Western Railroad Discussion > Rolling On The BNSF Northern Transcon--A Bit Of Traction

It was a cool cloudy blustery(25-40mph) day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 64-48 with .08 of drops. Wind to last thru tonight. Traffic is at 19 trains since midnight with more on the way. I believe MoW has a project in the works soon with all the office trailers and equipment in town. Here are some trains from Monday and Tuesday with a bit of Traction.

5/16/2022

1. WB 1201pm garbage/manifest train with BNSF 7655-6906 on the point with DPU.
2. Grain train hopper rolling in same train.
3. Old CNW hopper rolling in same train.

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4. DPU BNSF 3865 on same train.
5. WB 1218pm manifest train with BNSF 4464-H1 1006-6738 on the pull with no DPU.
6. New clean MRL covered gons rolling in same train.

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7. WB 211pm grain train with BNSF 7037-7716 on the point with DPU.
8. WB 505pm grain train with BNSF 5720-H1 1032 on the pull with DPU's.
9. DPU's BNSF 9163 and Grinstein 9782 on same train.

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10. WB 619pm oil train with BNSF 6970-6411 on the point with DPU's

5/17/2022

11. WB 1228pm grain train with BNSF 5669 and Warbonnet 674 on the pull with DPU. Thanks Zachary!
12. Little red bird with lots of melody. Has a nest on side of house bush.

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13. WB 358pm oil train with BNSF 3250-4637 on the point with DPU's.
14. DPU's BNSF 6726 and CN 8888 on same train.
15. EB 420pm manifest train with BNSF 4698-6728 on the pull with no DPU.

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16. Old ATSF open hopper rolling in same train hauling old ties.
17. WB 798pm ethanol train with BNSF 5277-8347 on the point with DPU's.

Now for a bit of Traction and some from the Andy Goddard collection. Jerry Squire photos.

18. Pacific Electric MTA blimp 1543 in green on a charter in the 1960's Location is 8th and where Charlie?

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19. Key System E train 169 in Bridge yard in the 1950's.
20. Key System Tower in 1950's. Not sure of exact location, information welcomed.
21. OT--LosAngeles buses with a newbie in the mix under 6th St. viaduct in 1959. Corrections welcomed.

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22. OT-- Boston Mack buses with train in the background in the 1960's. Information welcomed.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

 

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#18 we are on San Pedro near 8th, Los Angeles.  Here is the current view. The brick parapet on the building is the giveaway. Yesterday I tried to find a current view of the turn onto the viaduct from San Pedro but it was a depressing sight with squatters on the sidewalk. The flower district looks better.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/22 16:05 by Railpax71.

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19. Wonder what the car body was .
21. 51 was that the line to Redondo Beach.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/22 18:11 by usmc1401.

Thanks for the post.When we lived in Wickenburg we had a bird guide to Arizona (credit my wife for the feeder and guide) and I really enjoyed seeing the different birds.A shocker was the carfdnal,just like the sports logo.That green blimp shot on San Pedro is a killer.Bill Webb

Thanks Railpax71 for the up to date look at San Pedro Ave. Good to see some of the old buildings are there. Thanks "usmc1319", I'm not sure of the auto, looks like late 50's model. Thanks Bill, looked at in my book of birds, might be a finch.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/22 17:56 by Ritzville.

Good set Larry. Nice catch on the WA GrainCar. Love the bird pics.
Regards,dK

#20 is of a Key Route tower. Keyrouteken only posted his adventures at tower #2.  I believe this is tower #3 down the track from the other Emeryville picture posted recently around Yerba Buena and San Pable..

Lots of very interesting traffic and very nice cloud formations for photography.
BNSF #9782 was a nice catch made even better by companion BNSF #9163.
Little red bird has a greaty vantage spot.

MTA #1543 looks great rolling down the street.
LA bus scene is a super liker with #5211 GM "New Look".
Mack busses in Boston outlasted those in Louisville.

Thanks for the daily update and the great traction scenes.

ALLEN  


 

Thanks DK and thanks Railpax71 for for your comments on #20, wish I had better info on the tower.

Larry

Thanks Allen for all your interesting insight on the buses and train comments.

Larry

I believe the bird is a House Finch.  What is being hauled in the MRL covered gondolas?  I assume the "Grain Train"cars are owned by a private company. Does anybody know their name?

smf2mry Wrote:
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> I believe the bird is a House Finch.  What is
> being hauled in the MRL covered gondolas?  I
> assume the "Grain Train"cars are owned by a
> private company. Does anybody know their name?

I think everybody has left.  I guess our questions shall forever remain unanswered.