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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/15/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:EMD SD70ACeBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:20136954-002Order No:
Frame Number:20136954-002Built:
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 4176(SD70ACe)
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Give me shelter
Title:  Give me shelter
Description:  The Lincoln Av crossing is right next to the animal shelter and transfer station. The H train rolls to a stop to swap crews with the coal train in the distance. Wont be needing any shelter tonight.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:00:08 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) UP 6498(AC44CW) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4033(SD70ACe)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
Playing peek a boo
Title:  Playing peek a boo
Description:  The trees just south of Davidson Rd have grown up so much that it is now almost impossible to see an approaching train in the summer. This northbound AEPX trains power peeks through as it blows for the crossing.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:02:45 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) UP 6498(AC44CW) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4033(SD70ACe)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
Out in the open
Title:  Out in the open
Description:  The northbound coal train is now out where we can see it, four units leading 126 cars.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:08:39 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) UP 6498(AC44CW) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4033(SD70ACe)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
Wide look
Title:  Wide look
Description:  The empty grain train passes signal 216-9 in this wide view showing more of the power.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:13:16 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC) PRLX 246(SD75M)
Views:  959   Comments: 1
Down by the station
Title:  Down by the station
Description:  There are still a few stations on the Heavener Sub, a couple of them museums, a couple now city hall in their communities. The station here is a museum, and on the opposite end, has a Belle painted F 7, 73D. Its not visible in this shot of a northbound empty grain train pulling past the station and signal 216-9 behind a gray SD 70MAC.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:09:04 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC) PRLX 246(SD75M)
Views:  953   Comments: 2
Beach day
Title:  Beach day
Description:  The empty grain train rolls over the Elk River at Ginger Blue, a group of kids enjoying the high 70 degree day watching the 100 cars roll overhead. This was a one way chase, as there was nothing to meet at McElhany, near Neosho. So it goes.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:51:41 AM
Location:  Ginger Blue, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC) PRLX 246(SD75M)
Views:  902   Comments: 3
Just south of town
Title:  Just south of town
Description:  The empty grain train rolls through the south side of Gravette, a challenging town to shoot a northbound train in most of the day.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:35:49 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC) PRLX 246(SD75M)
Views:  936   Comments: 1
Flowers too
Title:  Flowers too
Description:  The rocks along the line can be a great photo prop, but the delicate and colorful nature of flowers is also appealing. The grain train rolls past some rocks and flowers as it heads north in this wide angle view. The cliff above the trailing units is better seen in a southbound view about 1/2 mile south. The exposed rock makes a dramatic backdrop and was used by KCS for publicity photos.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:44:40 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC)
Views:  752   Comments: 1
Big rocks
Title:  Big rocks
Description:  The line in this part of Missouri follows Butler Creek up to Noel, where it reaches the Elk River. Over the millions of years it has taken for the valleys to form, many rocks have fallen from the cliffsides, among them some very large ones. The empty grain train passes on of them just south of Noel.
Photo Date:  4/29/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 5:40:31 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3924(SD70MAC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe) KCS 4820(ES44AC) PRLX 246(SD75M)
Views:  885   Comments: 3
Tunnel of trees
Title:  Tunnel of trees
Description:  When I lived in the northeast, this was a pervasive problem: rail lines were so long established that the trees had, over many years, grown up around them, making photography a challenge. So it is here as well, as this northbound Q train rolls in a long, shaded trough, the trees having grown up over the years.
Photo Date:  9/22/2021  Upload Date: 9/24/2021 5:44:22 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4689(ES44AC) KCS 4176(SD70ACe)
Views:  321   Comments: 2


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