Western Railroad Discussion > Spring Has Sprung On The BNSF Lakeside Sub

It was a warm sunny day for March in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside sub with a high-low of 51/28. First fifity degree temperature in many a moon. MoW was working on the East end of Ritville with no traffic for 7hrs. May be the same tomorrow. They are trying to clear up some long standing slow orders. Here are a few trains from today and many from yesterday.

3/17/2019

1. BNSF GP30-M 2880 in the head-end mix of EB 315pm garbage/manifest train.
2. WB 336pm oil train with BNSF 7304 and green and cream 9596 on the point with DPU and a freindly toot-toot from the hogger.
3. WB 412pm "Z" train with BNSF 7689-3999-7960-4770 on the pull with no DPU amd a friendly wave from the hogger.

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4. WB 430pm grain train with BNSF 5815-5686 on the pull with DPU's.
5. DPU's BNSF 5161-8131 on same train.
6. EB 506pm manifest train with BNSF 6701-5338 on the point with no DPU.

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7. WB 530pm coal train with BNSF 3907-6851-5404 on the point with DPU.
8. DPU BNSF 5546 on same train.
9. EB 548pm grain train with BNSF 7886 and CREX 1427 on the pull with DPU.

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10. DPU BNSF 3993 on same train.
11. WB 624pm oil train with BNSF 9261 and NS 9862 on the pull with DPU's.
12. Another shot of NS 9862 on same train.

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13. DPU's Warbonnet 734 and BNSF 7666 on same oil train.

3/18/2019

14. WB 1253pm coal train with BNSF 9948-H1 1081-8527 on the point with DPU. First train since 545am.
15. Another shot of BNSF H1 1081 on same train.
 

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16. DPU BNSF 7892 on same coal train.
17. DPU BNSF Grinstein 9604 on EB 122pm empty coal train.
18. WB 139pm grain train with BNSF 8000-5205 on the pull with DPU's.

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19. DPU's BNSF 4429-7365 on same grain train.
20. WB 240pm intermodal train with BNSF 7862-7852 on the point with DPU's.
21. DPU's BNSF 608-8107 on same train.

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22. Ms Hawk on a 345pm visit with train rolling behind her. Dosen't seem to be phased by the train noise.

That's it for today. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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#9 has some pretty colors there Larry, especially of the grain hopper.
Thank you for your efforts!

Very nice Larry. The hawk’s meal is more important than being a rail fan ;>)

BB

Good stuff again today.  A little slushy with the melting, but you sure have a bunch of   reflection   opportunities.
Brian Stevens