Western Railroad Discussion > Rounding Out The Weekend On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cloudy to sunny day with morning rain in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 53-41 with .27 of rain. More rain on the way. Traffic was steady with 32 trains since midnight with many more on the horizon. Here are some of the trains from today and several from yesterday. 

11/16/2019

1. EB 328pm grain train with BNSF 6653, Warbonnet 664 and BNSF 5415 on the point with no DPU. Looks like the train disturbed the quail.
2. Another quick shot of Warbonnet 664 on same train.
3. Grab shot of EB 340pm grain train with BNSF 6859 and CN 5679 on the pull with DPU.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/19 15:59 by Ritzville.

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4. DPU BNSF 7897 on same grain train.
5. WB 354pm coal train with BNSF 6225-6339-9894 on the pull with DPU.
6. DPU BNSF 8988 on same train.

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11/17/2019

7. WB 938am coal train with BNSF 9026-6301-8773 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
8. DPU BNSF 9333 on same train.
9. WB1021am grain train with BNSF 8017-4152 on the pull with DPU in the rain. Sorry about the blur due to bad light.

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10. Nice older clean green BN hopper for SP8100 on same train.
11. DPU BNSF 3904 on same train.
12. EB 1053am intermodal train with BNSF 3775-7965 on the point with DPU.

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13. DPU BNSF 4219 on same intermodal train.
14. WB 1109am coke train with BNSF 8524-6269-8994 on the pull with DPU.
15. DPU BNSF 9149 on same train.

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16. EB 1225pm "Q" train with BNSF 7033-4101 and CREX 1344 on the point with no DPU.
17. WB 106pm grain train with BNSF 4500-7446 on the pull with DPU's.
18. DPU's BNSF 4270-8967 on same train.

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19. WB 141pm "Z" train with BNSF 4516-6610-8140-7541on the point with a friendly wave from the hogger.
20. Grab shot of EB 217pm manifest train with BNSF 6210-6339-6225-9308-3793 on the pull with no DPU.
21. WB 309pm coal train with BNSF 8544-8818-7606 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot from the hogger.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Nice bunch Larry-like no 5 with 3-shades of orange.

BB