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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/11/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP40-3Built As:SLSF 770 (GP40-2)
Serial Number:786186-21Order No:786186
Frame Number:786186-21Built:6/1979
Notes:ex-SLSF 770, ex-KCS 4820
Other locos with this serial:  BN 3060(GP40-2) KCS 2969(GP40-3)
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Waiting at the office
Title:  Waiting at the office
Description:  The dodger has its crew on, and is entering the Watts yard. The ex CN widecan GP 40's look good in the Belle scheme.
Photo Date:  7/6/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:47:55 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  553   Comments: 2
At the office
Title:  At the office
Description:  The power and short train of L 102 sit at the Watts yard office waiting for the new crew to get on. Theyll work what train they have, and go south with any cars for customers on the line south of Watts.
Photo Date:  7/6/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:55:40 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  591   Comments: 1
Dragging the hill
Title:  Dragging the hill
Description:  The profile on the Heavener Sub has a lot of up and down, though most of it is unremarked-Rich Mountain farther south gets all the attention, but there are some good pulls here, too. Such is the case here at Davidson Rd north of Siloam, where the tracks are coming out of long dip. The pull is taxing the three four motor units as they lug 66 cars south to Watts.
Photo Date:  7/7/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:24:47 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  657   Comments: 4
Rolling now
Title:  Rolling now
Description:  The L 102 train has crested the grade, and is now rolling its 66 cars closer to track speed as it passes the Cobb feed mill.
Photo Date:  7/7/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:39:39 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  561   Comments: 3
Dodger arriving
Title:  Dodger arriving
Description:  We had run down to Watts to catch a couple of trains that were in Siloam when we were coming back from lunch. Diane got this shot of the dodger returning to base.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:00:37 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
Dodging on in
Title:  Dodging on in
Description:  The dodger, based here in Watts, rolls in behind the 262/180, three units and all of two cars, as the northbound rolls away. CP 2313 has been here since last September.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:53:51 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  25   Comments: 0


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