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Meanwhile |
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Back at Watts, the 261 train was getting ready to go, but I thought it would be a little while, so grabbed this shot of the power as I came though town. |
Photo Date: |
11/4/2023 Upload Date: 11/5/2023 4:48:42 AM |
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Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4858(ES44AC) KCSM 4563(AC44CW) KCSM 4711(ES44AC) KCS 2828(GP40-3) |
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59 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Not quite |
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I caught the head end of the 261 train, now a little less backlit, since the sun had come around some since I left to follow the 262 south. He has the ditch lights on, but was backing up when I left. Wish Id given him five more minutes; he left shortly after this, and would have made for a nice shot on the Illinois River a mile to the north. |
Photo Date: |
11/4/2023 Upload Date: 11/5/2023 4:55:52 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4858(ES44AC) KCSM 4563(AC44CW) KCSM 4711(ES44AC) KCS 2828(GP40-3) |
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53 Comments: 2 |
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Surprise |
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I took off south, to find the 262 train had arrived at Watts, and was holding the main. As I drove into town, I heard the detector at MP 238 go off. Crap, hell probably be here before I can catch him in good light. I was right, The head end was already coming up the siding, it was the 261 train, coming in with 80 cars, blocked by its southbound counterpart. Not that it mattered; the angle I had was the "dark" side for both trains. My only hope was the northbound would pull up past the end of the southbound, and I could get him north of the yard office. I lucked out on that one, getting the power just as it peeked out behind the 262, but its ridiculously backlit. Oh well....five minutes faster, Id have had a nicely lit shot near MP 237, south of the yard. |
Photo Date: |
11/4/2023 Upload Date: 11/5/2023 4:09:05 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4858(ES44AC) KCSM 4563(AC44CW) KCSM 4711(ES44AC) KCS 2828(GP40-3) |
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55 Comments: 2 |
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