Western Railroad Discussion > Lots Of Trains In March on the BNSF

It was a sunny warm day in Ritzville, WA  on the BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low is 72-41 so far. Traffic is at 27 trains since midnight with more on the way. Here are some trains from 3/24 to 3/27/2024. Many thanks to all the friendly crew with their toot-toots and waves.

3/24/2024

1. WB 349pm grain train with BNSF H1 1104 and Warbonnet 4708 on the point with DPU.
2. DPU Warbonnet 4712 on same train.
3. WB 359pm grain train with CP 7044 and BNSF 8244 on the pull with GE DPU.

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4. WB 439pm coke train with BNSF 5835-6998 on the point with DPU.
5. DPU BNSF 4464 on same train.
6. WB 501pm coal train with BNSF 7074-7833-4415 on the pull with DPU's.

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7. DPU's BNSF 4028- H1 968 on same train.
8. WB 547pm manifest train with BNSF 3258 and KCSM 4650 on the point with DPU.
9. DPU BNSF 5315 on same train.

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3/25/2024

10. WB 1216pm grain train with BNSF 8187-9042 on the pull with GE DPU.
11. WB 327pm coal train with BNSF 5807-9230-7291 on the point with DPU. Sorry for the lousy smear on the lense over the 9230.
12. DPU BNSF 8363 on same train.

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3/27/2024

13. WB 1048am coal train with BNSF 6671-7799-3963 on the pull with DPU in the rain.
14. DPU CSX 3197 on same train.
15. WB 1158am grain train with BNSF 4213-6937 on the point with DPU in the rain.

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16. DPU BNSF H1 1045 on same train
17. WB 351pm coal train with BNSF 4771-6567 and Grinstein 9817 on the pull with GE DPU in the rain.
18. Another shot of Grinstein 9817 on same train.

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

Larry
Ritzville, WA

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outstanding variety today ritz.

you get more variety up there than i do down here on the bnsf's southern transcon.............

66

Thanks for the update, Larry!  That first train had a neat lashup.

texchief1

Ritzville Wrote:
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> It was a sunny warm day in Ritzville, WA  on the
> BNSF Lakeside Sub. The high-low is 72-41 so far.

That's almost Phoenix weather. Nice catches!

Tom

Thanks 66 for your always interesting comments. Thanks "texchief1" and Tom for your nice comments, much appreciated to you all!

Larry

Louisville Section fully occupied with northern transcon action comments:
Happy leadoff with the nice blue skies, the kind I really like best.
The commodity trains hauling coal, grain, and oil make up a big part of the traffic.
Can still remember seeing 4-8-2 IC steam engines pulling coal trains into Louisville in the late 1950's.
BNSF #968 & BNSF #4028 must be up to something no good considering how they are nuzzled up to each other.
Happy ending with BNSF #9817 dominating the scene; old EMD's never die, they just keep running.
Unit Of The Day is CP #7044, definitely red and ready.
Thanks for posting another interesting Ritzville update.
Always much appreciate your work and time.
ALLEN

Interesting assortment of paint going past—nice.
—Mac

Thanks Allen for your Northern Transcon action reviews, observations and unit of the day always a fun read. Thanks Mac for your interesting comment, much appreciated to you both!

Larry

Great set of trains and all the different paints Larry.
Brian Stevens

Nice trains under a beautiful sky. That's all the railfan wants.

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

It's good too see some warbonnets and Grinstein Green MAC's still running.  Thanks for keeping us up to date Larry!