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| Title: |
Holiday spirit |
| Description: |
Decatur shows its holiday spirit by dressing up their own stuffed and mounted F 7 and caboose. The Holiday Express is in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2012 Upload Date: 12/11/2012 1:03:39 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
916 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
H and an F |
| Description: |
H-KCSH rolls past the F unit on display at Decatur as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
886 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
F and caboose display |
| Description: |
The city of Decatur has turned its KCS station into a museum, with a good display of artifacts and equipment inside and out. The anchor for this is this F 7 and caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:53:05 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
916 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ringing the Belles |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train passes the stuffed and mounted F 7 at Decatur station, itself in the scheme that inspired the one on the active power passing it. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/2016 Upload Date: 12/31/2016 5:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4705(ES44AC) KCS 4577(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
936 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old and older |
| Description: |
A southbound oil train led by a KCSM GE in the old gray paint rolls past the displayed F 7 in the older Belle scheme as it passes the Decatur station. The oil train had a real NAFTA consist: a KCSM leader, KCS US unit, an ex TFM unit now in KCS colors, and a pair of CP units for DPU's. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2018 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:47:54 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4514(AC44CW) KCS 4150(SD70ACe) KCS 3939(SD70MAC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
1107 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
The DPU of an empty TXUX train rolls past the displayed F 7 at the station in Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 11/13/2019 4:54:10 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6074(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
626 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Comparative paint |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur shows the old black/rec/yellow scheme, while the new scheme in the same colors passes at left, just after the pair went into shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2019 Upload Date: 11/6/2019 5:03:51 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4717(ES44AC) KCS 3952(SD70MAC) KCSM 4597(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
798 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out in the cold |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/2021 Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
529 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPU from the new passes the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the northbound oil train passes stuffed and mounted KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9756(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
523 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Q train DPUs and the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the southbound Q train passes the displayed KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:32:48 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4604(AC44CW) KCS 4798(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
521 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Caught him |
| Description: |
I heard a horn while I was working outside, and decided to give chase of a northbound. It turned out to be an empty TXUX train, with a pair of BNSF units on the rear. I caught him just south of Decatur, and set up for the shot passing the displayed F 7 at the station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2022 Upload Date: 4/16/2022 5:24:56 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5711(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
509 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Just caught him |
| Description: |
After we saw the light power move, we came out to take a ride in the sun, stopping at nearby Crystal Lake to do some bird watching and enjoy the 60 degree day. As we were heading back to Ark 59, we saw a southbound rolling past. A quick dash into Decatur got me ahead of the train, but just enough to jump and get a grab shot. So we have BNSF 6359 leading a 125 car TXUX train, and a nice shot of a light pole with an F unit behind it, |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:32:12 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
352 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Comparison in styles |
| Description: |
The modern era SD 70ACe contrasts with an old classic |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/2024 Upload Date: 8/25/2024 6:19:14 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
273 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Finally |
| Description: |
I had gone out to see the CPKC Holiday Train, the original plan was to pick it up at Noel, then follow it south til the light went. I got distracted along the way, first by a southbound grain move almost as soon as I left the house, then when I got to Decatur and the southbound signal was green at Roller Av. I decided to wait there, instead of working against the train, rather than risk missing it. Turned out the signal was for a southbound grain move that was working Georges Farms just to the north, and the Holiday Train was delayed at McElhany due to an incident requiring police involvement, and would be released around 1630. At 1715, it finally showed here, passing the stuffed and mounted F 7 here, also adorned with lights. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:12:29 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
377 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wider view |
| Description: |
A wider angle shows a couple of the lead cars passing the F 7 as the locals record the action. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:16:13 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
342 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Festive part 3 |
| Description: |
More of the display cars on the CPKC Holiday Train, this one with a modified CPKC herald for the Holiday Train |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:23:03 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
396 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Station and F unit |
| Description: |
The grain train slowly makes its way into Decatur, passing the station, now a museum, and the displayed F 7. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2025 Upload Date: 1/20/2025 6:16:17 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8028(AC4400CWM) CP 9634(AC44CW) KCSM 4676(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
The two members of separate eras pass at Decatur. The grain train is really dragging here. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2025 Upload Date: 1/20/2025 6:38:28 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8028(AC4400CWM) CP 9634(AC44CW) KCSM 4676(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
353 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another surprise |
| Description: |
We went back to Noel, thinking wed get one more shot of the northbound, but he was playing with the power, and swe didnt stay, since it was now getting toward 1800, and dinner was calling. When we got down to Gravette, we came up beside this southbound grain move. He had not talked to the 4701 north when we were at Noel, and we werent able to see it through the trees, so we had no idea of its existence. We caught up at Decatur, here rolling past the stuffed and mounted F 7, a single unit leading 100 cars. There are DPUs, as well see shortly. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 6:08:42 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8791(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
29 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Two noses |
| Description: |
One new, one old. The last train we caught that day was a southbound grain move, which she got passing the displayed F unit at Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:03:45 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8791(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First encounter |
| Description: |
Wed just come back from Wal Mart, and in the process of unloading the weeks goodies, I heard a horn. I quickly got the stuff in the house and took off. Turned out what I thought was a northbound wasnt, but I sometimes dont catch up to them right away, since the northbounds are usually lighter trains, and can get a good roll on. So, I went to Decatur, hoping that was the case, and Id catch it. When I got to Decatur, the signal was lit green for a southbound. Ill take it. At least I didnt waste the trip. A KCS Belle leads 125 cars of grain south. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/2025 Upload Date: 6/10/2025 6:20:20 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4695(ES44AC) UP 4564(SD70M) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Comparative Belles |
| Description: |
The current retro Belle scheme compares to the old scheme as the grain move passes the stuffed and mounted F 7 at Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
6/7/2025 Upload Date: 6/10/2025 6:22:31 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4695(ES44AC) UP 4564(SD70M) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 0 |
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