Western Railroad Discussion > The Parade Rolls By On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a beautiful sunny day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 70-35. First 70 degree day of the year! The parade is at 22 trains since midnight with many more on the way. Here are some more of the usual and unusual suspects from today and yesterday.

4/8/2020

1. WB 257pm oil train with BNSF 8274-6533 on the point with DPU's.
2. DPU's BNSF 5809-7420 on same train.
3. EB 257424pm intermodal train with BNSF 7858-7853 on the pull with DPU.

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4. DPU BNSF 4547 on same train.
5. EB 437pm coal train with BNSF 7262-7455 on the point with no DPU.
6. The End of same coal train, Very unusual with no DPU.

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7. WB 513pm grain train with BNSF 8091-8781 on the pull with DPU.
8. Grab shot thru the wires of EB 630pm manifest train with BNSF 8995-5235-5104 on the point with no DPU.
9. WB 707pm garbage/manifest train with BNSF 8477-9256-9097-8803 on the pull with no DPU. Nice sounding with all EMD units.

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4/9/2020

10. WB 1116am grain train with BNSF 7565-4582 on the pull with DPU.
11. A clean green BN hopper rolling in same train for SP8100.
12. DPU BNSF 5837 on same train.
 

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13. EB 307pm manifest train with BNSF 3944-4046-5210 on the point with no DPU.
14. A sneaky CAT hitching a ride in a gondola on same train.
15. WB 354pm "Z" train with BNSF 6255-6127 on the pull with DPU's. Sure was a long"Z", sort of a mini Mega train.

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16. DPU's BNSF 4007-4135 fading away on same "Z"

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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Glad you could get plenty of vitamin D. Nice bunch and variety.

BB

dtoeppen Wrote:
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> Are the birds on their own now that the snow is
> gone?

Oh no, they go thru 20lbs of seed every other day.

Larry

Nice shots Larry.  Good weather and good light.
Brian Stevens