Western Railroad Discussion > Looking Back Thru The Weekend On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a sunny cool day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 45-24. Traffic was fairly steady today. Here are some the trains from today and several from the last couple of days.

11/15/2018

1. WB 352pm coal train with BNSF 7072-9367 and CREX 1350 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot and wave from the hogger.
2. DPU BNSF 9299 on same train.

11/16/2018

3. Grab shot of EB 908am intermodal train with BNSF 9292-H1 1077 and Blue CEFX 1018 on the pull.

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4. WB 1053pm grain train with BNSF 8554-6284 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
5. WB 1111am oil train with BNSF 7585 and Ginstein green and cream 9732 on the pull with DPU.
6. Another quick shot of green and cream 9732 on same train.

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7. Grab shot of WB 1138am "Z" train with BNSF 7556-9839-4148 and Warbonnet 659 on the pull with DPU with a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

11/18/2018

8. WB 352pm auto train with BNSF 4572-4389 on the point with no DPU.
9. WB 1057am manifest train with BNSF 6843-4445-5730 on the pull.

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10. WB 1138am oil train with CN 2132 and BNSF 4790 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly wave from the hogger.
11. DPU's BNSF 4567-4626 on same train.
12. WB 1208pm manifest train with BNSF 4105-4848 on the point with no DPU.

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13. EB 1248pm "Q" or "Z" train with BNSF 4446-4617-6557 on the point. Was a fairly short train.
14. The End of same train fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot.
15. WB 101pm grain train with BNSF 605 and CREX 1508 on the pull with DPU's.

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16. WB 113pm grain train with BNSF 6315-7841 on the point with DPU's and a friendly wave from the hogger.
17. DPU's BNSF 6344-9925 on same train.
18. WB 148pm "Z" train with BNSF 3784, green and cream 9831 and BNSF 5437 on the pull with DPU's.

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19. Another shot of green and cream 9831 on same train.
20. DPU's Warbonnet 773 and BNSF 5073 on same train.

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

Larry

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Nice series again.  It's neat that you get so much variation of different paint and units.
Brian Stevens

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 10. WB 1138am oil train with CN 2132 and BNSF
> 4790 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly wave
> from the hogger.

I got word of this one when it arrived for its crew change in Pasco. The new crew was less then thrilled to have the standards cab GE on the point and made several attempts to chenge units, but they departed with the CN leader.

I know the crews din't like those units, but it still looked good on the point.

Larry