Western Railroad Discussion > Some Mid-Week Action the BNSF Lakeside Sub--A Bit Of Traction

It was a cold overcast day with a few snow flakes in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Northern Transcon. The high-low was 31/15. I'm sure these temps are warm compared to Bismarck, ND. Traffic is at 23 trains since midnight with more trains on the way. Here are some trains from today and yesterday.

2/1/2022

1. EB 252pm stack train with BNSF 8472, CSX 4054 on the point with DPU.
2. A going away shot of same train.
3. DPU NS 7678 on same train.

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4. WB 252pm manifest train with BNSF 7334-9042-3960 on the point with DPU.
5. Long string of boxcars rolling in same train.
6. DPU BNSF 5754 on same train.

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7. WB 420pm 3x3x1 Super Mega grain train with BNSF 7334-9042-3960 on the point with DPU.
8. Middle DPU's BNSF ??19-7361-9164 on same train in a blur, darn it.
9. BNSF 482111 SP&S Heritage Hopper rolling in same train.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/22 15:50 by Ritzville.

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10. End DPU BNSF 5755 on same Mega train.

2/2/2022

11. WB 1049am grain train with BNSF 8069 and UP 5373 on the pull with DPU's and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
12. Another shot of UP 5373 on same train.

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13. DPU's CP 9357-8114 on same train.
14. WB 1201pm 2x3x3 Super Mega grain train with BNSF 8214-9144 on the point with DPU's.
15. Middle DPU's BNSF 4666-5100-5744 on same train.

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16. END DPU's BNSF 8163-7830-4623 on same Mega train.
17. WB 1222pm oil train with BNSF 7334-9042-3960 on the point with DPU.
18. DPU's BNSF 5413-3834 on same train.

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Gotta love it when they are coupled nose to nose.....

Now a bit of Traction from the Andy Goddard collection.

19. Older LA streetcar in the early 1950's. Need help on location Charlie.
20. LA MTA PCC 3075 on the P Line in downtown LA in the 1950's. Need location if possible.
21. San Francisco Muni PCC streetcars and a Mack bus at the East Bay Terminal in 1964.

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Photo 19: We're on the W Line which had its western terminal where Rimpau crosses Washington Blvd,
east of La Brea Ave; easier to just say West Los Angeles. The W line cut through the heart of downtown
on N. Broadway, crossed the LA River, to San Fernando Rd which it used to reach N. Figueroa thence 
northeast to Marmion Way which is where the photographer captured this image...whew! This private
right of way ran on the north bank of the Arroyo Seco and we can see the Santa Fe's Second District
main track at the extreme right, at a lower elevation---the route of today's Gold Line Light Rail. The W line
continued through the west side of the now N/S running Arroyo Seco, again using N. Figueroa to its eastern
terminal at Buena Vista Terrace, surely one of, if not the longest LARY route.

Photo 20: (See correction below) This one is a real puzzler. Others will have to confirm, but I believe the the railfan special car
is on 7th St but I'm not sure which direction it's headed. In the background we see Barker Brothers main
store in LA which was at 818 W. 7th St and the Cordova Hotel is shown in the book as located at
826 W. 8th. Question is,are we looking at the rear of the Barker Bros. building and the front of the Cordova Hotel?
I don't really have the answer. It does appear however, that car 3075 is the same one that eludes me from yesterday.
The mystery continues: Car 3075--where are you?

CORRECTION: I stated yesterday that the Barker Brothers store in downtown L.A. was at 818 W 7th St.
Mr. Google provides us with a recent (February 2021) photo of, guess what; that very same building and
the current owner is nice enough to include the '818' numbers to convince us, as if the exterior architectural
features leave any doubt. Google also shows us the street name: S. Figueroa.

Another source: Wikipedia (if we can trust it) shows the P Line cars used Broadway--not Figueroa as the route
to move N/S through downtown and a look at  a 1938 route map of LARY seems to confirm this.
I'm open to any and all corrections on this.

Therefore in Photo 20, we see car 3075, on an excursion sponsored by the Southern California Division of
the Electric Railroaders Association, definitely moving southward on S. Figueroa St in Los Angeles. 

See:https://www.google.com/maps/@34.048143,-118.2610551,3a,51.7y,49.5h,103.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6TEr7EgwkFSm2QnJUHtVsw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Charlie

 



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/22 15:23 by cewherry.

Thanks Charlie for all your hard work in giving all the interesting information and locations, very much appreicated! Thanks for the Google picture Charlie.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/22 21:58 by Ritzville.

Thank you for sharing but I enjoying see old photos of streetcars, cars and etc, as it is so much appreciated.

Regards,

Barry Cook
Yass NSW Australia . 

Thanks wpdude, Charlie and Barry! Good to hear from you Barry in Australia.

Larry