Western Railroad Discussion > A Few Trains From Today On The BNSF, Plus A Couple Of Wigwags

It was a cloudy to partly cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 50-40 with .01 of drips. Traffic was so-so with several lulls during the day, picking up after 4pm. Here are some of the trains from today and a couple of wigwags from more interesting days.

11/19/2019

1. EB 939am "Z" train with BNSF 4516-6802 and KCS 4189-4148.
2. Another shot of KCS 4189-4148 on same train.
3. Pink well cars for the cure of breast cancer rolling in same train.

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4. WB 1129am grain train with BNSF 6939 and CP 9637 on the pull with DPU's.
5. DPU's CP 8716-9770 on same train.
6. Grab shot of EB 1157am empty ethanol train with BNSF 8214-H1 1078 on the point with DPU.

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7. DPU BNSF 6026 on same ethanol train.
8. WB 220pm "Z" train with BNSF 5729-6938-7320-3953 on the pull.
9. Grab shot of EB 303pm manifest train with BNSF 7117 on the very point of 7 units with no DPU.

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10. Another shot of Warbonnets 4707-771 in same mannifest train.
11. WB 318pm oil train with BNSF 3843-5130 on the point with DPU.
12. DPU BNSF 7497 on same train.

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13. EB 342pm manifest train with BNSF 4409-5290 on the pull with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger and wave from the conductor.

Wigwags from the interesting past. I had a soft spot for wigwags on the SP and ATSF along with the searchlight signals. Always made train watching interesting. Semaphores were even better along with the track occupancy indicators.

14. Wigwags in Banning, CA with wind stabilizer on the SP in 1975. Retired around 1980.
15. Wigwags in Newark, CA on the SP in 1976. They were retired in 1994.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/19 20:28 by Ritzville.

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The sky and lighting in No.8 is amazing Larry!

Another righteous "Ritzville Report". The wig wags were cool too! Larry, whats the approximate number of trains that run past your backyard in a 24hour period?

SantaFeRuss

Thank you both for your nice comments. Russ about 40-45 trains a day.

Larry

Keep em rolling out there Larry. Havent had a chance to do some chasing here yet because of health.

Ed

Thanks Ed, hope you are feeling better and can get into the chase once again.

Larry

Nice shots, and a very colorful day.
Brian Stevens

Larry,

Could that first wig-wag shot actually be in Banning instead of Beaumont? The street bridge over the 10 freeway in the background is a clue . . . . . many thanks for the great images.

Tim Dickinson
La Verne, CA

alcoc636 Wrote:
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> Larry,
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> Could that first wig-wag shot actually be in
> Banning instead of Beaumont? The street bridge
> over the 10 freeway in the background is a clue .
> . . . . many thanks for the great images.
>
> Tim Dickinson
> La Verne, CA

You know Tim, I believe your are right, it is Banning, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

Larry