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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
4/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:GE ES44ACBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:62054Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 4818(ES44AC)
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Car grab
Title:  Car grab
Description:  Most of the time, when we go out, Im driving, and Diane takes grab shots as Im passing someplace. This time it was Watts on a gloomy day. She got this grab shot of an H train leader as we went past the north end of town.
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 1/12/2020 4:30:10 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4818(ES44AC)
Views:  165   Comments: 2
Rolling to a stop
Title:  Rolling to a stop
Description:  The northbound H train rolls to a stop opposite the Watts yard office. Hell make a cut here, then pull up to clear the switch as he makes his set out.
Photo Date:  5/25/2019  Upload Date: 5/28/2019 5:50:13 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4818(ES44AC) KCS 5000(ET44AC)
Views:  236   Comments: 3
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  I was headed out to Wal Mart this Sunday afternoon, when I looked over at Lake Frances Drive to see a train sitting short of the crossing. That usually means a meet, so I went over and shot the photo of the train waiting at the crossing.
Photo Date:  8/8/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 4:49:04 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4818(ES44AC) KCS 4189(SD70ACe) KCS 4836(ES44AC) EMDX 7237(SD70AH-T4) KCSM 4882(ES44AC)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
No meet after all
Title:  No meet after all
Description:  I moved up into town to get the southbound, when I noticed the signal on the main at Tahlequah St was clear. Guess hes rolling, and theres no meet here. The northbound empty grain train passes the Siloam water tower as it crosses Lincoln Av.
Photo Date:  8/8/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 4:56:49 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4818(ES44AC) KCS 4189(SD70ACe) KCS 4836(ES44AC) EMDX 7237(SD70AH-T4) KCSM 4882(ES44AC)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  The northbound rolls past the Decatur station, now a museum, and the KCS F 7 outside.
Photo Date:  8/8/2021  Upload Date: 8/11/2021 5:09:36 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4818(ES44AC) KCS 4189(SD70ACe) KCS 4836(ES44AC) EMDX 7237(SD70AH-T4) KCSM 4882(ES44AC)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
DPUs
Title:  DPUs
Description:  I ran to get the train at the next crossing, but he beat me there. I did shoot the DPUs, another CP unit with a pair of KCS units pushing. Better get used to this!!
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 5:52:33 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8110(AC4400CWM) KCS 4818(ES44AC) KCSM 4876(ES44AC)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The DPU on the oil train passing signal 252-1, another automatic relocated to a more accessible point in recent years.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 6:02:48 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4876(ES44AC) KCS 4818(ES44AC) CP 8110(AC4400CWM)
Views:  44   Comments: 1


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