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Westbound in the gloom |
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A westbound auto rack train holds at a siding near Newkirk NM, behind UP and CSX power. This is where shooting through bus windows really sucks. The light is bad to begin with, and the tinted windows only make it worse. The only thing saving this shot is that the train was sitting still. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:45:23 AM |
| Location: |
Newkirk, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4340(SD70M) CSX 3336(ET44AH) CSX 331(AC44CW) |
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260 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to a meet |
| Description: |
Elsewhere in this album, we have UP 4340 west in a siding. Heres why he was waiting: this eastbound stack train. The framing on this is perfect. All I needed was a littl sun. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:51:08 AM |
| Location: |
Newkirk, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4514(SD70M) UP 4525(SD70M) UP 4998(SD70M) |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stacks in the desert |
| Description: |
A view from the bus as we rolled west, stacks roll east through typical New Mexico scenery. The motion and bounciness of the bus don't help the sharpness, but the biggest handicap is the tinted windows, which drop the shutter speed-or f stop, depending how you're set up-dramatically. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:37:03 AM |
| Location: |
Laguna, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6886(ES44C4) BNSF 3990(ET44C4) BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 6646(ES44C4) |
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157 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cliffside |
| Description: |
An eastbound stack passes some of the scenery New Mexico is noted for. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:40:39 AM |
| Location: |
Grants, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7253(ES44DC) BNSF 4902(C44-9W) BNSF 5013(C44-9W) |
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121 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Its not always this good |
| Description: |
I am now at the stage of life where I go on "geezer bus trips," in this case to LA to get on a cruise to Hawaii. We took I 40 west, so I had a lot of chance to see trains on the BNSF. I caught this DPU on a westbound stack with a warbonnet. Nice lighting, good view. Its not always this easy. A lot of the time, its catch as catch can, and the results are not ideal. Youll see as you pick through this album. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:13:29 AM |
| Location: |
Acomita, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 736(C44-9W) BNSF 3870(ET44C4) |
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146 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Looking back |
| Description: |
We passed this eastbound coal train just as it went under I 40. I was able to get a going away shot. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/18/2019 5:36:04 AM |
| Location: |
Lupton, AZ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grand Canyon F 40 |
| Description: |
We stopped in Williams for dinner. I was able to get a shot of this Grand Canyon F 40 as we rolled through town. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:25:42 AM |
| Location: |
Williams, AZ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GCRY 4124(F40PH-2) |
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92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Work extra |
| Description: |
A lot of maintenance must be done on a line like Cajon, due to the constant traffic and resulting stress on the physical plant. A UP work train is on the hill, seen from I 15. |
| Photo Date: |
3/9/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:53:41 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming up the grade |
| Description: |
Sometimes the angle actually works out OK. The view is from I 15 of a TOFC train. It would have made a better morning shot, and from the road down below, since I could have kept the pole and wires out of the frame. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:16:51 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3919(ET44C4) BNSF 6599(ES44C4) |
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115 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Good light helps |
| Description: |
Sunday morning on the way to LA. Good good light on this westbound, making for a decent photo. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:22:24 AM |
| Location: |
Yucca, AZ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6260(ES44AC) BNSF 8329(ES44C4) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6684(ES44C4) |
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189 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
From the bus |
| Description: |
We stopped in Barstow at a place called Barstow Station. Its not the Casa Del Desierto, the old Harvey House, by any means. Its a gas station/bus station with some fast food and a lot of kitschy shops, and is on the opposite side of the yard from the Harvey House. The up side is that the trains go right past, and are lit most of the day, though not on this gloomy Sunday. This eastbound came by as we were getting ready to leave for LA. The only reason I got a good shot of this is because we had not started moving yet. Note the reflection from the windows. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 5:31:58 AM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6743(ES44C4) BNSF 7964(ES44C4) |
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123 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Autos east |
| Description: |
As we approached our rest break at Barstow, we ran along the tracks for a short distance. For once a train showed when I wanted it, and was able to get a passably decent shot of the power. And-check out that lead unit!! I've seen many a patch paint job, going back to Conrail in the early days, but this is my first X out. Also, the third unit is 3751, but not the one you were hoping for :-) |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/18/2019 5:14:39 AM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7754(ES44DC) BNSF 3756(ET44C4) BNSF 3751(ET44C4) BNSF 7764(ES44DC) |
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475 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Autos in the desert |
| Description: |
A BNSF auto rack train rolls east between Barstow and Daggett, seen from the bus on I 40. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/18/2019 5:20:22 AM |
| Location: |
Barstow, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7874(ES44DC) BNSF 5473(C44-9W) BNSF 5941(ES44AC) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Climbing the grade |
| Description: |
It was fairly busy the day we came down Cajon into the LA basin. This BNSF freight was climbing to Summit as we descended on i 15. |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 4/18/2019 5:33:30 AM |
| Location: |
Cajon Pass, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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89 Comments: 0 |
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