with DPU.

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10. DPU CREX 1204 on same train.
11. WB 1209pm grain train with BNSF 5128-7903 on the point with DPU's.
12. DPU's Warbonnet 797 and BNSF 5986 on same grain train.

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13. WB 104pm "Z" train with BNSF 4064-7874-5014-4337-9021 on the pull.
14. WB 117pm grain train with BNSF 8185 on the very point with DPU's at Bauman Rd., Ritzville and a friendly wave from the crew.
15. DPU's Ferromex 4694 and Warbonnet 763 on same train.

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16. Same DPU's fading away in the dust.
17. WB 212pm Herzog Work train with a friendly wave from the hogger.
18. EB 444pm TOFC flatcar train with BNSF 7882 on the pull with DPU and a friendly wave from the crew.

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19. DPU BNSF 4947 on same train fading away.


That's it for today. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry

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I guess y'all are needing some rain to settle that dust. Nice catch on that FXE unit. Also interesting to have a DPU on that baretable train.

Mike

Very Nice Series Larry, Thanks for Sharing!

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Nice set for the day--nice that you got some foreign power.
Brian Stevens

Nice series of photos Larry.

Ronda Thomas

Thanks everyone!

Larry

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 17. WB 212pm Herzog Work train with a friendly
> wave from the hogger.

No hogger in that piece of equipment. It's a contractor MOW operator.

Thanks for that information, much appreciated.

Larry