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5/7/2024
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Viewing Album:  Out and back
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:9/29/2016 - 9/29/2016
Album Info:One of the more productive ways to get train photos, for me, anyway, is a chase. If I'm lucky, I'll get one going away from home, then catch something else coming back. Most of the time, it works best if I catch a northbound and follow it to either Noel or McElhany near Neosho, though chasing south to Stilwell and back is also a workable plan. Living in Siloam Springs, I can go either way. This album is the result of those chases.
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Action!!
Title:  Action!!
Description:  The Q trains wait is now over, as the northbound M SHKC rolls past the south end of Cave Springs siding, in a blur of speed as it crosses CR E 888. Still a little fall color down here.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:50:38 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW)
Views:  70   Comments: 1
Rolling past
Title:  Rolling past
Description:  After getting the shot of the leader going past the signals, I ran to get it meeting the power on the Q train. He was a bit faster than me, and I didnt get the power passing power shot I wanted. This is still a pretty good action shot, though, of the Q train conductor giving the northbound a roll by.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:54:26 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4849(ES44AC) KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  86   Comments: 1
Northbound DPU
Title:  Northbound DPU
Description:  The northbound M train is complete at South Cave Springs, its DPU pushing hard toward the head end of the Q train and on to Stilwell
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:43:10 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4449(C44-9W) KCS 4794(ES44AC)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
Meeting the Q
Title:  Meeting the Q
Description:  The DPU on the M train passes the head end of the Q train. Todays M train has an ex BNSF AC44, one of a group KCS picked up second hand. I hardly ever see these units; this is the second one Id seen today.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/3/2022 5:48:56 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4449(C44-9W) KCS 4794(ES44AC)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Not the usual angle
Title:  Not the usual angle
Description:  The M train rolls past the station at Stilwell, in an angle not usually seen, since its backlit most of the day.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:53:03 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  The northbound M train approaches automatic 252-2, its headlights seen in the distance in the fading light.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:29:52 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  70   Comments: 2
Passing the signal
Title:  Passing the signal
Description:  The M train now passes 252 in the gathering gloom.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:35:18 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  80   Comments: 1
Two miles up
Title:  Two miles up
Description:  AFter shooting the M train at signal 252, I got ahead of him at "downtown" Baron, two miles to the north. Here he is passing the automatic at 250, crossing CR E 754.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:44:10 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  77   Comments: 1
Almost dark
Title:  Almost dark
Description:  Im going to have to start calling these sequences "Out and Almost Back" since if I start late enough in the day, I cant get all the way back to Siloam before it gets dark. Oh, for the long days of summer!! Northbound M train rolling through the twilight north of Westville, the running lights giving away the train as it makes its way into night.
Photo Date:  11/28/2022  Upload Date: 12/1/2022 5:58:16 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 5005(ET44AC) KCS 4037(SD70ACe)
Views:  85   Comments: 1
Finally
Title:  Finally
Description:  This southbound grain train was on the Lake Frances Rd crossing when I saw him. I swung though town, and headed south on US 59, finally catching him south of Watts. This is the DPU trailing the 100 car train on the Ballard Creek bridge.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 5:46:05 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4819(ES44AC) KCS 5020(ET44AC)
Views:  67   Comments: 1
Hay barn
Title:  Hay barn
Description:  The southbound grain trains power rolls past the barn in the Westville hay field
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 6:07:52 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  46   Comments: 1
Get me to the church on time
Title:  Get me to the church on time
Description:  They made it today, the grain train rolling past the old church at Baron.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/23/2023 6:12:59 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
Past the automatic
Title:  Past the automatic
Description:  The grain train passes signal 250-1/2 at the crossing in Baron.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:07:32 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
At the county road
Title:  At the county road
Description:  Theres a county road crossing about two miles south of Baron that has a nice curve coming into the crossing. The road sign is missing, as is the sign for the welding shop that used to be down here. Southbound grain approaches.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:21:52 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
Knocking it down
Title:  Knocking it down
Description:  The grain train knocks down the clear signal at 252-1
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:26:59 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
DPU
Title:  DPU
Description:  The two unit DPU on the grain train passes signal 252-1
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:32:03 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 5020(ET44AC) KCS 4819(ES44AC)
Views:  67   Comments: 1
Passing the station
Title:  Passing the station
Description:  A long view seen from the US 59 overpass shows the grain train about to pass the station at Stilwell.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:37:12 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
Straight on
Title:  Straight on
