A Day in Wenatchee 8/22/13

[Ballard Beaver]

Spent the day in Wenatchee. Amidst fits of work (argh!) I was able to get in some railfanning. The day was hazy due to fires in the hills, and my camera is bottom-of-the-line, but here we go:

(1) At 9:44 AM the BNSF 5339 leads the Z-SSECHC-7-21 into town. This train should normally be at Spokane by now. The crew out of Interbay had to be dogcaught after they set out a bad order car at Gold Bar.
(2) At 11:32 AM the CN 8018, going away, leads the V-BLUPTL-1-17 out of Wenatchee towards the mountains. I missed the lead units when I was away for coffee. Yes, I threw a tantrum.
(3) At 12:03 PM the California Northern 106 and (Rail America) CSCD 1001 lead the CSCD into the Main Yard downtown with lumber and limestone loads, as well as some boxcars probably containing pulp. They then picked up the string of empties seen a couple tracks to the right (and some other cars on the standard oil track) and went back towards Omak within 60-90 minutes.

 

[Ballard Beaver]

(4) At 1:41 PM a work train led by the BNSF 2812, coming off the Scenic Sub, has just dropped its cars and is headed towards the east switch of the West Yard downtown.
(5) The work train dropped this string of ballast cars, with a caboose at the end which I couldn’t legally approach. They later shuffled these cars around before heading west again, I think to Cashmere.
(6) Also on the scene today were these hazmat training cars. In the morning I saw a worker (trainee?) going in and out of the door on the end of the white car. Didn’t see what was in the car.

 

[Ballard Beaver]

(7) At 1:43 PM, just after the arrival of the work train, the BNSF 7561 leads the Z-SSECHC-6-22 in for a crew change. UP 3861 adds some variety to the consist.
(8) At 2:35 PM the BNSF 5603 is on the point of the S-SEALPC-1-21, finally arriving. It died somewhere on the hill last night, a victim of the Z-7’s problems.

 

[Ballard Beaver]

(9) At 4:07 PM the Z-CHCSSE-6-20 departs Wenatchee with the BNSF 5034 leading.
(10) Lastly, at 5:23 PM the Z-CHCSSE-9-20 leaves town. My camera is horrible and my closer-up photo was super blurry.

the next train was a baretable after dark. so, that was it for the day. A lot of pumpkins, with the CSCD providing some consolation. Thanks for looking.

 

[bcp]

In the morning I saw a worker (trainee?) going in and out of the door on the end of the white car. Didn’t see what was in the car.

In the car is the inside of the car. It allows people to see all the various types of valves, etc. used inside tank cars.

From:
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/30/bnsf-training-stresses-safety-emergency-responders/

 

[Ballard Beaver]

Darn, I was hoping there was a cantina in there or something...

 

[Trainfanne54]

Nice shots.