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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
6/7/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2001 - 1/1/2001
Album Info:Photos my wife, Diane, has taken here and there, mostly on trips with me, but occasionally on her own. She is not a railfan per se, and often has a different vision of the scene than I do.
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Coal south
Title:  Coal south
Description:  We knew the 261 was going to meet a train at Dorsey, just to the north, so we set up for a southbound across the field in Decatur. This TXUX train was led by a BNSF/CP mix. Wed follow it to Bunch OK
Photo Date:  1/11/2025  Upload Date: 6/1/2025 6:35:02 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9112(SD70ACe) CP 8849(ES44AC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Pushing south
Title:  Pushing south
Description:  The TXUX train has a mix of power on the rear, including a very dirty KCS unit.
Photo Date:  1/11/2025  Upload Date: 6/1/2025 6:36:03 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6036(ES44AC) KCS 4111(SD70ACe) KCSM 4519(AC44CW)
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Down the valley
Title:  Down the valley
Description:  We beat him to Cave Springs, but the road to Bunch was too snowy to catch the head end. This is the going away shot at Bunch, the DPU helping 125 cars roll toward Texas.
Photo Date:  1/11/2025  Upload Date: 6/1/2025 6:39:17 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4519(AC44CW) KCS 4111(SD70ACe) BNSF 6036(ES44AC)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
Dodger arriving
Title:  Dodger arriving
Description:  We had run down to Watts to catch a couple of trains that were in Siloam when we were coming back from lunch. Diane got this shot of the dodger returning to base.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:00:37 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  20   Comments: 0
Texas coal
Title:  Texas coal
Description:  Later on, we caught this loaded TXUX train headed south at Gentry
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:01:29 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9294(SD70ACe) KCS 4841(ES44AC) KCS 4873(ES44AC)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
And a big DPU
Title:  And a big DPU
Description:  The coal train ran in a 4x3 configuration, which Diane caught as it passed the home signals at North Gentry
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:02:42 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6351(ES44AC) BNSF 8151(ES44C4) BNSF 6101(ES44AC)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Two noses
Title:  Two noses
Description:  One new, one old. The last train we caught that day was a southbound grain move, which she got passing the displayed F unit at Decatur.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:03:45 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8791(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A)
Views:  20   Comments: 1


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