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

It was a breezy partly cloudy to cloudy with a few drips in Ritzville, WA on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low was 49-33 with possible rain on the way. Traffic is at 15 train since midnight with more on the way. Here are some trains from today and yesterday.

3/30/2023

1. WB 331pm ethanol train with BNSF 6130-6737 on the point with DPU.
2. DPU BNSF 3731 on same train.
3. WB 405pm manifest train with BNSF 7863-7893 on the pull with no DPU.

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4. CAT on the prowl on same train.
5. WB 510pm "Z" train with BNSF 7738-7646-4697 on the point with DPU's.
6. Stacks on the roll in same train.

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7. TOFC on the roll in same train.
8. DPU's BNSF 8238-5805 on same "Z".
9. WB 530pm grain train with BNSF 3899-9385 on the pull with DPU.

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3/31/2023

10. EB 922am grain train with BNSF 5545 and blue CEFX 1051 looking brand new on the point with DPU.
11. DPU BNSF 5703 on same train.
12. Quick shot of WB 1117am geometry train with BNSF 5062 on the pull.

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13. WB 1128am grain train with BNSF 6805-7072 on the point with DPU.'s
14. WB 1258pm "Z" train with BNSF 5147 and NS 7556-8005 on the pull with DPU's.
15. Stacks on the roll in same train.

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16. TOFC on the roll in same train.
17. More TOFC on the roll in same train.
18. DPU's BNSF 5647-6554 on same "Z".

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

19. LATL H-3 1450 on it's Charter journey on the J Line in the 1950's. Any extra info welcomed. Jerry Squier photo.
20. Los Angeles MTA PCC 3003 on Die Day on last day of rail service on March 31,1963. Need help on location. Jerry Squier photo.
21. San Francisco streetcar 181 outbound on L Line at Market and First Sts. in 1957. Alan Weeks photo.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/23 17:28 by Ritzville.

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22. Vancouver, Canada Trolley bus 2215 at Broadway and Renfrew Sts. in the 1970's?. Any extra info welcomed. Ron Johnsen photo.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/23 21:15 by Ritzville.

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You sure get a lot of cool stuff by the house. I've never mentioned before, but it's time for me to say how much your daily reports are appreciated...traction included!

OYW

Thanks OYW for your kind comments, much appreciated!

Larry

Time machine quality for the LA transit.Thank you.Bill Webb

A little lean on EMD's but good traction material as always, thanks for the look.
Mac

#21.  That is Market and 1st St. The track turning to the right goes down 1st St to the East Bay Terminal where the Key System trains arrived from Oakland.  Muni lines that went there came back to Market St on Fremont, a block east.  After 1949 all seven car lines went to the East Bay Terminal and service down Market St to the Ferry Building for a connection with the Southern Pacific ferry from Oakland was discontinued. SP ferry boat service was eventually discontinued in 1958. Also discontinued in 1958 was the Key System rail service, Southern Pacific steam in regular service, and the  year the old two man Muni streetcars (77-213) were taken out of service.  That was quite a year and, to paraphrase Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a year "that will in infamy." 




 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/23 20:06 by HT6.

Thanks Bill for your nice comments. Thanks Mac for your nice comments, I'll have to work on having more EMD's. Thanks HT6 for your interesting history lesson for 1958. Thanks HT6 for the First St. correction. I was thinking that myself, my brain was a little hazy, lol. Much appreciated to you all.

Larry

No 19 is on the 'J-Line' looking north at car 1450 which is approaching the crossing of Santa Fe's industrial
spur that crossed the electric line on Pacific Ave in Vernon, an industrial area south of downtown L.A.
Both the car and the spur remain today; the car at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris, Ca and
the spur---hopefully still producing revenue for its owner.

No 20 is looking southward on Georgia St at 12th Place, in Los Angeles; home of LARy/LATL/LAMTA's
Division Four car barn. 12th Pl bisected the car barn's yard at roughly the mid-point and the multitude of
trolley wires attest to the importance of its location in railway operations--remaining in service to the end
of electric operations.

Charlie
 

Louisville Section - leaving the station

RITZVILLE ACTION
Weather could be better but it beats the days of winter snog.
That lone CAT load and the Geometry Train are definitely super catches.
#7738 definitely was tagged in a big way; wonder where.
Two NS units added interest to the motive power.
Unit Of The Day is BNSF #9385.

HISTORIC TRACTION
20 - Nice "Die Day" photo; I was in High School.
22 - #2215 is a CC&F/Brill Model T-48 Blt 1950;
        keep the poles on the wires.

Thank you,Larry, for another posting of action and traction photos.
Your posts are always appreciated and enjoyed.

ALLEN

 

Thanks Charlie for your interesting classroom on the location of 1450's travels. Also the location of PCC 3003 at Georgia St. yard. Die Day was a sad day for LA transportation on March 31, 1963. Thanks Allen for your fun and interesting reviews, unit if the day and bus model and year built info. I too was in high school on Die Day in LA. Much appreciated to you both.

Larry

Ritzville Wrote:
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> 22. Vancouver, Canada Trolley bus 2215 at Hastings
> and Renfrew Sts. in the 1970's?. Any extra info
> welcomed. Ron Johnsen photo.

That's not Hastings. It's East Broadway and the bus has just crossed the Renfrew intersection in the background, working a short westbound trip as far as Oak Street, likely en route to the Oakridge depot.

The bus is wearing the BC Hydro livery adopted in late 1961. The next livery was introduced in 1973. That saw the blue and green stripes replaced with orange and yellow, which lasted until 1977, when orange and brown was instituted. That would be the final livery for the CCF/Brills.

 

14. Nice catch Larry with the 2 NS units. Thank you for letting me know about them.
- Andy

Thanks "railsmith" for all your interesting livery info on the Brill Trolley buses and location correction. Thanks Andy, it was a nice surprise to see the two NS units. Much appreicated to you both!

Larry