Western Railroad Discussion > Still Catching Up For The Week On The BNSF Lakeside Sub

It was a somewhat cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Northern Transcon with a high-low of 50-29. Possible rain tomorrow. With all the MoW action and taking my neighbor to doctor's appointments with her car in the shop, have become behind this week in pictures. Slowing catching up though, lol. Lots of morning work windows at times this week. Equipment was gone from the backyard except one this morning which is being repaired on site. Here are some trains from Tuesday and Wednesday.

11/5/2019

1. WB 1106am grain train with BNSF 8583 -7150 on the point with DPU. BNSF 8583 has funny looking stripes.
2. WB 1118am grain train with BNSF 4550-7222-3916 on the pull with no DPU.
3. WB 1249pm grain train with BNSF 4270-7446 on the point with DPU. Off to Spokane.

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11/6/2019    Was able to stay home this day.

4. DPU's BNSF 9047-H1 970 on WB 924am grain train.
5. WB 935am grain train with Warbonnet 799 and BNSF H1 1019 on the pull with DPU. Nice to see a Warbonnet on the very point.
6. A going away power shot of same train.

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7. BNSF 486076 CB&Q Heritage Hopper rolling in same train with awful graffiti. I remember when that car was clean.
8. WB 957am ethanol train with BNSF 6963-7666 on the point with DPU's.
9. DPU's BNSF 5318-284 on same train.

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10. Another shot of BNSF 284 on same train.
11. WB 1024am coal train with BNSF 6140-6373-8971 on the pull with DPU.
12. Another shot of BNSF 70MAC 8971 on same train.

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13. DPU BNSF 6200 on same coal train.
14. WB 1126am "Z" train with BNSF 4601-7784-7534-7969 on the pull.
15. MoW crew working hard reparing machinery at 1243pm and were still at it at 4pm.

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16. 2x1x1 WB 325pm potash? train with CP 8919 and BNSF 6720 on the point with DPU's.
17. Middle DPU CP 8801 on same train.
18. Rear DPU CP 8722 on same train. Train was just a bit longer but not a Mega train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/19 22:16 by Ritzville.

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19. WB 350m grain train with BNSF 7204-604-H1 972-7003 on the point with no DPU.
20. Another shot of BNSF H1 972 on same train.

That's it for today. Hope to be caught up by the end of the weekend. Have a great weekend everyone and thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Nice Series Larry, Thanks again for the Backyard Series!

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Nice series, were those wb grain w/o dpu empty? must be a first as loads go west, emptys go east, and that 2x1x1 potash train must be a reroute, must have got on BNSF from UP in Spokane.

Thanks Christina! Jayman, all WB grain trains are full. Sometimes if they have 3 or 4 units on the point, then there is no DPU, which is subject to change. Two units on the point, for sure a DPU.

Thanks,
Larry

Didn’t you mean CP not CN?

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Yes. I did mean CP. Thanks for the correction. 

Larry

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> Nice series, were those wb grain w/o dpu empty?
> must be a first as loads go west, emptys go east,
> and that 2x1x1 potash train must be a reroute,
> must have got on BNSF from UP in Spokane.

Jayman,

The hoppers in larry's photos indicate more of grain or a lesser dense material than potash..  The cars ahead and behind the mid train DPU are aluminum grain cars that have been out for a good 20+ years..


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Thanks everyone!

Larry