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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/11/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:EMD F7ABuilt As:KCS 73D (F7A)
Serial Number:12322Order No:6142
Frame Number:6142-A5Built:8/1950
Notes:reblt to F9 90 3/56, to slug 4060 4/78
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 73D(F7A) KCS 90(F7A) KCS 4060(Road Slug)
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Holiday spirit
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:  903   Comments: 0
H and an F
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:  875   Comments: 2
F and caboose display
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:  901   Comments: 1
Ringing the Belles
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:  910   Comments: 1
Old and older
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:  1087   Comments: 0
Old and new
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:  613   Comments: 1
Comparative paint
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:  785   Comments: 1
Out in the cold
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:  511   Comments: 2
DPU from the new passes the old guard
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:  507   Comments: 1
Q train DPUs and the old guard
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:  507   Comments: 1
Caught him
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:  493   Comments: 2
Just caught him
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:  337   Comments: 2
Comparison in styles
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:  256   Comments: 1
Finally
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:  352   Comments: 1
Wider view
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:  330   Comments: 1
Festive part 3
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:  383   Comments: 1
Station and F unit
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:  325   Comments: 0
Side by side
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:  331   Comments: 0
Another surprise
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:  22   Comments: 0
Two noses
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:  26   Comments: 1


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