Western Railroad Discussion > Looking Back A Couple Of Days On The BNSF--#27

It's been Blustery(20-30mph), cold and rainy the last couple of days in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 50/41 and .50 of rain yesterday with lots of drips today. Friday had a coal train break-in-two as it was passing the backyard. Took over an hour for the train to move again. Here are some of the trains from today and a few from yesterday.

4/6/2018

1. WB 823am grain train with BNSF 8519-4141 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
2. DPU's green and cream 9604 and BNSF 4437 on same train in the rain.
3. WB 1001am coal train with BNSF 6233, CREX 1123 and BNSF 9353 on the point with DPU. This train broke in two as it was passing the backyard.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/08/18 16:45 by Ritzville.

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4. A picture of the break-in-two as train and cars were stopping. Looked like the cars were going hit but stopped thank goodness. Train was over and hour before moving again.
5. BNSF 485059 BN Heritage Hopper rolling in WB 1125am manifest.
6. BNSF 7960, CSXT 703 and BNSF 7459 lurking in the weeds at Templin grain Circle having been been cut off a grain train at CP W. Tokio.

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7. Another shot of CSXT 703.
8. Second train the the hole at CP Tokio WB grain train with BNSF 6402-4336 on the point.
9. The End of the same train not quite clearing rural crossing. Long wait for autos.

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4/8/2018

10. EB 1023am auto train with BNSF 8262-5226-5016 on the pull.
11. WB 1041am coal train with BNSF 5901-4371-6374 on the point with DPU.
12. DPU BNSF 9107 on same train.

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13. EB 1259pm "Z" train with BNSF 7938-5684-8893-7774 on the pull. Take from car window in the rain.
14. WB 131pm #27 Empire Builder with Amtk 132 on the point at Bauman Rd., Ritzville. A bit late I'd say. Usually passes at 4am.
15. The End of same train fading away towards downtown Ritzville.

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16. WB 139pm oil train with BNSF 4184 and NS 9569 on the pull with DPU's on approach to Bauman Rd. huffing up the incline.
17. A closer shot of same oil train at Bauman Rd.
18. DPU's BNSF 7265 and company on same oil train fading away towards downtown Ritzville.

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19. WB 148pm grain train with CREX 1432 on the very point with DPU's at Bauman Rd. with friendly waves from the crew.
20. DPU's BNSF 7680 and company on same train fading away.
21. WB 251pm coal train with BNSF 6157-9229-8856 on the pull with DPU and a friendly wave from the hogger.



That's it for this blustery day. Hope everyone had a great weekend and thank you so much for looking!

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/08/18 16:17 by Ritzville.

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Thanks Larry for another Awesome Series from the backyard!

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Larry great pics as always. # 27 probably late because of derailment here in MT
Ed

Great series. Nice to catch Amtrak when you can. Break-in-two right in front of you is rare.
Brian Stevens

Larry,

Always fantastic to see what's going on on the old NP!

Ron

Thanks everyone!

Larry

A bit of variety with the CSXT and NS uits. I agree that a witnessing a pull-apart is very rare. Pretty neat but not for the train crews. Thanks.

Mike