Western Railroad Discussion > A Look At Some Of Today's Traffic On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cool partly cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside sub with a high-low of 54-36 with .11 of rain this late afternnon. Cooler temps on the way. The sunlight is very harsh for EB traffic and only good for WB sunnyside traffic. Sorry for the harsh sunlight on EB shots. Here 's some of today's traffic and few trains from yesterday.

11/5/2018

1. EB 241pm grain train with BNSF 6398-1065 on the point with DPU.
2. EB 323pm intermodal train with BNSF 3980-6854 on the pull with DPU.
3. DPU BNSF 7588 on same train.

Only 21 to go.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/18 17:30 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 354pm oil train with BNSF 6792 and UP 5806 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

11/6/2018

5. EB 1007am "Q" train with BNSF 3977-9357-9137 on the pull, no DPU.
6. The End of same train fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot.

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7. EB 1025m grain train with BNSF 6291-7168-H1 1059 on the pull, no DPU.
8. Another shot of BNSF H1 1059 on same train.
9. EB 1232pm "Z" train with BNSF 5228-H1 1118-6307-Orange on the point with DPU rolling by Ritzville Depot. Tough sun on EB's.

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10. Another shot of BNSF H1 1118 on same train.
11. The End of same train fading away.
12. Grab shot of EB 241pm "Z" train with BNSF 7895-6433 on the point with DPU's. Train beat me to Bauman Rd., lol.

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13. DPU's BNSF 5026-3944 on same "Z".
14. Signal maintainer receiving help at Jefferson St grade crossing.
15. EB 102pm grain train with BNSF 5959 and NS 1108 on the pull with DPU.

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16. Another shot of NS 1108 on same train.
17. DPU Warbonnet 4717 on same train.
18. Grab shot of EB 115pm grain train with BNSF 4589 and Warbonnet 755 on the pull with DPU.

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19. Grab shot of EB 148pm grain train with BNSF 5769-4354 and Warbonnet 748 on the point, no DPU.
20. WB 301pm ethanol train with BNSF 7333 and CSXT 5487-5303 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger. Sorry, I had stutter finger and cut off the nose of 7333.
21. Another shot of CSXT 5487-5303 on same train.

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22. DPU BNSF 6751 on same ethanol train.
23. WB 401pm oil train with BNSF 4792-Grinstein 9732 and BNSF 6386 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
24. Another shot of green and cream 9732 on same train. That's for you Christina!

That's for this Election Day! Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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I always dig the going-away shots with the depot and grain elevators.

What a great variety of colour schemes, and locomotive varieties!  

I'm surprised to see the marine stack trains still using the Lakeside sub.