Western Railroad Discussion > Some Mid-Week Action On The BNSF Northern Transcon

It was partly cloudy day in Ritzville. WA on the Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 79-48. Century mark temps are on the way for end of weekend, Mon and Tue next week, UGH! Traffic is at 18 trains since midnight with more on the way. Here are some trains from today and the last couple of days.

8/11/2020

1. EB 345pm grain train with BNSF 6187-4266 on the point with DPU, and friendly toot-toot from the hogger and wave from the conductor.
2. DPU BNSF 7441 on same train.
3. WB 544pm manifest train with BNSF 8380-7725-7555 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/13/20 15:19 by Ritzville.

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4. EB 612pm intermodal train with BNSF 7910-5110 on the pull with DPU.
5. WB 722pm coal train with BNSF 9167-5984 on the point with DPU's.
6. DPU's BNSF 8443-9024 on same train.

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7. EB 727pm grain train with BNSF 7211-4881 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

8/12/2020

8. WB 1151am grain train with BNSF 6849-8496 on the pull with DPU.
9. WB 1221pm manifest train with BNSF 5960-6663 on the point with DPU.

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10. DPU's BNSF 8754 and CSXT 592 on 1234pm 3x3x2 Mega grain train. Wasn't able to catch the point and middle DPU's. NS 8105 was in the head-en mix. Darn it!
11. EB 737pm manifest train with BNSF 3981-8205-5238-9153 on the pull with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

8/13/2020

Next sequence of pictures are with the Lind Turn which ran around it's train on the yard track to head back EB.

12. WB 853am Lind Turn waiting for crew member to line and lock switches for the main.

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13. Same train about to move out EB at 855am.
14. EB 857am Lind Turn with BNSF 1411-270 with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
15. Another power shot of same train.

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16. WB 953am oil train with BNSF 4079-5860 on the point with DPU.
17. WB 1005am intermodal train with BNSF 5094-8056-7687 on the pull with no DPU.
18. WB 1050am grain train with BNSF 7623-5805 on the point with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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19. DPU's BNSF 7526-8449 on same train.
20. WB 1137am manifest train with BNSF 3928-5039 on the pull with no DPU.
21. WB 219pm grain train with BNSF 8213-5723 on the point with DPU's.

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22. DPU's BNSF 5867 and CSXT 5310 on same train.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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