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| Title: |
Last light |
| Description: |
A northbound empty grain train catches the last rays of sun as it rolls over the top of the hill at Gravette. Two of the units, leader 3936, formerly TFM 1636, and trailing unit 4000, the SD70ACe class unit, are repaints into the Belle scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2015 1:52:13 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 3936(SD70MAC) KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A little hustle... |
| Description: |
and I can catch the train at the county road crossing just south of MP 252, the Q train rolling into an attractive shot at the curve. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/5/2022 4:35:02 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ready for a meet |
| Description: |
I can hear the horn of an approaching northbound, and a check of the home signal shows high green as the southbound Q train waits in the siding in the distance. Hell be on his way shortly |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/1/2022 6:19:21 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
313 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Waiting |
| Description: |
The Q train rolls down the siding at Cave Springs, where hell wait for a northbound. The northbound, the M SHKC, is not yet close, as the home signal is still red. Hell be about a half hour. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/2/2022 5:51:04 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
299 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wide valley |
| Description: |
The Q train rolls south along US 59 in a wide valley. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 4:55:26 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
269 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cows |
| Description: |
The Q train passes a herd of cows-actually, steer-in the pasture adjacent to the tracks near MP 239. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:13:15 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Round the curve |
| Description: |
The Q train rolls through the curve at Chewie Rd, along US 59. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:19:04 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
266 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out of the curve |
| Description: |
The Q train swings around the curve, completing the "S" as it rolls into a tangent for a short stretch. Its been several years since the US 59 project cleared out the trees here, and new ones are starting to obstruct the view. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:28:15 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
268 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound DPU |
| Description: |
The northbound M train is complete at South Cave Springs, its DPU pushing hard toward the head end of the Q train and on to Stilwell |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:43:10 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4449(C44-9W) KCS 4794(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
342 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meeting the Q |
| Description: |
The DPU on the M train passes the head end of the Q train. Todays M train has an ex BNSF AC44, one of a group KCS picked up second hand. I hardly ever see these units; this is the second one Id seen today. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:48:56 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4449(C44-9W) KCS 4794(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
350 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling past |
| Description: |
After getting the shot of the leader going past the signals, I ran to get it meeting the power on the Q train. He was a bit faster than me, and I didnt get the power passing power shot I wanted. This is still a pretty good action shot, though, of the Q train conductor giving the northbound a roll by. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:54:26 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
326 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
In the shade |
| Description: |
After shooting the meet with the northbound oil train at Siloam, I took off, making good time through town-the biggest obstacle to chasing on this part of the Heavener Sub, getting through Siloam-and was able to beat the train to North Watts, but not far enough ahead to get the strarght on shot of him coming off the Illinois River bridge. I had to settle for this shot of him splitting the signals at CP North Watts. A decent shot in any event. The low sun of late fall means lots of shade here most of the day. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 6:01:54 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
240 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
| Description: |
A wide view of the Q train passing the empty oil train in the siding. The sun is low and the second unit it in shadow in this mid afternoon shot,. The large building in the background is Pro Pak, a packaging operaton. It used to be Allen Canning, the packers of Popeye Spinach, now another corporate memory. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 6:08:32 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
260 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rolling down the main |
| Description: |
The southbound Q KCNL that the oil train was in the siding for, rolls down the main. The oil train is now fully in the hole, and the Q train will not stop as it heads south, |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/3/2022 6:12:11 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
248 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big curve |
| Description: |
The Q train rolls around the big curve just south of the Watts yard. This is a great spot for a late afternoon photo. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/4/2022 5:41:18 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
279 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Panorama |
| Description: |
We see the southbound Q train passing a bucolic scene north of Westville, passing the remains of a different form of transport, now put out to pasture. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2022 Upload Date: 12/4/2022 5:56:00 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
317 Comments: 1 |
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