Western Railroad Discussion > Hazardous Smoke Continues On The BNSF Lakeside Sub

It was another very hazardous smoke day in Ritzville, WA On the BNSF Northern Transcon with a high-low of 74-53. Sun has been completely obliterated, making for cool temps. The smoke will be here for another two day before a cold front rolls thru the area. Sure do need a mask when taking pictures. Traffic is at 20 trains since midnight. The monitor does not show any trains at the moment. Might be getting ready for the bridge replacement on the Falbridge Sub. Here are some trains from today and a few from yesterday.

9/12/2020

Some pictures will have the smoke filtered, others will be smoky.

1. Grab shot of EB 409pm manifest train with BNSF 4272 on the point of 5 units with DPU.
2. WB 443pm garbage/manifest train with BNSF 3931-7543 on the pull with no DPU.
3. WB 504pm grain train with BNSF 6283-7415 on the point with DPU.

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/20 16:15 by Ritzville.

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4. DPU BNSF 8245 on same train.
5. WB 604pm grain train with BNSF 6187 on the very point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
6. DPU BNSF 4297 on same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/20 16:16 by Ritzville.

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8/13/2020

7. EB 1021am manifest train with BNSF 3931-7543 on the point with DPU's.
8. DPU's BNSF 264-7373-7517 on same train. 
9. Another shot of BNSF 264 on same train. I filtered the smoke.


 

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10. WB 1106am grain train with BNSF 4691-7611-8514 on the pull with no DPU.
11. Grab shot of EB 1247pm 3x2x1 Mega grain train with BNSF 6780-7066-5405 on the point with DPU's.
12. Middle DPU's BNSF 5016-4257 on same train. I filtered the smoke.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/13/20 16:16 by Ritzville.

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13. BNSF 482825 Colorado and Southern Heritage Hopper rolling in same train.
14. End DPU BNSF 4091 on same Mega train. I filtered the smoke.
15. WB 108pm coal train with BNSF 8568-7845 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
 

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16. DPU's BNSF 9077 and Warbonnet 779 on same coal train with filtered smoke.
17. EB 206pm grain train with BNSF 6172-3939 on the point with DPU's. I filtered the smoke.
18. DPU's BNSF 5132-7455 on same train.

That's it for another smoke filled day. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

 

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Nice photos and a big bunch of neat trains---looks pretty toxic though. Hope this can clear up for you soon.
Brian Stevens

Hi Larry, I heard on news about massive bushfires in Calfornia and Orgeon and it looks very bad and terrible, as we had one like this in Sydney NSW last Christmas and New Year. So I am hoping that we wont have other massive bushfires here in next summer season. Okay, thanks again for sharing.

Regards,

Barry Cook
Yass NSW Australia.

Thanks Brian and Barry! The fires on the West Coast have been terrible as were the fires in Australia last Chriistmas. Will be glad when smoke finally clears.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/20 09:08 by Ritzville.