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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/11/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:EMD SD70ACeBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:20116604-015Order No:
Frame Number:20116604-015Built:
Notes:Ex EMDX, to KCSM.
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 4139(SD70ACe) KCSM 4139(SD70ACe)
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Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  Sometimes I can hear trains all the way from Watts, though usually not til they get closer to me in Siloam Springs. I heard what sounded like a northbound climbing the hill, but a quick ride around town yielded no train. I headed up to Davidson Rd to see what was going on, and found a southbound oil train on the crossing. I made a quick turn, and beat it for Watts. The oil train had gone through, no surprise there, but had met this coal train there. I caught it on the Illinois River bridge in cruddy light. Still a pretty shot, though.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 5:33:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6141(ES44AC) KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 4160(SD70ACe) KCS 4139(SD70ACe) UP 7164(AC44CW) UP 8105(AC45CCTE) KCS 4591(AC44CW) KCS 4701(ES44AC)
Views:  473   Comments: 2
Caught up
Title:  Caught up
Description:  I ran to catch the coal train one more time, mostly to get the engine numbers, since there were a lot of them, a total of six heading north. KCS must have been using this train to balance power. Typically, there are not nearly this many units on one train.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 5:41:13 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6141(ES44AC) KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 4160(SD70ACe) KCS 4139(SD70ACe) UP 7164(AC44CW) UP 8105(AC45CCTE) KCS 4591(AC44CW) KCS 4701(ES44AC)
Views:  493   Comments: 2
Second southbound
Title:  Second southbound
Description:  I broke off the chase of the grain train, since it was now getting darker and the prospects of getting a lit shot were virtually nil. As I neared Watts, heres another headlight. Now its the southbound Q train. I chased down to the big curve near Chewie Rd and shot him thorugh the curve there.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 5:41:07 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4803(ES44AC) KCS 4139(SD70ACe)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
Away!
Title:  Away!
Description:  The Q train rolls though the S curve at Chewie Rd, going away, and heading for Westville as the light fades.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 5:51:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4803(ES44AC) KCS 4139(SD70ACe)
Views:  274   Comments: 1


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