Western Railroad Discussion > Looking Back on the Weekend on the BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cloudy to sunny day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 43-35 with .24 of rain yesterday. Traffic was fairly steady with a couple of lulls in the morning. Here are some of the trains from today and many from the weekend.

12/6/2019

1. EB 240pm manifest train with BNSF 6621-7331-4092 on the point with no DPU.

12/7/2019

2. WB 938am auto train with BNSF 4653-4556 on the pull with no DPU.
3. EB 1011am manifest train with BNSF 6390-7206 on the point with DPU.

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4. Old N&W hopper rolling in same train.
5. DPU BNSF 5448 on same train.
6. WB 1139am manifest train with BNSF 8365-7536-6818 on the point.

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7. Lots of UPS trailers on same "Z".
8. EB 1154am grain train with BNSF 6162-3806 on the pull with DPU.
9. BNSF 486742 Frisco Heritage Hopper rolling in same train.

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10. EB 1213pm manifest train with BNSF 6788-5371-7927 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
11. DPU BNSF Grinstein 9742 on same train.
12. A fading away shot of green and cream 9742 on same train.

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13. Grab shot of EB 1231pm grain train with BNSF 7364 and Warbonnet 649? on the pull with DPU.

12/8/2019

14. EB 1106am manifest train with BNSF 3785-6634 on the point with DPU. First train after church, lull in traffic before church.
15. EB 1201pm auto train with BNSF 5314-5026 on the pull with no DPU.

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16. DPU BNSF 4312 on same train fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot.
17. WB 118pm garbage/manifest train with BNSF 5401-8082 on the pull with no DPU.
18. Same train taking Signal 661 on a high green it's all downhill from there.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/08/19 16:24 by Ritzville.

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19. Grab shot of WB 126pm manifest train with BNSF 7682-7034-5440 on the point with no DPU. Was trying to catch the two tanks behind the last unit. I only caught one.
20. WB 235pm grain train with BNSF 7199 on the pull with DPU's.
21. DPU's BNSF 5710-4476 with a bit of smoke on same train.

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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Sure was a nice day today. I was railfanning the area around Sprague and Keystone all afternoon.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

funnelfan Wrote:
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> Sure was a nice day today. I was railfanning the
> area around Sprague and Keystone all afternoon.

Glad you were able to get out today Ted. Will look foward to your pictures.

Larry