Western Railroad Discussion > Another Ketchup Weekend On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cool partly cloudy windy(25-40+mph) with some rain in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 44-29 with .11 of drips. The high winds knocked out lot of power in the area, but I lucked out with the power. Traffic was fairly steady with 25 trains since midnight. Here is catching up of the trains from today and many from Friday and Saturday. Lots of EMD on the roll.

2/21/2020

1. WB 328pm grain train with BNSF 6429-8925 on the point with DPU.
2. Another shot of BNSF 8925 on same train.
3. BNSF 486315 NP Heritage Hopper with graffiti rolling in same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/20 16:24 by Ritzville.

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4. WB 445pm intermodal train with BNSF 9040-6894 on the pull with DPU.
5. DPU BNSF 8455 on same train.

2/22/2020

6. WB 1019am coal train with BNSF 4580-6316-5787 on the point with DPU.

 

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7. DPU BNSF 8986 on same train fading away.
8. WB 1030am oil train with BNSF 7680 on the very point at Bauman Rd., Ritzville with DPU's. All the oil tankers were brand new.
9. DPU's BNSF 4373 and company fading away towards downtown Ritzville.

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10. EB 1103am empty coal train with BNSF 9329-9983 on the pull with no DPU.
11. The End of same train fading away by old NP Ritzville depot.
12. EB 1114am empty coal train with BNSF 9214-9945 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/23/20 16:40 by Ritzville.

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13. EB 1218pm grain train with BNSF 6955-8410-5696 on the point with DPU.
14. BNSF 488312 Colorado and Southern rolling in WB 1249pm grain train.
15. EB 134pm manifest train with BNSF 7294-8209-7449 on the point with DPU.

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16. Lots of reefers(about 25) rolling in same manifest train.

2/23/2020

17. WB 925am grain train with BNSF 6950-8855 on the pull with DPU.
18. Another shot of BNSF 8855 on same train.

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19. EB 947am intermodal train with BNSF 66382-8577 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
20. DPU BNSF 8438 on same train.
21. WB 1003am manifest train with BNSF 9116, KCS 5021 and BNSF 8034 on the pull with no DPU.

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Nice to see so many Macs running! Thanks for sharing....

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
www.flickr.com/mojaveflyer

22. Another shot of KCS 5021 on same manifest train.
23. WB 1205pm intermodal train with BNSF 5531-4066-5640 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger after the rain.

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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mojaveflyer Wrote:
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> Nice to see so many Macs running! Thanks for
> sharing....

Been a big uptick in EMD power lately, which I really enjoy.

Larry

Always love the snakes Larry! Thanks for posting.

BB

Nice shots and especially like the views of the tank car train and the reefer block.
Brian Stevens

Good bunch Larry.

Don Winslow
Glendora, CA
http://www.donwinslow.net/Railroads

Nice series!

Thanks everyone!

Larry