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| Title: |
Peeking out |
| Description: |
A westbound stack led by BNSF 4680 waits for a signal now that hes met the eastbound, behind whom he is now peeking out as the last car passes. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 5:23:37 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Days of Future Past |
| Description: |
With apologies to the Moody Blues....the new order, in the form of a BNSF GE pulling a stack train, passes a relic of the past in the shape of an old Frisco caboose as the westbound stack rolls west with 123 platforms. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 5:53:03 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
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189 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pseudo station |
| Description: |
The folks in Pierce City, in homage to their Frisco past, built this city building to look like a train station. It makes a nice prop, even if its not part of the railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 5:54:34 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Racing |
| Description: |
Actually, not hardly. The engineer had reported a problem to the dispatcher, and he was slowing for an approach signal, stopping at the other end of the siding to check something. Hed move again about 20 minutes later. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:03:40 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
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279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The bells of St Marys |
| Description: |
Our westbound stacker waits in the company of St Marys Catholic Church. Its prayers will be answered shortly as an eastbound comes by, allowing it to once again proceed west. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:00:10 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
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296 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
In the desert |
| Description: |
The next day, we crossed the Mojave Desert, and I was able to catch this stack train near Ludlow, |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:28:05 AM |
| Location: |
Ludlow, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6280(ES44AC) BNSF 8329(ES44C4) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6584(ES44C4) |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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