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Viewing Album:  Two Mornings at Belen
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:12/9/2023 - 12/10/2023
Album Info:I went out for a friend't partner's memorial in December 2023, and was able to spend several hours over two mornings at the Railrunner station in Belen. I'd been hoping for some eastbounds with the commuter train in the shot, but didn't get quite what I hoped for. It was still pretty good, though.
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Getting ice
Title:  Getting ice
Description:  I was out getting ice and a few other things for my friends party, and saw this westbound waiting for traffic prior to getting out of town. Shot from the parking lot of the well placed ice machine. It would be the first of quite a few trains I would see that morning.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 6:12:02 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5489(C44-9W) BNSF 7218(ES44DC)
Views:  41   Comments: 1
Flying the flag
Title:  Flying the flag
Description:  This banner was hanging from a pole at the Belen station
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 6:28:54 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Early switching
Title:  Early switching
Description:  When I arrived at the station around 0800, this SD 40-2 was working the yard. Time was, this was prime road power. now demoted to yard service.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:04:26 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1643(SD40-2)
Views:  38   Comments: 1
At the station
Title:  At the station
Description:  The 1643 pulls its cut of cars up for headroom, posing by the Railrunner station sign.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:08:35 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1643(SD40-2)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Full bird
Title:  Full bird
Description:  Not a colonel, but the roadrunner with its tail stretched out on the trailing passenger cars as NMRX 106 waits to become train 704.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:12:09 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  29   Comments: 2
Big bird
Title:  Big bird
Description:  The roadrunner that is the mascot of the Railrunner service, and the New Mexico state bird is prominent on the side of the power.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:15:03 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  NMRX 106, about to be train 704, waits for departure at Belen as a freight rolls past.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:43:15 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  The conductor checks the platform as the passenger train runs out the last minutes before departure.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:46:02 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  41   Comments: 1
Overhead
Title:  Overhead
Description:  An overhead view of NMRX 106 from the Reinken Av overpass.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:01:17 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
Rolling him by
Title:  Rolling him by
Description:  The Railrunner trains power is just getting a nose into the shot as a westbound stack rolls out to the Gallup Sub
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:43:01 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) BNSF 3965(ET44C4) BNSF 8120(ES44C4) BNSF 7858(ES44DC) BNSF 5030(C44-9W)
Views:  28   Comments: 0
Mixed meet
Title:  Mixed meet
Description:  A westbound stack goes out as the Railrunner train waits for time. I had hoped for more eastbounds off the Gallup Sub, but there was still a lot of freight traffic to see here. I have to come out on a weekday, when the days are longer-and warmer!!
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:38:36 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) BNSF 3965(ET44C4) BNSF 8120(ES44C4) BNSF 7858(ES44DC) BNSF 5030(C44-9W)
Views:  46   Comments: 2
Peeking out
Title:  Peeking out
Description:  The eastbound stack led by BNSF 8104 is rolling into the yard, while a westbound makes its way through Belen Jct to the Gallup Sub. We see the DPU on the westbound mixed freight between the stacks on the eastbound.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:31:21 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3906(ET44C4)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Rear end meet
Title:  Rear end meet
Description:  The tail of a westbound stack led by BNSF 3965 rolls past the waiting NMRX 106.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:56:50 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
Albuquerque transfer
Title:  Albuquerque transfer
Description:  A transfer bringing in intermodal from the Albuquerque ramp rolls into Belen Jct off the El Paso Sub while the Railrunner waits for time.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:07:03 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) BNSF 1841(SD40-2) BNSF 1918(SD40-2)
Views:  58   Comments: 2
Off to Albuquerque
Title:  Off to Albuquerque