Description:  The grain train now approaches the US 59 overpass, and will shortly be rolling through the forest to Cave Springs.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/24/2023 6:41:03 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4145(SD70ACe)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Blasting through
Title:  Blasting through
Description:  The grain train didnt take long to get to Cave Springs. We see it in a tele view as he comes down the main.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/26/2023 6:08:45 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  55   Comments: 1
Home signal
Title:  Home signal
Description:  The grain train passes the northbound home signal at Cave Springs.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/26/2023 6:18:23 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  56   Comments: 2
Been wanting to do this
Title:  Been wanting to do this
Description:  But I never seem to get a train early enough in the day to get good lighting. This is definitely a morning shot, about a mile south of Bunch, from up on an intersecting county road.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/26/2023 6:24:10 AM
Location:  Bunch, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4148(SD70ACe) KCS 4156(SD70ACe)
Views:  62   Comments: 1
Southbound grain again
Title:  Southbound grain again
Description:  Normally with these "out and back" series, I chase a train away from home, then another back. This day was a little different. After chasing the first grain train south, I didnt have anything to follow back. The light was getting low, and prospects were fading quickly. Then, as I came around a curve south of Watts, there was a headlight. It turned out to be this southbound, which I followed the short distance to Westville.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/27/2023 6:08:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 5021(ET44AC)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Hay field
Title:  Hay field
Description:  The second grain train of the day rolls south just north of Westville, seen from US 59
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/27/2023 6:11:40 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 5021(ET44AC)
Views:  58   Comments: 1
UP DPU
Title:  UP DPU
Description:  The DPU on this train is a Union Pacific GE, seen across the hay field.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/27/2023 6:20:12 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5550(AC45CCTE)
Views:  64   Comments: 1
Cows
Title:  Cows
Description:  The DPU passes a group of cows idly grazing by the edge of the pasture.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/27/2023 6:27:14 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5550(AC45CCTE)
Views:  60   Comments: 1
Second southbound
Title:  Second southbound
Description:  I broke off the chase of the grain train, since it was now getting darker and the prospects of getting a lit shot were virtually nil. As I neared Watts, heres another headlight. Now its the southbound Q train. I chased down to the big curve near Chewie Rd and shot him thorugh the curve there.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 5:41:07 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4803(ES44AC) KCS 4139(SD70ACe)
Views:  60   Comments: 1
Away!
Title:  Away!
Description:  The Q train rolls though the S curve at Chewie Rd, going away, and heading for Westville as the light fades.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 5:51:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4803(ES44AC) KCS 4139(SD70ACe)
Views:  56   Comments: 1
Rolling south
Title:  Rolling south
Description:  The Q trains DPU is rolling away, trailing the train as it heads to Mexico.
Photo Date:  1/14/2023  Upload Date: 1/28/2023 6:04:14 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4869(ES44AC)
Views:  49   Comments: 1
Long ride to chase it down
Title:  Long ride to chase it down
Description:  I heard the horn for a southbound from the house, and got out fairly quickly, but the slowpokes on the way down to Westville sank the chase. The train was on the US 62 crossing in Westville when I got there. I finally caught up down near MP 252 south of Baron, to find this merger mix of CP and KCS units leading a 105 car oil train.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 4:59:51 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8631(AC44CW) KCS 4809(ES44AC)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Rolling to a stop
Title:  Rolling to a stop
Description:  The oil train rolls to a stop just north of the County Barn crossing. It will wait here for a northbound H train that is slowly making its way up from Cave Springs.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:10:48 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8631(AC44CW) KCS 4809(ES44AC)
Views:  51   Comments: 1
H train at last
Title:  H train at last
Description:  After a roughly 30 minute wait, the H SHKC shows, passing the station with all of 38 cars. Hell meet the oil train at the north end of the siding.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:12:04 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  61   Comments: 1
Oil train south
Title:  Oil train south
Description:  The H train safely tucked into the siding, the oil train now rolls south, passing the station as it picks up speed. The CP leader is one more scheme I have caught coming past this historic building
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:14:52 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8631(AC44CW) KCS 4809(ES44AC)
Views:  44   Comments: 1
Getting a push
Title:  Getting a push
Description:  The DPU on the oil train rolls south, trailing the 105 cars of crude. The KCS/UP mix seems to be common on these trains.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:16:23 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8683(SD70ACe) CP 8790(ES44AC)
Views:  60   Comments: 1
Returning north
Title:  Returning north
Description:  I had hoped to chase the oil train down to Bunch, there are a couple of shots I want to do there, but the sun was now getting low, and I had a northbound to head home with, so I turned my attention to the H train, which we see here on the bridge over Baron Fork Creek, just barely catching the sun.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:18:27 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  63   Comments: 1
Dinner
Title:  Dinner
Description:  The H train passes the pasture in Westville, the cows indifferent to the disruption in the peace and quite of a Tuesday evening. Perhaps they are thinking of their future as someones dinner??
