Western Railroad Discussion > A Busy Super Bowl Sunday On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cold cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 36-33. Possible snow or rain. Traffic was steady today and was able to catch two 8000 units today. That doesn't happen very often. Here are some of the trains from today.

2/3/2019

1. WB 923am oil train with BNSF 6601-4125 on the point with DPU's.
2. DPU's BNSF 4742-7574 on same train.
3. WB 955am oil train with BNSF 8025-4279 on the pull with DPU's.

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4. DPU's BNSF 4752-4338 on same oil train.
5. Mr. or Mrs. Hawk looking things over in the backyard. There were two hawks today.
6. WB 1043am grain train with BNSF 5397-H1 1085 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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7. Another shot of BNSF H1 1085 on same grain train.
8. EB 1116am manifest train with 8 unit BNSF 6811, NS 4025 and BNSF 6562-1999-1778-1676-2755-8147 on the point with DPU.
9. Another far away look at NS 4025 on same train.

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10. Another shot of BNSF 1999-1778-1676-2755 on same manifest train.
11. Another power shot of same train.
12. DPU CP 8000 on same train.

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13. WB 1154am coal train with BNSF 5438-8566-8000 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
14. Another shot of BNSF 8000 on same train. Second 8000 for the day.
15. DPU 6171 on same train.

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16. EB 1211pm grain train with BNSF 4614-7692 on the point with DPU.
17. DPU 5771 on same train.
18. EB 1241pm "Z" train with BNSF 6513-5926-9370 on the pull with DPU.

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19. DPU BNSF 4377 on same "Z".
20. WB 1254pm grain train with BNSF 7298-3961-6??? on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
21. WB 104pm intermodal train with BNSF 7169-4313 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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22. DPU's BNSF 4510-6907 on same intermodal train.
23. WB 222pm coal train with BNSF 4879, green and cream 9678 and BNSF 5808 on the point with DPU.
24. Another shot of BNSF Grinstein 9678 on same train.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Thank you sharing your day with us! It was cloudy and foggy all day but at least 70 degrees warmer than Thursday morning! Have a great week Larry!

Jim

Definitely unique👍😃

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/19 16:44 by upbuddyboy.

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10 above at 1000 today with SNOW...great pics Larry Keep the SNOW.

Ed

Wow, CP units look nice when they are clean---never seen one though until now.  #19 piggybacks look really good.  Nice shots Larry.
Brian Stevens

Great stuff, Larry.  Your bird friend today looks to be a male American Kestrel (Kestrels are the smallest type of falcons we have in North America).

Stan Hunter
Fair Oaks, CA

I agrea Stan, I could see a tinge of red on the breast.    
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stanhunter Wrote:
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> Great stuff, Larry.  Your bird friend today looks
> to be a male American Kestrel (Kestrels are the
> smallest type of falcons we have in North
> America).
>
> Stan Hunter
> Fair Oaks, CA

Thanks everyone! Thanks Stan for that bird information. I was told one of my backyard hawks was called a Merlem. It's interesting that I also have a falcon in the backyard. Hope I can better pictures of the birds.

Larry