Western Railroad Discussion > From Frozen Fog To Ice Rain On The BNSF--A Bit Of Traction

It was a cold cloudy day with ice rain in the afternoon in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub on the Northern Transcon. The high-low was 35-27 with .10 of ice rain so far. Last couple of days has been frozen fog. Warmer day temps on the way for a few days. Traffic is at 16 trains since midnight with more trains slipping by. Here are some trains from today and the last couple of days.

11/20/2022

1. WB 1112am grain train with BNSF 4000 and Warbonnet 709 on the point with DPU. Thanks Andy!
2. DPU BNSF 5949 on same train.
3. WB 1131am garbage/manifest train with BNSF 7494-6842-2635 on the pull with no DPU.

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4. Another shot of BNSF Geep 2635 on same train.
5. WB 1157am grain train with BNSF 6199-9233 on the point with DPU.

11/21/2022

6. EB 1202pm grain train with BNSF 5044-4341 on the pull with DPU.

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7. EB 1223pm oil train with BNSF 6555-7050 on the point with DPU's.
8. DPU's BNSF 7680 and Warbonnet 754 on same train.
9. DPU BNSF 6373 on WB 1241pm coal train. I missed the GE's on the point.

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10. WB 1252pm coal train with BNSF 3883, Grinstein 9786 and BNSF 3796 on the pull with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 6910 on same train.
12. WB 121pm Amtrak #27 with Amtk 314 on the point over 9hrs late.

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11/22/2022

13. EB 948am grain train with BNSF 8140-8395 on the pull with DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
14. DPU BNSF 6893 on same train.
15. WB 1007am grain train with BNSF 7374-H1 1067 on the point with DPU.

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16. DPU BNSF 4464 on same train.
17. WB 1119am coal train with BNSF 6376-8198-6908 on the pull with DPU.
17a.The three hours of Ice Rain has now turned into snow flakes at at 355pm.

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18. LARy 14?? streetcar on W Line in the 1950's. Need help on location Charlie. Jerry Squier photo.
19. San Francisco Muni 1108 on the J Church line near Duboce and Church Sts. in 1981. Jack Garcia photo.
20. Old Mack Los Angeles Transit line truck 69 in the 1950's. Not sure year of truck or location.

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21. OT--Buses at Birmingham bus yard in the 1970's. Any added info welcomed.

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 11/22/22 18:41 by Ritzville.

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Nice series today Larry. I like the Geep in the trash train. I remember to see a plant to burn trash near Wishram.
The old Mack truck is very nice too.
 

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

A friend said me the truck model is Mack LJ.

Ritzville Wrote:
> 20. Old Mack Los Angeles Transit line truck 69 in
> the 1950's. Not sure year of truck or location.

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

18 looks like North Broadway where it crosses over the SP "Bullring" yard.  The buildings of downtown LA are just out of view on the left.  Elysian Park in the background

Thanks Pedro for your comments and Mack truck model.

Larry

Thanks Topfuel for your helpful info on #18, nice to know.

Larry

#21 is from the seventies
 

Paul B
Canton, GA

Thanks Paul, made the date change.

Larry

Great trio. Nice to see the Warbonnets and H-1s as trailing units and DP in your neck of the woods too.
—Mac

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 18. LARy 14?? streetcar on W Line in the 1950's.
> Need help on location Charlie. Jerry Squier
> photo.
> 19. San Francisco Muni 1108 on the J Church line
> near Duboce and Church Sts. in 1981. Jack Garcia
> photo.
> 20. Old Mack Los Angeles Transit line truck 69 in
> the 1950's. Not sure year of truck or location.

No 18, as Topfuel has correctly identified, is on the North Broadway bridge, looking southwest. The freight
cars are on a combination of Santa Fe (nearest) and SP yard tracks with the Frisco box on a Bullring track
and the yellow reefer on a track leading to the Cornfield yard. This freight yard location is the first yard SP
developed in Los Angeles and dates to the 1870's. As far as I can determine there was some manner of
streetcar service on either this or a predecessor bridge spanning the Los Angeles River at this location
dating as far back to at least 1893 when N Broadway was known as Buena Vista St.

No 20 appears to be at the Division 4 car barn; located at 12th & Georgia Sts. Div. 4 remained in service to the
end, March 31, 1963. The rig appears to be able to respond to all but the most demanding emergency calls.

Charlie

 

Snow on top of freezing rain!
Watch your footing, or better yet shelter in place.
Rain all day here in Washougal but always a bit above freezing.

Thanks Mac for your nice comments, I too like seeing the older units along with EMD units. Thanks Charlie for your interesting classroom of helpful information on the traction and freight train yard locations, much appreciated! Thanks "railstiesballast" for the suggestion of shelter in place, exactly what I did, lol.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/22 19:34 by Ritzville.

Ritzville Action
Frozen fog sure makes for gloom; much better when clearer skies returned.
Grain and coal really dominate the bulk traffic category.
Late #27 made for an unusual photo op that you took nice advantage of.
Unit Of The Day is BNSF #9786.

Historic Traction
18 - Photographer made a great location choice; truck following streetcar is a late 1940's/early 1950's Chevrolet panel truck.
20 - Louisville Transit had a couple trucks configured like #69 in photo.
21 - #106 in the foreground is a Flxible Model 45096-6-1 built in 1974, #810 in the background is a GM Model TDH-4517 built in 1960.

Always appreciate your time and dedication.

ALLEN