Western Railroad Discussion > From Unhealthy to Hazardous Air Conditions On The BNSF

It was upgraded from unhealthy air quality to Hazardous today in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 76-51 with a few drops from the dirty sky only to spot up the cars. Sounds like the smoke will be around till the end of the week, UGH! Traffic is at 22 trains since midnight with more on the way. Here are some of the trains from yesterday and today. I did filter out some of the smoke in a few pictures.

9/14/2020

1. EB 325pm manifest train with BNSF 8391-288-4603 on the point with no DPU.
2. Another shot of BNSF 288 on same train. Smoke filtered.
3. WB 352pm grain train with BNSF 7550-6205 on the pull with DPU's.

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4. DPU's BNSF 8567-5966 on same train.
5. Grab shot of ​WB 412pm "Z' train with BNSF 7387-4414-7639-6828 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger. Smoke filtered.
6. ​WB 428pm grain train with BNSF 8329-6082 on the pull with DPU.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/20 15:39 by Ritzville.

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7. ​EB 452pm grain train with BNSF 4602-7499-7658 on the point with no DPU.
8. ​WB 524pm grain train with BNSF 4039-7931 on the pull with DPU. Smoke filtered.
9. DPU BNSF 9018 on same train.

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10. ​WB 1002am grain train with BNSF 8351-5253-3891 on the pull with DPU. Smoke filtered.
11. DPU BNSF 7115 on same train.
12. ​​WB 1013am oil train with BNSF 4283-7930 on the point with DPU's. 

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13. DPU's BNSF 6730-5114 on same oil train.
14. EB 1127am grain train with BNSF 6988-8230 on the pull with DPU.
15. DPU BNSF 8510 on same train. Smoke filtered.

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16. EB 1142am manifest train with BNSF 3992-5998-5841 on the point with no DPU.
17. WB 1034am "Z" train with BNSF 7859-7984-3810-6841 on the pull with DPU's.
18. DPU's BNSF 6712-6745 on same "Z". Smoke filtered.

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19. WB 301pm grain train with BNSF 6892-7776 on the point with DPU's. Lots of grain trains rolling these days.
20. DPU's BNSF 7312-8183 on same train.

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

Larry
​Ritzville, WA

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Yikes it looks bad there. Stay safe

I wish you'd clean your lens, those pictures are awful!! Seriously, it looks like the aftermath of Mt. St Helens, same
gritty look. Stay ouf of that stuff it truly is bad for one's lungs.

Out 

AWESOME image of the #288!!

you be safe up there...........

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Looks like May 1980 when the mountain blew up

Thanks everyone! I will try to be safe in that awful smoke. May have a shift in wind direction this weekend.

Larry

8510 is one of the 20 SD70AceP4's.

Eng.Shadetree