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:20:34 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  34   Comments: 1
Hay
Title:  Hay
Description:  The northbound passes the bales of hay, neatly lined up along the corrugated steel barn next to the tracks in this pastoral scene.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:22:01 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  40   Comments: 1
Restricting
Title:  Restricting
Description:  The H train was arriving shortly, and will find the signal at South Watts to be red over flashing red. Heres the red/red
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 5:47:53 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Flashing dark
Title:  Flashing dark
Description:  The alternate display on the home signal is red/dark, which we see here.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:04:20 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  17   Comments: 1
Here he comes
Title:  Here he comes
Description:  The H train rolls around the big curve at MP 237, approaching the signal and the yard. Hell take the siding per signal indication
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:06:25 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  41   Comments: 1
Easing up
Title:  Easing up
Description:  The H train slowly eases toward the signal, now red/dark as the restricting aspect plays out. The switch is lined for the siding.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:11:20 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe)
Views:  38   Comments: 1
A little closer
Title:  A little closer
Description:  The H train is now taking the red/red as it slowly nears the switch.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:14:04 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe)
Views:  36   Comments: 1
Knocked down
Title:  Knocked down
Description:  The H train has passed the signal, now red over red as he takes the siding. I quit the chase here-the light was going, and I had to get home-but at least with the end of February, the light stays longer, and I get more of the "back" part of the chase in before its too dark to shoot pictures.
Photo Date:  2/28/2023  Upload Date: 3/4/2023 6:18:10 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4099(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCSM 4541(AC44CW)
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Rolling north at the end of town
Title:  Rolling north at the end of town
Description:  I heard a horn while doing some work around the house, and took off. My quarry turned out to be this northbound empty grain train led by a KCSM GE, seen approaching Davidson Rd
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:29:43 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4541(AC44CW) KCSM 4650(ES44AC)
Views:  30   Comments: 1
Passing the automatic
Title:  Passing the automatic
Description:  And, at the same time, the detector. A little "axle math" tells me the train has 96 cars.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:32:22 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4541(AC44CW) KCSM 4650(ES44AC)
Views:  36   Comments: 2
Stretched out
Title:  Stretched out
Description:  The train of covered hoppers returning north is stretched into the curve between Davidson Rd and Country Club Rd.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:34:47 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  17   Comments: 1
Dark side
Title:  Dark side
Description:  Normally I shoot this from the lit side, which has a good view in a tele shot of the train streteched out into the next curve south of town. This time I decided to go for the nose lit, but dark side of the train. It would be more effective if there wasnt so much clutter, as I could work the station/museum into the photo without a pole in front of it. This does have the advantage of allowing me a quick getaway, as I dont have to let the whole train pass before resuming the chase, though hed meet a southbound at Dorsey, just to the north, and Id get him anyway.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:39:17 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4541(AC44CW) KCSM 4650(ES44AC)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Out of the meet
Title:  Out of the meet
Description:  The grain train has met a southbound Texas Gulf Utilities train at Dorsey, and is now rolling north along Wolf Creek, and is into the climb to Gravette. Ill hustle out of here to catch the coal train, which will happen just south of Decatur.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:42:33 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4541(AC44CW) KCSM 4650(ES44AC)
Views:  48   Comments: 3
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  Going away shot of the power on the northbound grain train.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:44:09 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4541(AC44CW) KCSM 4650(ES44AC)
Views:  36   Comments: 1
Over the crest
Title:  Over the crest
Description:  The coal train the empty grain move met at Dorsey is now at MP 219, six miles south. I didn't get out of Dorsey til the grainer passed, and was still able to catch this train, which is typically the case.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 6:36:11 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9296(SD70ACe) BNSF 8483(SD70ACe)
Views:  31   Comments: 2
Climbing out
Title:  Climbing out
Description:  The coal train is pulling to the top of the grade coming out of the Flint Creek valley, its power working hard as it approaches Davidson Rd. The detector just to the south will tell me it has 124 loaded cars.
Photo Date:  5/1/2023  Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:50:39 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9296(SD70ACe) BNSF 8483(SD70ACe)
Views:  31   Comments: 1

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