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| Title: |
Why were here |
| Description: |
A meet between two of the more important traffic sources on the KCS is taking place. The southbound with BNSF power is a TXUX coal train, 115 cars bound for Texas. The northbound is an empty grain train, headed to Kansas City for more corn. |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/2009 Upload Date: 9/6/2016 2:32:48 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8804(SD70MAC) BNSF 8832(SD70MAC) KCSM 4569(AC44CW) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCS 4619(AC44CW) |
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1087 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Here it comes |
| Description: |
I started south to see if I could intercept the 181 as it came up from Westville. I didnt get far. He was passing the detector at MP 238 when I came around the curve. A quick U turn, and I was able to get this tele shot as he came up the tangent. Long train today; 61 stack platforms, 21 auto racks, and 10 articulated racks. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2024 Upload Date: 1/28/2025 4:55:27 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4569(AC44CW) KCS 4776(ES44AC) |
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194 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A gray and a Belle |
| Description: |
Now that the Belle scheme has been in use for almost 20 years, I always like to see one in the lead, especially since it looks so much nicer than the gray. I should appreciate the gray diesels more, since there are now so few of them. The SD 70MACs got all repainted, and most are now off the roster; the first order of SD70ACe's is also repainted, as finally are the AC44's. About the only group not painted Belle now are some of the KCSM older GEs, one of which is leading the 181 here at Ballard Creek. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2024 Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:03:16 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4569(AC44CW) KCS 4776(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
194 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nose to nose |
| Description: |
I got scooped by the poles in this one, but I had no control over where the actual meet would occur, though the 4821 wasnt moving. Parking is an issue, as there is no paved shoulder here, you have to climb the curb into the grass. Anyway, in one of those "Close but no cigar" shots, as in TRP, the 181 on the right, passes the 262, on the left, and a couple of lineside poles. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2024 Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:11:19 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4821(ES44AC) KCSM 4569(AC44CW) |
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225 Comments: 0 |
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