Description:  Train 704 is now underway, making his way out to the El Paso Sub and Albuquerque, eventually Santa Fe.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:50:16 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  30   Comments: 1
Ready to go
Title:  Ready to go
Description:  A westbound stack has his ditch lights on, and is starting to roll out of the fuel pad as an eastbound clears Belen Jct and heads into his fuel pad.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:10:32 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 1643(SD40-2)
Views:  30   Comments: 3
Here we come
Title:  Here we come
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls past the Belen station en route to Amarillo and points east.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:21:23 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8104(ES44C4) BNSF 7500(ES44DC) BNSF 6269(ES44AC)
Views:  40   Comments: 1
DPU east
Title:  DPU east
Description:  BNSF 7811 takes up the rear on the eastbound stack led by BNSF 8104 that is entering the yard.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:13:58 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7811(ES44DC)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Into the yard
Title:  Into the yard
Description:  The DPU disappears into the yard, trailing a stack train that will soon be tackling Abo Canyon.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/28/2023 6:12:33 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7811(ES44DC)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Switching the stacks
Title:  Switching the stacks
Description:  Sunday morning found the same unit, BNSF 1643, with a cut of double stacks, which it was shoving into a yard track. Belen is not only a major class yard, but is also used for block swapping.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:18:44 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1643(SD40-2)
Views:  41   Comments: 1
Sweeping in
Title:  Sweeping in
Description:  An eastbound rolls into Belen Jct, its train seen in the sweeping curve off the Gallup Sub
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 6:14:16 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7487(ES44DC) BNSF 1018(C44-9W) BNSF 8448(SD70ACe) BNSF 750(C44-9W)
Views:  35   Comments: 1
Saw more of these than I expected.
Title:  Saw more of these than I expected.
Description:  I probably saw a half dozen of these diesels still in Warbonnet paint while on the New Mexico trip. This one is the trailing unit on an eastbound passing the Railrunner station.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:00:03 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 750(C44-9W)
Views:  51   Comments: 1
Passing the station
Title:  Passing the station
Description:  The eastbound passes the Railrunner platform as it rolls through Belen Jct.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 6:28:46 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7487(ES44DC) BNSF 1018(C44-9W) BNSF 8448(SD70ACe) BNSF 750(C44-9W)
Views:  37   Comments: 1
Mid DPU
Title:  Mid DPU
Description:  A common practice on BNSF is to add a DPU about 2/3 of the way back in the train. This pair of GEs was doing the honors about 65 platforms deep in this westbound headed for the Gallup Sub.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:05:04 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7676(ES44DC) BNSF 4133(C44-9W)
Views:  35   Comments: 1
Passing at the junction
Title:  Passing at the junction
Description:  An eastbound stack is just clearing Belen Jct as this westbound comes out of the yard to head west.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:19:43 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7934(ES44C4) BNSF 3880(ET44C4)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
Another eastbound
Title:  Another eastbound
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls past the Railrunner station.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 5:57:32 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7607(ES44DC) BNSF 4616(C44-9W) BNSF 7940(ES44C4) BNSF 6935(ES44C4)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  An eastbound stack arrives with a NS unit in the mix, passing the Railrunner station as it makes its way into Belen yard with 129 stack platforms. BNSF 6562/5090 are mid train DPU's.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 5:59:44 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6728(ES44C4) BNSF 5222(C44-9W) NS 4466(AC44C6M) BNSF 5269(C44-9W)
Views:  39   Comments: 2
Into the yard
Title:  Into the yard
Description:  The eastbound stack rolls through Belen Jct and into the east side of the yard for a crew change as BNSF 6864 starts to pull from the westbound side.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 5:56:27 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6728(ES44C4) BNSF 5222(C44-9W) NS 4466(AC44C6M) BNSF 6864(ES44C4)
Views:  39   Comments: 1
Almost there
Title:  Almost there
Description:  The DPU on an eastbound freight has stopped just beyond the station at Belen. I was able to get a shot of the power, one of which is an NS unit, but not quite the one I wanted. The leader on this train was BNSF 6728
