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Western Railroad Discussion > A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern TransconDate: 01/08/19 15:52 A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville It was a blustery Cold day with a skiff of snow, then ice pellets in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 32-26 and a light dusting of snow. This Wintery mix will turn to rain tonight. Better weather on the way. Traffic was fairly steady today. Cold slippery conditions outside though. Here are some of the trains from today.
1/8/2019 1. Grab shot of EB 923am manifest train with BNSF 9016-1604-1603-2649 on the point with DPU. Same power from yesterday with EMD Tier 4's 1604-1603. 2. DPU BNSF 3863 on same train. 3. WB 943am grain train with BNSF 7600-7840 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.    Date: 01/08/19 15:57 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 4. DPU Warbonnet 709 on same grain train.
5. EB 957am manifest train with BNSF8212-4971 on the point with no DPU and a friendly wave from the hogger. 6. EB 1026am grain train with BNSF 3973-4133 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.    Date: 01/08/19 16:05 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 7. DPU BNSF 7026 on same grain train.
8. Grab shot of EB 1104am geometry train with BNSF 6832? on the point. 9. WB 1122am coal train with BNSF 5645-H1 1050 and green and cream 9661 on the pull with DPU.    Date: 01/08/19 16:09 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 10. Another shot of Grinstein BNSF 9661 on same coal train.
11. WB 1156am coal train with BNSF 5937-5762-9729 on the point with DPU and a friendly wave from the hogger. 12. Another shot of BNSF 9729 on same train looking good.    Date: 01/08/19 16:11 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: funnelfan Very busy on the Lakeside sub today. Just saw that Track Geometery Train go by a short while ago. I was sorting cars in the yard this morning for a couple hours and 8 trains went by during that time. Seems every time I turned around there was yet another mainline train coming!
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 01/08/19 16:13 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 13. DPU BNSF 4848 on same coal train.
14. WB 1216pm "Z" train with BNSF 7912-6559-6692 on the pull with DPU's. 15. DPU's BNSF 9315-5402 on same "Z".    Date: 01/08/19 16:17 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 16. Grab shot of EB 115pm "Z" train with BNSF Orange Blast on the point in the snowfall.
17. The End of same train in snowfall. 18. DPU BNSF 4595 thru snowy windshield on WB 135pm grain train.    Date: 01/08/19 16:21 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville 19. WB 210pm grain train with BNSF 3848-8084 on the pull with DPU.
20. DPU BNSF 9383 on same grain train. That's it for this cold busy day. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking! Larry Ritzville, WA   Date: 01/08/19 16:27 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: bmarti7 Nice Larry- be safe in that slick weather.
BB Date: 01/08/19 16:53 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: Ritzville funnelfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very busy on the Lakeside sub today. Just saw that > Track Geometery Train go by a short while ago. I > was sorting cars in the yard this morning for a > couple hours and 8 trains went by during that > time. Seems every time I turned around there was > yet another mainline train coming! You're right Ted, It was a busy day for a Tuesday and it's still busy at almost 500pm. Looks like a busy night also. Thanks Bill! Larry Date: 01/09/19 10:58 Re: A dusting of snow and then Ice On The BNSF Northern Transcon Author: rrartist Thank you Larry for sharing these trains with us! We have sun and +16 with gusty winds making it feel of so cooooolllddd!!!
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