Western Railroad Discussion > Soggy Friday On The Northern Transcon

It was a soggy wet day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 44-34 and .30 of rain. Rain lasted all morning and finally saw a ray of sunshine after 3pm. One more storm on the way and then COLD sets in for next week. Traffic was fairly steady today. Here are some of the 28 trains so far today, with many more to go.

1. WB 1007am grain train with BNSF 7978-5473 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
2. DPU BNSF 4745 on same train in the rain.
3. EB 1026am auto train with BNSF 3924-5331 and UP 2765 on the pull with no DPU.

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4. Another shot of UP 2765 on same auto train.
5. WB 1110am "Z" train with BNSF 6929-6984-H1 1062 on the pull with DPU's.
6. Another shot of BNSF H1 1062 on same "Z".

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7. DPU's BNSF 5383-5689 on same "Z".
8. EB 1210pm "Z" train with BNSF 8159-6964-6976-5147 on the point.
9. EB 1230pm grain train with BNSF 3769 and UP 5557 on the pull with DPU.

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10. Another shot of UP 5557 on same grain train.
11. Grab shot of EB 1242pm empty coal train with BNSF 5919-7735-9330 on the pull with DPU.
12. WB 104pm coal train with BNSF 5225-4140, CREX 1323 and BNSF 617 on the point with DPU.

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13. WB 125pm coal train with BNSF 5387-600 and CREX 1206 on the point with DPU.
14. Another shot of BNSF 600 on same train.
15. WB 141pm intermodal train with BNSF 8452-H1 1018 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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16. Another shot of BNSF H1 1018 on same train.
17. DPU's BNSF 6648-6603 on same train.
18. EB 213pm empty oil train with BNSF 7319-H1 1035 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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19. Another shot of BNSF H1 1035 on same train.
20. WB 234pm oil train with BNSF 4881-4582 on the point with DPU.
21. WB 304pm manifest train with BNSF 6686-5965-6536 on the pull with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot and wave from the hogger.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Note it looks like 1018 has side walkways painted red like the walkways on the silver warbonnet GE.

Great photos Larry! Clearly the last photo taken should be the Image of the Day!