Western Railroad Discussion > Some Of Sunday and Monday's Traffic On The BNSF

It was a warmer partly cloudy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside sub with a high-low of 60-31. Traffic has been 19 trains since midnight with more on the horizon. Here are some of the trains from today and several from yesterday.

4/5/2020

1. EB 339pm manifest train with BNSF 5963-4066-7371-"B" unit 329-green BN 1979-283 on the point with no DPU and a friendly wave from the conductor
2. Another shot of BNSF "B" 329, green BN 1979 and BNSF 283 on same train.
3. WB 356pm oil train with BNSF 5035-9968 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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4. Another shot of BNSF 70MAC 9968 on same train.
5. DPU's BNSF 9890-7616 on same train.
6. WB 415pm oil train with BNSF 7395-6864 on the point with DPU.

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7. DPU BNSF 7999 on same train.
8. WB 452pm oil train with BNSF 9305-7442 on the pull with DPU's.
9. EB 530pm manifest train with BNSF 8069-6326-5791 on the point with no DPU.

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10. Lots of boxcars and reefers on same train.

4/6/2020

11. EB 1124am oil/grain 3x2x1 Mega train with BNSF 7492-8180-9267 on the point with DPU's. Thanks Captain92!
12. Middle DPU's BNSF 6583-4010 on same Mega train.
 

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13. End DPU BNSF 3936 on same Mega train.
14. WB 1203pm grain train with BNSF 6079-4337 on the pull with DPU.
15. EB 1222pm manifest train with BNSF 5094-7523-7910 on the point with DPU and a friendly wave from the conductor.

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16. DPU CP 8756 on same grain train.
17. EB 235pm manifest train with BNSF 7969-6199-8539-8915-9116 on the pull with no DPU.
18. Another shot of BNSF 70MAC 8915 on same train.

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19. Another power shot of same manifest train.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Thanks Larry. It sure seems they're running at lot of power on those manifests. I'm thinking some not onlne.

BB



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/20 00:01 by bmarti7.

BB,

Yes, I am willing to wager money that extra locomotives are not used for power, but can be used for dynamic braking ability..   Plus almost all of the trains have a notch restriction (ie. - Not over notch 5 faster than 40/50 mph)


SP8100

bmarti7 Wrote:
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> Thanks Larry. It sure seems they're running at lot
> of power on those manifests. I'm thinking some jet
> not e on line.
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> BB

Larry,

You sure have been getting your fair share of EMD's going thru the backyard..   I love the green SD40-2 1979 and the GP60B probably on the M-PASSPO train since you said it didn't have any DPU..


SP8100

Thanks Bill and SP8100. There certainly has been an uptick in EMD power on trains, which is fine by me. I know EB trains thru the backyard are on a run 5 restriction, which means slow moving. WB's are mainly flying by.

Larry