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:49:34 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6562(ES44C4) BNSF 5090(C44-9W)
Views:  38   Comments: 1
Just barely
Title:  Just barely
Description:  The westbound that was coming out as BNSF 6728 was rolling in, led by BNSF 6864, is just barely visible between the stacks of the eastbound.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:32:10 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6864(ES44C4)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
Rounding the curve
Title:  Rounding the curve
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls off the Gallup Sub, taking the sharp curve into Belen Jct.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:45:41 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4666(C44-9W) BNSF 7205(ES44DC) BNSF 4227(ES44C4) BNSF 6970(ES44C4)
Views:  35   Comments: 1
Coming in
Title:  Coming in
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls into Belen Jct, and will head for a crew change, fuel and inspection before making its way up Abo canyon and on east.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/19/2023 5:57:56 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4666(C44-9W) BNSF 7205(ES44DC) BNSF 4227(ES44C4) BNSF 6970(ES44C4)
Views:  34   Comments: 1
Starting from the fuel pad
Title:  Starting from the fuel pad
Description:  A westbound stack starts out from the fuel pad on the west side of the yard.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:55:43 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5865(ES44AC) BNSF 4221(ES44C4) BNSF 6686(ES44C4) BNSF 5510(C44-9W) BNSF 5159(C44-9W)
Views:  44   Comments: 1
Belen Jct meet
Title:  Belen Jct meet
Description:  A westbound is starting out for Gallup as an eastbound arrives on the near track.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:52:31 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5865(ES44AC) BNSF 4221(ES44C4) BNSF 6886(ES44C4) BNSF 6947(ES44C4)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Meet on the curve
Title:  Meet on the curve
Description:  The Gallup Sub comes around a sharp curve entering Belen Jct. The westbound led by 5865 rolls out to the west as an eastbound sneaks around into the junction, and then the yard.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 6:03:11 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6947(ES44C4) BNSF 6070(ES44AC) BNSF 6697(ES44C4) BNSF 985(C44-9W)
Views:  43   Comments: 2
Full view
Title:  Full view
Description:  We now have a full view of the eastbound as the westbound makes its way out of town.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/20/2023 6:06:59 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6947(ES44C4) BNSF 6070(ES44AC) BNSF 6697(ES44C4) BNSF 985(C44-9W)
Views:  46   Comments: 1
Off the Gallup Sub
Title:  Off the Gallup Sub
Description:  A four unit set of power swings off the Gallup Sub into Belen Jct, passing the Railrunner station, whose track is in the foreground. Theres a surprise behind the power, which well see in a minute. Behind the power are 29 autos, 3 articulated racks, and 109 freight.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:26:21 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3796(ET44C4) BNSF 7403(ES44DC) BNSF 7707(ES44DC) BUGX 1552(SD9)
Views:  49   Comments: 1
Slug mother
Title:  Slug mother
Description:  This ex BN SD 9 was the mother unit to the two slugs that followed it, arriving on an eastbound freight led by BNSF 3796.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:26:41 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BUGX 1552(SD9)
Views:  79   Comments: 2
Slug 1
Title:  Slug 1
Description:  This slug was on an eastbound freight arriving at Belen. It was in the company of BUGX 1552, and SD 9, and another slug, ex Santa Fe unit 3970.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:23:14 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BUGX 1010(Yard Slug)
Views:  70   Comments: 3
Santa Fe slug
Title:  Santa Fe slug
Description:  This Santa Fe unit was with the SD 9 and the first slug on an eastnbound.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:29:41 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BUGX 3970(Yard Slug)
Views:  69   Comments: 2
The whole shebang
Title:  The whole shebang
Description:  The two slugs and SD 9 are in tow behind the road power as the train enters the yard. BUGX is a reporting mark of Dieselmotive Co
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:31:44 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BUGX 3970(Yard Slug) BUGX 1010(Yard Slug) BUGX 1552(SD9)
Views:  96   Comments: 1
Almost
Title:  Almost
Description:  The eastbound led by BNSF 3796 had a pair of GEs on the rear, one from BNSF, one from NS. The 141 car train stopped as it entered the yard, the DPU just not quite making it far enough for a decent shot. We see them from the bus turn around at the Railrunner station.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 5:28:40 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5018(C44-9W) NS 4078(AC44C6M)
Views:  20   Comments: 1

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