Western Railroad Discussion > Rounding Out The Weekend On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was a cool drippy day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 67-48 and .23 of rain from thunderstorms so far. Traffic is at 25 train since midnight with more on the way. Here some trains from today and the last two days.

6/26/2020

1. WB 1231pm grain train with BNSF 5296-5504 on the point with DPU rolling by the Templin grain circle in Ritzville.
2. A far away shot from I-90 of WB 1242pm grain train rolling in the prairie between CP Keysone and CP Tokio.

6/27/2020

3. EB 351pm grain train with BNSF EMD's 270-283-258 on the pull with no DPU. Nice sounding power.
 

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4. WB 408pm grain train with BNSF 7735-3954 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
5. DPU BNSF 6387 on same train.
6. WB 459pm "Z" train with BNSF 6915-5203-3818-6700 on the pull with DPU's.

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7. Another shot of BNSF 6700 on same "Z". Just liked the number.
8. TOFC on the move on same "Z".
9. DPU's BNSF 6309-6082 on same "Z".

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10. WB 552pm grain train with BNSF 7504-7469 on the point with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 5836 on same train.

6/28/2020

12. WB 1027am oil train with BNSF 3856-6404 on the pull with DPU's.

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13. DPU's BNSF 6805-8091 on same train.
14. WB 1049am grain train with BNSF 3840-6956 on the pull with DPU.
15. DPU BNSF 6283 on same train.

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16. Grab shot of EB 1125am grain train with BNSF 7097-7070-9196 on the point with no DPU.
17. WB 1140am soybean? train with BNSF 9102-5869 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
18. DPU BNSF 9300 on same train.

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19. WB 419pm grain train with BNSF 6773-8398 on the pull with DPU.
20. BNSF 486111 BN Heritage Hopper rolling in same train. Making another appearance.
21. DPU BNSF 8583 on same train fading away into thunderstorm.

That's it for today. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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I would have loved to see the grain train with the pure SD60 consist as power. That is a great catch in 2020.

Great photos--neat sets of power today.
Brian Stevens

Another grest set of images. Pictures 1 and 2 make me remember my trip through your area in 2011. I was driving from Sandpoint ID to Kent WA with friend Bill. I could some trains along the way, including one grain with two CN units when we were entering Ritzville.

Pedro 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Thanks Milwaukee, Brian and Pedro for your kind comments.

Larry