Western Railroad Discussion > Sliding Thru The Long Weekend On The BNSF-A Bit Of Traction

It was a pleasent sunny day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub on the Northern Transcon. The high-low was 83-58. Traffic is at 13 trains since midnight with more on the way. Most of these trains were caught by ear. ATCS finally came up late yesterday while I was in Spokane. ATCS sure makes a big difference in catching trains, lol. My ears tend to catch the train too late unless I'm outside. Here are some trains from Saturday thru Monday and a bit of Traction and some.

9/3/2022

1. WB 324pm "Z" train with BNSF 7387-9253 and NS 1053 on the point with DPU.
2. Another shot of NS 1053 on same train.
3. TOFC on the roll on same train.

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4. More TOFC rolling in same "Z".
5. EB 435pm manifest train with BNSF 4459-4986 on the pull with no DPU.
6. WEB 445pm 3x2x1 Super empty grain train with BNSF 8290, CSX 7887 and BNSF 8383 on the point with DPU's.

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7. Middle DPU's BNSF 5500-6563 on same Mega train.
8. End DPU BNSF 8376 on same train.
9. WB 709pm coal train with BNSF 4271-9394-5302 on the point with DPU.

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10. DPU BNSF 3863 on same train.

9/4/2022

11. Grab shot of WB 858am #27 with AMTK 76 on the point about 5hrs late.
12. DPU BNSF 9155 on WB 1107am coal train. My ear missed the GE point of three units.

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13. EB 159pm manifest/military train with BNSF 7690-7111-7323 on the pull with no DPU and a friendly wave from the conductor.
14. A car of Military equipment on same train.
15. More military equipment on the move on same train.

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9/5/2022

16. I was ready for #27 and then I had stutter finger and the unhappy results of WB 916am #27 with AMTK 301 on the point. I had a few unkind words to myself. 
17. EB 1015am "V" train with BNSF 4457-5139 on the point with no DPU.
18. WB 1223pm ethanol train with BNSF 3856-3931 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.

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19. DPU BNSF 6651 on same train.

Now for a bit of Traction form the Andy Goodard collection, Jerry Squier photos.

20. Pacific Electric 713 Hollywood car heading for downtown LA in the 1950's. Need location help Charlie.
21. Toronto PCC 4600 in the 1960's. Location help welcomed.

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22. OT--Peerless bus 240 in San Jose, CA in the 1960's. Location info welcomed.
23. OT--Long Beach, CA Transit bus 7609 in the 1950's. Location info welcomed.
24. OT--Rearend look at Peerless bus 264 in San Jose, CA in the 1960's. Might be a hard location spot.

That's it for today. Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Thank you so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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No 20 shows car 713 sitting at the western terminus if the Venice Short Line, which is actually in Santa Monica, on
Ocean Ave and Broadway.
 
The portion of the Venice Short Line (VSL), between 4th St & Hill Sts in downtown Los Angeles was built by the
Pasadena & Pacific Ry, a predecessor Los Angeles Pacific, in 1897 and became Pacific Electric property in the
1911 "Great Merger" which formed 'New' PE. The last VSL train ran on September 17, 1950 with a franchise car 
running until 12/28/1950.
 
EDIT: Car 713 was built by Brill (not St Louis as my original post stated) in 1925 and was converted to one-man operation
in 1950 which also saw it renumbered to 5163. The car was scrapped in 1956 while in Metropolitan Coach Lines ownership.
Here it sits, pre-converted, while its crew relaxes and takes in the ocean breeze. 

Charlie



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/22 09:54 by cewherry.

Thanks Charlie for the location info, much appreciated!

Larry

TTC 4600 was photographed at the Halton County Radial Railway Museum in Campbellville, ON.  I was there in 2019 and 4600 is still going strong, altough it looked like it was in the middle of a refurbishment and was pressed in to service!

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 21. Toronto PCC 4600 in the 1960's. Location help
> welcomed.

Rob Smith
Hamilton, ON

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No 23 with the rails in the street and the catenary suspension in place this fairly screams American Ave (now Long Beach Blvd),
in the 850 block. Wondering about "BEAST" in the destination sign? Privately owned?

Charlie

Thanks Rob for the location of PCC 4600 and picture, much appreciated! Thanks Charlie for your comments on #23. I thought the sign was a bit different.

Larry

Could it be Route "8 EASY"?

cewherry Wrote:
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> Wondering about "BEAST" in the
> destination sign? Privately owned?
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> Charlie

Rob Smith
Hamilton, ON

DundasMP23 Wrote:
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You could be right Rob. Might be "8 East"

Larry

Ritzville Action
Moderate weather with interesting train traffic.
Two AMTK opportunities due to late running.
Intermodal traffic adds color, variety, and interest.
Mililtary loads offered surprise and opportunity.
Unit of the Day is NS #1053.

Historic Traction
 22 - PS #240 is a GM TDM-4509.  White auto on far right is a rare
         1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner (retractable hardtop).
23 - CAT #7609 is a GM TDH-3610.
24 - PS #264 is a GM TD-4506

Very much apreciate your time compiling this super posting.

ALLEN 

Ritzville Wrote:
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> Larry


A Google Maps search shows a "Easy Ave" in Long Beach. Maybe DundasMP23 got it right and the first character in the destination sign was '8'
and the Long Beach Transit bus was displaying "8 EASY". 

Wikipedia tells us that Long Beach City Lines and Long Beach Motor Bus Company were acquired from National City Lines in 1963 and formed
Long Beach Transit. That might explain the NCL 'Fruit Salad' paint job on the 7609.

Charlie



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/22 19:10 by cewherry.

Thanks Allen for your comments and interesting review, alway appreciated. That 1957 Ford Fairlane was a good looker back then. That Ford sort of truck was different looking in the Peerless picture. Charlie, I think Rob hit it on the head, looks like 8 EASY.

Larry

Great trains today Larry. I like the military trains. Those flat cars are really big to get three vehickes at a time.

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

Always good to hear from you Pedro!

Larry