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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/7/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:GE ES44ACBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:61250Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 4794(ES44AC) BNSF 8076(ES44C4)
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Last light
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:  555   Comments: 1
A little hustle...
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:  295   Comments: 2
Ready for a meet
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
Waiting
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:  297   Comments: 2
Wide valley
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:  266   Comments: 2
Cows
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:  277   Comments: 1
Round the curve
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:  265   Comments: 1
Out of the curve
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:  261   Comments: 1
Northbound DPU
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:  340   Comments: 1
Meeting the Q
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:  348   Comments: 1
Rolling past
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:  322   Comments: 1
In the shade
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
Wide view
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:  256   Comments: 2
Rolling down the main
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:  247   Comments: 1
Big curve
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:  274   Comments: 1
Panorama
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:  311   Comments: 1


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