Western Railroad Discussion > Mid-Week Action On The BNSF Lakeside Sub--A Bit Of Traction

It was a cool breezy sunny day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub on the Northern Transcon. The high-low was 57-29. Couple of 60+ days ahead and then back to the 40's and cooler weather. traffic is at 24 trains since midnight with more on the way. Here are some trains from today and yesterday and a bit of Traction.

4/5/2022

1. EB 342pm intermodal train with BNSF 7903-7991-5130-5217 on the point with no DPU.
2. EB 355pm stack/TOFC train with BNSF 7843-3905 on the point with no DPU. Might be an empty train.
3. TOFC rolling in same train.

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4. EB 408pm grain train with BNSF 5873-8470-7894 on the pull with no DPU.
5. ​EB 422pm grain train with BNSF 6405 and CSX 7025 on the point with DPU.
6. DPU BNDF 9365 on same train.

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7. ​WB 522pm "Z" train with BNSF 3973-5700-8492-7453 on the pull with DPU.
8. Stack on the roll in same "Z".
9. TOFC rolling in same "Z".

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10. DPU's BNSF 5197-6899 on same "Z".

4/6/2022

11. WB 953am coal train with BNSF 8392-6743-9082 on the point with DPU.
12. DPU BNSF 6951 on same train.

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13. ​EB 1121am grain train with BNSF 6841-8083 on the pull with DPU's.
14. DPU's BNSF 5169-4419.
15. WB 1142am manifest train with BNSF 7167-9186 on the point with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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16. Steel on the roll on same train.
17. Wheels on thee roll on same train.
18. DPU BNSF 5858 on same train.

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19. WB 1213pm grain train with BNSF 6917-4035 on the pull with DPU and a late friendly wave from the hogger.

Now for a bit of Traction from the Andy Goddard collection and a couple from my collection. Andy will be on vacation for about 10 days.

20. From my collection, double wig-wag on Division St. in 1940 in Ritzville, WA on the NP mainline. Picture by Bert Kendrick.
21.Pacific Electric in Long Beach? in the 1950's. Is that location right Charlie?

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22. LA MTA PCC 3151 J Line in the 1960's. Need help on location.
23. San Francisco Muni streeetcar on 3 Line in 1946 at Sutter and Stockton Sts. Unknown photographer. Sure reminds me of SF in my kid days.
24. Pacific Electric bus 2714 bound for downtown LA in 1952. Need help on location.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/22 16:46 by Ritzville.

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#23 shows the intersection of Sutter and Stockton Sts. in San Francisco.  There's the sign for the Forbidden City night club on the right.
That's a 3 Jackson trolley coming up Sutter.  The 3 line is now a trolley bus, except that it was suspended during the pandemic and has not been put back in service.

Stephanie Ann

Thanks Stephanie Ann, I was thinking either Geary or Sutter, thanks for the correction.

Larry

Nice trains Larry. Picture 17 shows a kind of cargo that can do a big damage in case of a derailment. It's better to stay far from the tracks.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Yes, photo 21 is of Morgan Ave Yard. This is where Pacific Electric cars layed-over from 1911 until 1954
when Metropolitan Coach Lines, the operator of PE's former passenger service, moved these functions
about 4000 feet further up Ocean Park Ave, (seen at the left of the photo), to Fairbanks Yard. 

No 22 shows the J-Line private right-of-way in the middle of Pacific Blvd, just south of LAMTA's Vernon Yard.

No 24 is a remarkable photo. The 2714 is a General Motors TDH-5103, purchased in 1950. Here we see it
eastbound on Venice Blvd, just past the intersection of Vermont Ave, performing what had been, until September 17, 1950,
a rail car service on Pacific Electric's Venice Short Line. Under rail service the "VSL" had been headquartered
at PE's 4th & Hill St station and ran to its namesake city via Vineyard and Culver City.
 
If you look carefully between today's trees we can see the "Fuller Brush" signed building, still standing here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0442594,-118.2911179,3a,51.1y,211.8h,89.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saBmztYdpB4phYzBZUlAw2A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Charlie


  

Sutter and Stockton, San Francisco from street view.

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Both google pictures sure show a big change in SF and LA with a few buildings still with us. Very interesting!

Larry

Five EMD's certainly brightened the nice day.

Wheel Cars (Photo 17) brings bsck memories of late 1980's / early 1990's'
At that time CSX decided to ship wheels over the highway on flatbed eighteen wheelers.
I always hated to be behind one on those rigs especially when it was going uphill.

PE #2714 looks super sharp.  The photographer did a real nice job.

Thanks for another interesting update of Ritzville. Also, thanks for another super nice bus photo.

ALLEN

 

In #23, might that be an ex-Market Street Railway streetcar? 

Nice looking trains Larry
Brian Stevens

Posted from iPhone

Thanks everyone for your interesting comments and location spots, always welcomed! 

Larry