Western Railroad Discussion > A Three Digit Scorcher On The BNSF Lakeside Sub

It was just HOT with a hot wind of 15-25mpg in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Northern Transcon. The high-low was 102-67 so far. I know this would be a cool day in Arizona, lol, but it is tough in Washington. The hot wind is very hard on the lawn and flowers. Really not a good day for pictures. Traffic has been only 17 trains since midnight with more on the way.
Here are some trains from yesterday and today.

7/29/2020

1. EB 208pm 3x2x0 Mega manifest train with BNSF 4071-6530-3974 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
2. Long line of reefers on same train.
3. Middle DPU's BNSF 7998 and CSXT 290 on same train.

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4. Older SP auto rack rolling in same train.
5. The End of same Mega train fading away.
6. WB 229pm "Z" train with BNSF 3839-6915-5321-3966-9123-8569 on the pull with no DPU.

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7. Coca-Cola along for the ride on same "Z".
8. WB 329pm manifest train with BNSF 6571-5006-5086 on the point with no DPU.
9. WB 456pm grain train with BNSF 8398 and NS 7596 on the pull with DPU.

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10. BNSF 487836 CB&Q Heritage Hopper ruined by graffiti rolling in same train. I remember when all those cars were clean, what a shame.
11. DPU BNSF 7926 on same train.
12. WB 605pm manifest train with BNSF 6059-6291 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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13. WB 801pm grain train with BNSF 6146-4224-6658 on the pull with DPU.
14. DPU BNSF 6109 on same train.

7/30/2020

15. WB 1049am manifest train with BNSF 5151-5638 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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16. DPU BNSF 8260 on same manifest train.
17. WB 109pm grain train with BNSF 3924-7524 on the point with DPU.
18. DPU Warbonnet 4706 on same train. A rare find these days.

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19. WB 240pm "Z" train with BNSF 7814-7154-5216-8083 on the point with DPU's.
20. DPU's BNSF 7461-9335 on same "Z"

That's it for this HOT day. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. Thank you so much for looking! Stay cool!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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That Coca-Cola van was a hoot! I wonder if Pepsi has an answer for it... :^)

Lance

Neat shots today.  Good looking mid-train DPUs with the reefer block.
Brian Stevens