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| Title: |
Empty grain |
| Description: |
KCS 4686 leads 80 cars of a northbound grain empty just north of Dorsey siding. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2011 Upload Date: 1/21/2012 12:28:41 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4686(ES44AC) KCS 4125(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
663 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Belle on the Illinois |
| Description: |
A pair of Belles lead a northbound empty grain train across the Illinois River |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/2011 Upload Date: 1/21/2012 12:25:57 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4686(ES44AC) KCS 4125(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
1192 Comments: 8 |
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| Title: |
Waiting... |
| Description: |
The northbound H train waits for the southbound coal at the north end of Watts. It has just taken a new crew and will head north as soon as the coal train passes. This shot is a lot better now that the trees have been cleared out. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2014 Upload Date: 9/27/2014 3:55:09 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4825(ES44AC) KCS 4015(SD70ACe) KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 4593(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lucky catch |
| Description: |
We had gone out for a drive to see the snow here in Arkansas and Oklahoma-funny, because Id never have done that in New York, but here its something of a novelty-and were coming north on US 59 from Westville, when I saw a headlight coming toward me just south of Watts. I was able to set up at the curve just south of Chewie Rd-not the new sign, right at the best point in the curve-and get a couple of shots of this southbound grain train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:33:33 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
68 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the curve |
| Description: |
The grain train has moved into the curve, as we see in this wider view, its 100 cars snaking along US 59. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:37:29 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Touch of wiinter |
| Description: |
Despite getting an 8" snowfall a couple of days earlier, strong sun and warmer than forecast temperatures have melted a lot of the snow. Theres a little left, and we see the southbound grain train throwing a shadow on the remaining drift at the E 680 road crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:45:01 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close but no cigar |
| Description: |
TRP magazine runs a sporadic feature called "Close But No Cigar," which is a photo or two of a train where some element was flubbed in some way. This one is a nice shot of a southbound grain train, but with a cell tower right behind the train, detracting from what would otherwise be a good shot of a train with a crossbuck in late day sun at a rural crossing. We rely on our phones so seriously these days, but sometimes the required infrastructure can be intruding. So it goes. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:53:34 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
103 Comments: 0 |
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