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| Title: |
Nose on |
| Description: |
A southbound grain train was waiting north of the siding at Stilwell for a northbound to meet. I grabbed this shot of the nose of gray 3973 as it sat. |
| Photo Date: |
10/27/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2015 4:48:28 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 3973(SD70MAC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
174 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grain south and a wait |
| Description: |
This grain train was waiting north of Stilwell, most likely for a meet. Why they were held up here is a mystery, since the siding there is quite long enough to hold a 100 car train without blocking any crossings. Made the shot easy for me though. |
| Photo Date: |
10/27/2015 Upload Date: 11/2/2015 4:56:21 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 3973(SD70MAC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
169 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Primary season |
| Description: |
This year is a midterm election year, as well as being an election year for all the two year seats,as well as governor in Oklahoma. Some signs promoting candidates for Oklahoma offices line the right of way at the north end of Stiilwell as our grain train passes. It makes no endorsements for any office, just getting the corn on south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/19/2022 5:59:56 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
51 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Looking up |
| Description: |
Southbound grain train rolls past a crossbuck guarding the Bunch Rd crossing in its namesake town in a view looking up at the train on a raised embankment. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/19/2022 6:01:50 AM |
| Location: |
Bunch, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming around |
| Description: |
Southbound grain train comes around the 30 MPH curve at Chewie Rd along US 59. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/19/2022 6:05:16 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
42 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling out |
| Description: |
The grain train rolls out of the "S" curve at Chewie Rd. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/19/2022 6:06:57 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
52 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the home signals |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train splits the signals at the south end of CP South Cave Springs. The crew is taking advantage of that "140" air conditioning-one door, 40 MPH-as the nose door is open. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/20/2022 3:57:40 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
41 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Home signal |
| Description: |
The southbound train rolls past the northhbound home signal at CP South Cave Springs. I didn't dawdle getting here from Stilwell, getting out of town on OK 100, five miles, then left on Bunch Road-there's a sign, which is really helpful, given that road signs in rural Oklahoma, as in many places, are often lacking-then six miles to get here. I beat the train by about five minutes, so hustle pays. There's a nice morning shot about four miles south of here, from up on a hillside I want to try when the timing and time of day work out. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/20/2022 3:59:29 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
43 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Through the sag |
| Description: |
The line through Stilwell is a bit of a drag coming into town on a short grade, then a long sag as it goes on south. We see the grain train roll its 93 cars through the dip as it approaches the home signals at the north end of the controlled siding here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/20/2022 4:02:13 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling at you |
| Description: |
I had heard a horn from the house about a half hour earlier and took off, driving from my house down to Westville, then backtracking up to Watts. As I crossed the Illinois River bridge, this southbound grain train was just reaching it. I turned at the next intersection and gave chase, catching him here at MP 238, getting this telephoto view as he rolled toward me. Today's chase would expand my horizons a little, as I took it past my usual stopping point of Stilwell, and on 13 more miles to Bunch OK. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/20/2022 4:15:36 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the curve |
| Description: |
Theres a left hand curve for southbounds about 1/4 mile south of MP 238; my grain train leans to it as it passes me. |
| Photo Date: |
5/18/2022 Upload Date: 5/20/2022 4:21:15 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 4860(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
60 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Just as I suspected |
| Description: |
The southbound was rolling slowly down the main at Watts, coming to a stop at the home signal at the south end of the yard. I figured there was a meet in the offing, and was correct. As I came around the curve at MP 237, the 261 train was almost in my face with a pair of GEs and 87 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/2024 Upload Date: 1/6/2024 6:06:24 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4860(ES44AC) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
22 Comments: 1 |
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