Western Railroad Discussion > Light Days On The BNSF Lakeside Sub--A Bit Of Traction

It was a cool cloudy with some drips in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Northern Transcon. The high-low was 66-54 with .11 of light rain. Traffic is light at 9 trains since midnight with more on the way Here are trains from today and the last couple of days and a bit of Traction.

9/27/2022

1. WB 301pm coal train with BNSF 6427-7927-6513 on the point with DPU.
2. DPU BNSF 6595 on same train.
3. EB 424pm empty oil train with BNSF Orange-3882-4459 on the pull with no DPU.

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4. The End of same train.
5. EB 457pm manifest train with BNSF 5614-7382-4362 on the point with no DPU.
6. Long string of reefers rolling in same train.

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7. EB 530pm empty oil train with BNSF 3856-7563 on the pull with DPU.
8. DPU BNSF 6651 on same train.

9/28/2022

9. EB 1243pm oil train with BNSF 5536 and Warbonnet 784 on the point with DPU.

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10. DPU BNSF 8195 on same train.
11. EB 142pm "Z" train with BNSF 3825-7094-8542-3737 on the pull with DPU.
12. Another look at same train.

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13. TOFC rolling in same "Z".

9/29/2022

14. EB 228pm "V" train with BNSF 7903-7080 on the point with DPU.
15. DPU BNSF 5480 on same train.

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16. EB 253pm manifest train with BNSF Orange-7539-5469 on the pull with no DPU.
17. Old ATSF hopper rolling in same train.

Now for a bit of Traction from the Andy Goddard collection.

18. Pacific Electric train at a station in the early 1950's Picture is off color. Need lots of info Charlie on this shot. Jerry Squier photo. Too bad picture has a blur.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/22 16:16 by Ritzville.

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19. Pacific Electric 6th and main eamp in 1950. Any info welcomed. Charles Thorpe picture.
20. San Francisco Muni PCC 1180, ex-Toronto car), at the Geneva Car barn in the 1970's. I got to run those PCC's, fast cars stopping on a dime. Jerry Squier photo.
21. OT--National Reactor Testing station buses in 1960's. No info on this picture. Any info welcomed. Jerry Squier photo.

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22. OT--AB&W bus 937 in the 1960's. Another no location info other than it's next to the IRS. Info welcomed. Jerry Squier photo.

That's it for today. Hope everyone has a great evening and tomorrow. My prayers go out to all the people in Hurricane Ian's path, especially PC Bill. Thanks you so much for looking.

Larry
Ritzville, WA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/22 16:29 by Ritzville.

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Picture 18 shows the Glendora station which is the end of the line for the Monrovia-Glendora Line.

PHall Wrote:
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> Picture 18 shows the Glendora station which is the
> end of the line for the Monrovia-Glendora Line.

Thank you PHall for that information, much appreicated.

Larry

AB&W. Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington. Local bus service between Washington and Northern Virginia. Washington terminus was on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the Old Post Office Building (more recently Trumo Hotel).
 

parsonplus Wrote:
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> AB&W. Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington.
> Local bus service between Washington and
> Northern Virginia. Washington terminus was on
> Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the Old Post
> Office Building (more recently Trumo Hotel).
>  

Thanks so much for that informative information, much appreciated.

Larry

National Reactor Testing Station was the original name for the Idaho National Laboratory, the nuclear energy research site near Idaho Falls.  Assuming the buses were used to transport workers to and from the site from Idaho Falls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C458NsH08TI

mike woodruff
spokane

Ritzville Action
Weather has cooled and so has the train traffic.
Good to see the coal and oil trains as well as the manifest and colorfil intermodal trains.
Old ATSF hopper was certainly a very nice catch.
Unit Of The Day is BNSF #8542.

Historic Traction
18 - A wonderful bucolic interurban station scene.
19 - A photo classic.  Auto on right is pre-WWII.  Three buses L to R are: Twin transit coach,
       GM Model PDA4101 highway coach, and White transit coach.  GM Old Look transit coach 
       is behind the White.  Autos in parking lot appear to be post-WWII 1940's.
21 - The six buses in the scene were built by Crown Coach, a California manufacturer.
22 - Bus #937 is a GM Model TDH4512

Thanks for posting another edition of your super action and traction series.
Your time is definitely appreciated.
ALLEN




 

Thanks Mike for your info on the NRTS crown buses, much appreciated. Thanks Allen for your interesting reviews and the many different bus models, always appreciated.

Larry

No 18 is very unique if for no other reason than the rail car we see sitting in front of the Glendora Station.
The car, running extra on an excursion as denoted by the white flag displayed is none other than the 999.
It started life on Los Angeles Pacific in 1907 as their 747. Rebuilt and renumbered 909 in 1909 at LAP's
Sherman Shops (West Hollywood), it was given the name "El Viento"--the wind, the LAP's finest car,
equipped with toilet, leather chairs, divans, drapery and a five-window front end complete with curved glass
at the corners. Pacific Electric obtained the car as part of the 1911 'Great Merger' and promptly rebuilt the car
again, moving the toilet to the middle, and installing bulkheads to form cabs at each end and a given a new
number; 01. As PE business car, 01 was soon displaced by car, 1000 in 1915, which was capable of operating
on the new 1200 volt San Bernardino line, relegating 01 to secondary status. On December 17, 1925, 01 was
renumbered 999, remaining a business car but stored at PE's new shops at Torrance.

In 1928-29 car 999 was included in the modernization of the 950-993 class cars but retained two distinctive features;
999 has has twin over-sized side windows, while somewhat similar, 994-998 (also veterans of excursion service), had
similar side elevations those five cars retained the LAP three-window ends. PE's 1000's, were similar to 999, with
five-window ends but sported only one oversized side window. These peculiarities made the 999 a favorite among
railfans, asked for on many excursion trips leading up to its retirement and scrapping in 1950.

The last electric rail passenger service on PE's Northern District was September 30, 1951---71 years ago,
tomorrow---and I was aboard the last revenue trip to Monrovia, 8.18 miles west of Glendora, with dad, mom and
brother Bill, of course. I remember parts of that trip as if it was yesterday!

No 19 shows the 1942 built Los Angeles St bus deck. The photo shows the ramp leading from Maple St upward to 
the deck which was attached to the rear of PE's headquarters building at 6th & Main Sts. The box motor peeking
its roof above some motor coaches is on tracks that were originally part of PE's 7th St surface yard. Photo had
to be made prior to November 1952, date of last box-motor operations.

Charlie





 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/22 22:49 by cewherry.

The PE car in photo 18 looks like probably an excursion, what with the white flag.  Also, it looks like a member of the "ten" class.  The web page of the Electric Railway Historical Association states that the use of the wooden cars (the Tens and the 950 class) ended with the abandonment of the Venice Short Line on 09/17/1950.  I'm certain that Charlie can add much more information.

Steve

Thanks Charlie for a very interesting schoolroom discussion on the PE 999, so many interesting facts, very ejoyable. Thanks for more facts on the PE viaduct at 6th and Main, very much appreciated. Thanks Steve for your interesting comments.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/22 22:54 by Ritzville.