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Western Railroad Discussion > Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777Date: 11/21/20 15:54 Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville It was a sunny cool day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub with a high-low of 42-26. Traffic is at 33 trains since midnight with more on the way. Catching back up to the presnet on the BNSF Northern Transcon. Here are some of the trains from today and the last couple of days.
11/19/2020 1. WB 257pm manifest train with BNSF 5027-9383 on the point with no DPU. 2. WB 316pm manifest train with BNSF 4229-3825 on the pull with DPU. 3. WB 411pm grain train with BNSF 6910-6016 on the point with DPU's in low light. Date: 11/21/20 15:58 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 4. DPU's BNSF 6292-7738 on same train. Seem like most of the 7700 units are covered with graffiti.
11/20/2020 5. WB 122pm coal train with BNSF 7213-9326 on the pull with DPU's. 11/21/2020 6. EB 923am intermodal train with BNSF 7494-4605 on the point with DPU. Date: 11/21/20 16:02 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 7. DPU's BNSF 8332 on same train.
8. WB 938am manifest train with BNSF 3799-5239 on the pull with no DPU. 9. The End of same train fading away Date: 11/21/20 16:07 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 10. EB 956am grain train with BNSF 7980-5082 on the point with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 8072 on same train fading away by old NP Ritzville Depot. 12. WB 1141am manifest train with Warbonnet 4704 and BNSF 5146 on the pull with no DPU. Very NICE to see a Warbonnet on the very point these days. Date: 11/21/20 16:11 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 13. The end of same train fading away.
14. EB 1201pm 3x2x1 Mega grain train with BNSF 5335-6565-6342 on the point with DPU's and a friendly wave from the conductor. Tought to shoot EB trains with the sun angle these days. 15. Middle DPU's BNSF 5771-5334 on same train. Date: 11/21/20 16:16 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 16. End DPU BNSF 5189 on same Mega train.
17. WB 1228pm manifest train with BNSF 7443-9218 on the pull with DPU. 18. DPU BNSF 8368 on same train. Date: 11/21/20 16:24 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 19. WB 217pm grain train with BNSF 7777-8388 on the point with DPU. Always nice to see lucky 7777. Also had a rail fan pull up and also grab a shot of 7777. I was coming out of the grocery store when I heard a distant whistle and it happened to be the lucky unit.
20. A quick going away grab shot of BNSF 7777 on same train. 21. DPU BNSF 6576 on same train. Date: 11/21/20 16:27 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville 22. WB 245pm "Z" train with BNSF 5932-3829-3941-6876 on the pull with no DPU.
That's it for today. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Thank you so much for looking! Larry Ritzville, WA Date: 11/21/20 16:45 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: koloradokid Ritzville Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 4. DPU's BNSF 6292-7738 on same train. Seem like > most of the 7700 units are covered with graffiti. > > 11/20/2020 > > 5. WB 122pm coal train with BNSF 7213-9326 on the > pull with DPU's. > > 11/21/2020 > > 6. EB 923am intermodal train with BNSF 7494-4605 > on the point with DPU. Interesting coal train with only 2 up front and two on the rear instead of the normal 3 by 1. Is this a change for allm, or just this one? TIA Robert Date: 11/21/20 16:58 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville koloradokid Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Ritzville Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > 4. DPU's BNSF 6292-7738 on same train. Seem > like > > most of the 7700 units are covered with > graffiti. > > > > 11/20/2020 > > > > 5. WB 122pm coal train with BNSF 7213-9326 on > the > > pull with DPU's. > > > > 11/21/2020 > > > > 6. EB 923am intermodal train with BNSF > 7494-4605 > > on the point with DPU. > > Interesting coal train with only 2 up front and > two on the rear instead of the normal 3 by 1. Is > this a change for allm, or just this one? > > TIA > > Robert I see coal trains with 2 on the front and two on the rear quite a few times over the weeks. I also see 3 and 1 many times. Larry Date: 11/21/20 18:57 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: SCKP187 Good look at the day's activity Larry. Several units facing the same direction in consist. The block of tanks behind the power looks pretty cool
Brian Stevens Date: 11/21/20 21:12 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: SP8100 Ritzville Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 4. DPU's BNSF 6292-7738 on same train. Seem like > most of the 7700 units are covered with graffiti. Larry, I know several of the 7700's that I had on a BNSF unit grain to 4 Lakes were totally tagged on the outside. Looking at the 92 day inspection card indicated they had spent time in Southern California area.. Hmmmmm, taggers must have got to them a lot down there.. Keep on posted what I miss on the Northern Transcon.. :-) SP8100 Date: 11/21/20 21:16 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: SP8100 Ritzville Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > koloradokid Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ritzville Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > 4. DPU's BNSF 6292-7738 on same train. Seem > > like > > > most of the 7700 units are covered with > > graffiti. > > > > > > 11/20/2020 > > > > > > 5. WB 122pm coal train with BNSF 7213-9326 > on > > the > > > pull with DPU's. > > > > > > 11/21/2020 > > > > > > 6. EB 923am intermodal train with BNSF > > 7494-4605 > > > on the point with DPU. > > > > Interesting coal train with only 2 up front and > > two on the rear instead of the normal 3 by 1. > Is > > this a change for allm, or just this one? > > > > TIA > > > > Robert > > I see coal trains with 2 on the front and two on > the rear quite a few times over the weeks. I also > see 3 and 1 many times. > > Larry Larry, Past history on the coal trains going to Centralia, Wash and Roberts Bank, BC is that when they get to Laurel, MT on the MRL, MRL rearranges a unit from the rear to the head end to use helpers on the rear of the train. I think MRL has to cut in the helpers if they are 2X2 on Mullan and Bozeman pass.. SP8100 Date: 11/21/20 22:11 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville Thanks SP8100 for all the info.
Larry Date: 11/21/20 23:04 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: zaltwsp7 I like photo 12. Maybe that warbonnet and heritage 2 locomotive would like to swap thier air conditioning units with each other Lol
Date: 11/22/20 03:50 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: bmarti7 koloradokid Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting coal train with only 2 up front and > two on the rear instead of the normal 3 by 1. Is > this a change for allm, or just this one? > > TIA > > Robert my 2 cents worth: from speaking with engineers 2 x 2 is desirable but we don't live in a perfect world. Dead units, other locomotive issues dictate placement. Also availability-Ft. Worth seems to want to use the newer units instead of bringing MAC's out of storage BB Date: 11/22/20 15:59 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: jmbreitigan Nice looking clouds in your first photo.
John Date: 11/22/20 16:30 Re: Back To The Present On The BNSF--7777 Author: Ritzville Thanks everyone!!
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