Western Railroad Discussion > Sun, Snow and Again Trains By Ear On BNSF--A bit Of Traction

It was a mostly cold sunny day in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub on the Northern Transcon. The high-low was 31/17 with possible snow on the way. ATCS went down again, so trains by ear. No traffic counts till Monitor goes back on line. Here are some trains from today and last couple of days and a bit of Traction.

12/1/2022

1. WB 1250pm grain train with BNSF 3829-7705 on the point with DPU's.
2. DPU's BNSF H1 1032-4436 on same train.
3. WB 308pm grain train with BNSF 7082-8096 on the pull with DPU

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4. DPU BNSF 5355 on same train.
5. WB 335pm grain train with BNSF 5094-7161 on the point with DPU.
6. DPU BNSF 7679

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12/2/2022

7. EB 941am grain train with BNSF 7053-7941 on the pull with DPU.
8. DPU BNSF 8191 on same train.

12/3/2021

9. WB 852am grain train with BNSF 5810-8023 on the point with DPU.

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10. DPU BNSF 4154 on same train.
11. WB 927am grain train with BNSF 8183-5125 on the pull with DPU. The birds waiting to be fed.
12. DPU BNSF 4620 on same train.

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13. EB 1002am"V" train with KCSM 4717 and BNSF 4212-7254 on the point with DPU.
14. DPU BNSF 7922 on same train thru the wires.
15. WB 158pm manifest train with BNSF 9730 and FXE 4043 on the pull with no DPU.

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Nice ones Larry. Been praying for moisture?

PCBill

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

17. LARy streetcar 1513 on 5 Line in the 1950's. Need location help Charlie. Jerry Squier photo.
18. Septa PCC 2741 in 1991, Any extra infor welcomed. Unknown photographer.
19. Philly traction in 1983. Any info welcomed. Jack Garcia photo.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/22 16:33 by Ritzville.

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20. San Francisco Marmon Trolley Bus 820 in 1962. Location help welcomed. Unknown photographer.
21. OT--Old look bus 2911 on Los Angeles Transit? in 1960. John Squier photo.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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The Septa Trolley (Kawasaki) #100 is coming off the service tracks at the 69th Street Transportation Center. The cars in the background are parked in the median of West Chester Pike. When I was a kid those stub storage tracks were the mainline to West Chester, Pa. That trolley line had the distiction of, despite very heavy ridership, was pulled up to allow widening of West Chester Pike. It would have been too expensive to move it out of the way, but not too expensive to plow it under to add two lanes of highway! I recall seeing the Red Arrow cars (original owner of the West Chester line) in West Chester in its last years of existance and as a kid sadly dissapointed that one day travelling through West Chester they were no longer there. Replaced by ugh! Buses. Of course back then you could ride the Pennsylvania RR Red Rattlers from Philadelphia to West Chester.
Thanks for your obscure transit posts!
Gonut

Ritzville Action
Sunny skies have finally returned making things bright again.
Grain traffic dominated the scene with a little manifest for variety.
Unit Of The Day is BNSF #9730.

Historic Traction
17 - Cab Stand next to trolley stop is a real convenience; first taxi in line is a 1954 Chevrolet.
20 - Always enjoy the trolley bus photos, brings back memories from my childhood.
21 - #2911 is a GM Model TDH-4801 built in 1953, a California Only Model; I remember "Bubble Up".
        #2006 is a GM Model PDA-4101 built in 1948.

Thanks for another excellent installment in your action and traction series.
Always appreciate the time you spend to compile your postings.

ALLEN  

No 17 shows Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL) car 1513 along with another unidentified car at the south end
of the 5-Line on Hawthorne Blvd at W. Broadway in the Hawthorne area of greater Los Angeles. The two cars
will head north shortly as two separate schedules. At one time they would have been able to do so while in 
M.U. control but LARy abandoned the practice in the 1930's. 

No 21 shows former Pacific Electric TDH-4801 number 2911, a 1953, 48 seat GM product, wearing its LAMTA
logo while awaiting its next call at the storage lot east of Maple St in downtown Los Angeles.  

Charlie
 

The cars are almost better than the trolleys, especially in #20! Peugeot! Nash American Convertible! And more!

TJY

Thanks Gonut for your interesting narrative. Thanks Allen for your as always interesting reviews and bus and year models. Thanks Charlie for your interesting tid-bits of classroom information. Thanks "icancmp193" for your comments. Much appreciated to all!

Larry

Photo #19 is the 69TH Street Upper Darby Pa Terminal
 

cripdl109 Wrote:
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> Photo #19 is the 69TH Street Upper Darby Pa
> Terminal
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Thanks for that info.

Larry