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| Title: |
Light side |
| Description: |
An angle change results in a view of the sun lit side of the train as it waits to meet a northbound. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:43:54 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
59 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the waiting coal train sits south of the 7th St crossing, a Grinstein SD 70 up against the train, which also has a pair of KCS units to assist. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:45:23 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9650(SD70MAC) KCSM 4658(ES44AC) KCS 4169(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
72 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the crossing |
| Description: |
A rear view of the DPU on the coal train, taken from the 7th St crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:46:37 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4169(SD70ACe) KCSM 4658(ES44AC) BNSF 9650(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
77 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming home |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, pauses by the Watts yard office before yarding his train. I heard the train blowing for the crossings in Siloam Springs, headed down here to see this view. It would be the first of three trains this afternoon, though the next one would be a while. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 4:56:11 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2019(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
55 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long wait |
| Description: |
After the better part of an hour, finally this southbound Texas Gulf Utilities train showed, seen here coming off the Illinois River bridge, approaching the north switch for Watts siding. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:06:00 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
23 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the boards |
| Description: |
The coal train rolls 124 cars through the home signals at CP North Watts. The wait has been long enough that they are now in shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:10:24 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9200(SD70ACe) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
19 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Round the curve |
| Description: |
I caught up with the coal train just south of the yard office, getting this shot of it coming around the sweeping curve at MP 237, the second unit, a Grinstein SD 70, now in view. Id see two of these now hard to find units today(actually three, the second coal train had one that had been repainted.) |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:14:50 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
20 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
View from above |
| Description: |
I had enough time to get down toward MP 239, where there area couple of road cuts that were done when US 59 was widened to four lane several years ago. One of them isnt that hard to climb, and I can still move OK, mostly, for a 64 year old fat guy. So up I went, getting this shot from up above. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:23:02 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
58 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling by the mill |
| Description: |
A shot I like to do in Westville is at the HJ Baker feed mill downtown. The coal train passes the silos as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:25:55 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
37 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU |
| Description: |
Coal trains all have DPUs, so I moved north of the feed mill to get this shot of the three rear units as they pushed south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:29:45 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4123(SD70ACe) KCS 4838(ES44AC) BNSF 6040(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another one |
| Description: |
I decided to head home after chasing the TXUX train to Westville, since there wasnt likely to be another train for a while. To my surprise, I heard a train in the trees just north of Watts, so I did a quick turn around to catch him rolling up to the yard office. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:33:21 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
58 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Holding, dark side |
| Description: |
The coal train was to hold for a northbound, which was going to be a while, since the previous southbound was probably not yet to Stilwell, the next possible meet point. I got this shot of it from the shoulder of US 59, getting the nose in sun, the rest of the train in a dark side contrast as it waited at CP South Watts. Note the switch lined for the siding. The northbound will likely work here, accessing the yard from the siding. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:39:50 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
75 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meeting on the fly |
| Description: |
I heard a horn from the house-in Siloam Springs-but was in the middle of something, so could not get out right away. I took off as soon as I could, hoping to catch the southbound. I did, but not til he was coming around the curve into Stilwell. My shot was going to be at the station, so I made a bee line down US 59 through town. On the way, I encountered this northbound empty AEPX train, which I shot through my windshield. Not pretty, but it shows the meeting train. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:02:43 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5362(AC45CCTE) UP 6842(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The quarry |
| Description: |
The southbound Id heard from the house is now in my sights, passing the station at Stilwell. My goal today was to get down to Bunch to do a shot Ive been looking at for a while, so I would follow this train to Cave Springs, a dozen miles on. There was a DPU on this train, probably a BNSF unit with a couple of KCS units, but I didn't see it for chasing. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:09:05 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6263(ES44AC) BNSF 6202(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
50 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Front and back |
| Description: |
The TXUX coal train rolls away from me toward the home signal at CP South Stilwell, as the DPU on the AEPX train nears the leaders on the southbound. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:12:09 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Catch the flag |
| Description: |
The southbound stopped where I could see between two of its cars. I caught the flank of the UP unit that was the DPU on the northbound between them. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:25:11 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7106(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Building America |
| Description: |
UPs slogan is visible between cars of the southbound. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:32:16 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7106(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
32 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approach |
| Description: |
As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to get a shot of the southbound at one of a couple of spots near Cave Springs and Bunch. I heard the dispatcher talking to the train, saying hed be meeting one at Cave Springs. I checked the signal, to see yellow over red. OK, the northbound is in the picture. I grabbed a shot, and heade to a spot I wanted to do in Bunch, five miles on. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:42:03 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
16 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long view |
| Description: |
I got down to Bunch, and scoped out a couple of positions, this one giving me a panoramic view, and allowing me to get back to Cave Springs in time to shoot the meet with the coal train. There are a couple of crossings south of there, and the long valley is a great echo chamber. What a sound!! 261 rolls north behind a now typical mix of power. This would be the only good shot I got of this train. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/3/2023 6:47:06 AM |
| Location: |
Bunch, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8777(ES44AC) KCS 4719(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
69 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Close but no cigar |
| Description: |
Trains and Railroads of the Past runs an item by that name where a photo is otherwise good, except for some glaring error, or mishap that mars it. In this case, I was trying to shoot the nose of the leader on this northbound passing the signal at CP South Cave Springs. I almost got it!! Just needed to be a little faster. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/4/2023 5:32:36 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8777(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
33 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Anticipation |
| Description: |
The conductor on the coal train is down on the ground and ready to roll the northbound past. |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/4/2023 5:13:03 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6263(ES44AC) CP 8777(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
36 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Roll by |
| Description: |
The conductor waves at the northbound as he gets ready to give them a roll by. The plan was to have this be an entry in the Out and Back album, but this was the end of the chase. I beat it to Stilwell, which I made ahead of the train, which isnt hard to do if you dont drag your feet. I heard the detector at MP 261 go off, but the transmission cut off before I could hear any details. Thats about 3 1/2 miles from Stilwell; the train should have showed in about five more minutes. He must have had a hit on the detector, as 20minutes later, still no northbound. So it goes.... |
| Photo Date: |
8/30/2023 Upload Date: 9/4/2023 5:23:55 AM |
| Location: |
Cave Springs, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6263(ES44AC) CP 8777(ES44AC) KCS 4719(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 1 |
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