Western Railroad Discussion > From Sun To Snow To Sun On The BNSF--A Bit Of Traction

The weather has been a bit wild with sun, then snow and back to sun in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub on the Northern Transcon. The high-low so far is 38-29 with an inch of snow which is melting fast. Was a quick storm. Traffic is at 18 trains since midnight with more on the way. Here are some trains from today and yesterday.

1/21/2023 Before the 445pm snow.

1. WB 1223pm "Z" train with BNSF 6736-H1 1083-6794 on the point with no DPU and a friendly toot-toot from the hogger.
2. Stacks on the roll on same train.
3. TOFC on the roll on same "Z".

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4. EB 1243pm empty grain train with BNSF 4038-8427 on the pull with DPU.
5. EB 241pm manifest train with BNSF 7500-GECX 4492 on the point with DPU.
6. Old ATSF hopper rolling in same train.

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7. LRS now rare clean GATX blue boxcar rolling in same train. Didn't take long for graffiti to hit these nice blue boxcars.
8. DPU BNSF 4290 on same train.

1/22/2023--After the snow storm.

9. WB 815am grain train with BNSF 5355, Warbonnet 4701 and KCSM 4878 on the point with DPU.

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10. Another shot of Warbonnet 4701 and KCSM 4878 on same train.
11. DPU NS 1126 on same train.
12. WB 853am 2x3x2 Super grain train with BNSF 7995-5256 on the pull with DPU's.

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13. Middle DPU's BNSF 7449-5897-5193 on same train.
14. BNSF 485059 BN Heritage Hopper rolling in same train.
15. Emd DPU's BNSF8048-4624 on same Mega train.

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16. WB 928am manifest train with BNSF 7467-6084 on the point with DPU's and a friendly wave from the hogger.
17. DPU's BNSF 5133 and NS 1095 on same train.
18. EB 949apm grain train with BNSF 7436-4308-5495 on the pull with no DPU.

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19. Train was mostly nice new CP hoppers on same train.

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

20. LATL PCC 3162 on P Line in the 1950's. Need help on the location Charlie. Jerry Squier photo.
21. Mexico PCC's in 1984 at Huipulco service area. Robert Campbell photo.

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22. Another shot of PE 314 at San Pedro station on NRHS Charter in 1956. Looks like more cars being added to train. Any extra info welcomed Jerry Squier photo. 
23. SEPTA(Philly) PCC 2323 at Girard and Frankford in 2018. Mitchell Libby picture. Any extra info welcomed.
24. SEPTA Trolley bus 831 at Frankford and Wellington in 2017. Any extra info welcomed. Mitchell Libby photo.

That's it for today. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Thanks so much for looking!

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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rgzfan Wrote:
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> Are there still PCC's running in Philadelphia
> today?

I would say yes, but not sure. Maybe someone can help us out.

Larry

We had some of those new CP hoppers on the Gateway recently. They are almost still in numerical order!

TJY

No 20 shows LATL 3162 at the turn around loop at Pico Blvd and Rimpau in the west Los Angeles area. 
The motorman has rolled the destination sign to Dozier & Rowan for the car's eastern turnaround loop
which was opened on Christmas Day, 1936 in anticipation of the arrival of the first PCC's in Los Angeles.
The loop we see here was opened on April 22, 1935.

No 22 is at PE's San Pedro station. Based on the information provided by Evan Werkema, including the trip brochure
as well as other photos of the October 28, 1956 excursion, this photo shows the five car special as it operated
on that date. The additional car, close to the rear of the train is apparently a following train, having pulled close
to the special in order to discharge its passengers who would otherwise have to cross through or around the excursion
equipment to gain access to the station.

Charlie

 

Thanks "icancmp193" for your interesting comments. Thanks Charlie for your info on the PCC loop and updated classroom on the PE Charter. Much appreciated to you both.

Larry



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/22/23 19:47 by Ritzville.

Thanks, very interesting history.

Larry