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5/1/2025
 
 
 
 
  Viewing the last 200 photos I selected as my favorite Pictures.
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Nose on
Title:  Nose on
Description:  A front end shot of NYC 3001 at the NYC Museum in Elkhart
Photo Date:  6/20/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 2:37:54 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 3001(4-8-2)
Views:  1212   Comments: 0
UP 6467 north on the former MoPac
Title:  UP 6467 north on the former MoPac
Description:  UP 6467 at
Photo Date:  7/3/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 8:48:58 PM
Location:  Grady, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6467(AC44CW) UP 5910(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  549   Comments: 0
Old main
Title:  Old main
Description:  A northbound NYSW train rolls up the old DLW S&U track at Old State Road. The new connection to the D&H can be seen graded to the left of the train.
Photo Date:  9/18/1990  Upload Date: 2/26/2012 4:06:12 AM
Location:  Binghamton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 3624(SD45)
Views:  594   Comments: 1
Grabbed him!!
Title:  Grabbed him!!
Description:  The coal train was taking the siding to meet a southbound, which turned out to be this 262 train, which hit the Davidson Rd detector as I was making my way to the shot. I had to take the long way around to get to the sun side, and was just pulling up to the crossing on Jefferson St as he showed. Not bad for a front seat of the car take.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 5/1/2025 5:48:25 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4765(ES44AC) KCS 4044(SD70ACe)
Views:  0   Comments: 0
And away we go
Title:  And away we go
Description:  The show is over, at least for me. Time to head home for dinner, now that its past 1800. The DPU on the coal train pulls away past the water tower. Hell meet another one at Gentry.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/30/2025 5:54:47 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9367(ES44AC)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Going under
Title:  Going under
Description:  The coal train is about to pass under my position on the US 412 overpass. It was an easy shot; I took the photo through the open passenger side window. The cars at left are plastic pellets for Pipelife Jetstream.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/30/2025 5:51:33 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Snaking through
Title:  Snaking through
Description:  The train rolls through the curve coming into Lake Frances Rd, then through the turnout onto the siding.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/30/2025 5:49:34 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Into the siding
Title:  Into the siding
Description:  The switch is lined for the siding. Hell meet a southbound 262 here.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/30/2025 5:48:05 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
Wanted this shot for a long time
Title:  Wanted this shot for a long time
Description:  The next sequence is the coal train coming into Siloam Springs from the south. Its not an easy shot to get, as the lighting is good only about four months of the year, and you have to be on the US 412 overpass to get it. You also have to beat a northbound up from Watts if youre chasing, which means if you dont make all the lights in Siloam Springs, you might not beat it here. I did this day, with good results. Hes just about to cross Lake Frances Rd.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/30/2025 5:47:03 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
On the river
Title:  On the river
Description:  The AEPX train rolls across the Illinois River north of Watts, seen from US 59
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:34:48 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Guardrail in place
Title:  Guardrail in place
Description:  The northbound rolls past the guardrail approaching the Ballard Creek bridge just south of Watts. Theres another soutbbound grain move in the siding, but the power is behind the stand of trees at the south end of the siding, so I didnt get the meet. Hell meet another 262 at Siloam.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:26:19 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Along the road
Title:  Along the road
Description:  The coal train rolls along US 59, its train stretched out into the distance.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:17:22 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Looking down the fence line
Title:  Looking down the fence line
Description:  A fence line in the field leads the eye to the power, and the clouds above.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:15:56 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
A little farther up
Title:  A little farther up
Description:  The perspective changes a bit as the train moves north, now on the CR E690 crossing.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:08:16 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
A few shots at Westville
Title:  A few shots at Westville
Description:  I took up a position on old US 59, which rises several hundred feet above the surrounding landscape. Its a favorite spot, as the view is panoramic. The sky this day was a classic Kodachrome sky, and I wanted to take advantage.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 6:02:08 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
On the creek
Title:  On the creek
Description:  The coal train rolls across Baron Creek under a Kodachrome sky. The sky was stunning this day. I was glad to get this shot; I didnt beat him by much, as US 59 between here and Stilwell is now under construction. This summers project is to turn it into a four lane, which will be welcome.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:49:04 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
Coal DPU
Title:  Coal DPU
Description:  The DPU on the coal train was a relatively clean CP unit
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:45:24 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9367(ES44AC)
Views:  6   Comments: 0
...And going
Title:  ...And going
Description:  The grain train DPU passes the station.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:43:12 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4687(ES44AC) KCS 4589(AC44CW)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Grain DPU coming
Title:  Grain DPU coming
Description:  The DPU on the grain train coming toward me just north of the Stilwell station.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:41:57 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4589(AC44CW) KCS 4697(ES44AC)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
South end meet
Title:  South end meet
Description:  The grain train rolls past the DPU on the empty coal train at the south end of Stilwell siding.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:40:35 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7420(AC45CCTE) UP 6052(AC44CWCTE) CP 9367(ES44AC)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Rolling meet
Title:  Rolling meet
Description:  Though not the way youd expect. The grain train makes its way south on the main, while the coal train, which had cut at the crossing, now backs down to reconnect. Both sets of power moving the same direction. Not your typical meet.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:38:07 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7420(AC45CCTE) UP 6052(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Surprise
Title:  Surprise
Description:  I went back up to the north end of the siding, thinking the coal train would be underway momentarily, only to find the conductor cutting the train at the SR 51 crossing. Thats not good. Theyll be stuck here a while. Another promising chase thwarted by an outlawing crew. Not so fast. As I was heading up to the north end of town to consider my options, I saw a headlight in the distance. It turned out to be this southbound grain move, led by a pair of UP units.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:32:56 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7420(AC45CCTE) UP 6052(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  When I went past the SR 100 crossing, the crew was cutting the train, which they typically do if theres going to be a long wait, and they dont want to block traffic. I ran up to the the head end to get this shot while I considered my next move. I didnt know it, but there was a southbound in the mix, which would make the decision easy.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 5/1/2025 5:29:08 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  2   Comments: 0
DPU
Title:  DPU
Description:  The DPU on the 262 train, seen under a big sky.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:36:19 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9721(AC44CW)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Down at the station
Title:  Down at the station
Description:  I ran down to the station to catch the 262 as it went past. Id leave him here, and follow the empty AEPX train north, but not before more action unfolded.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/29/2025 5:26:13 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Going to meet a northbound
Title:  Going to meet a northbound
Description:  There was chatter on the radio about a northbound, so I went down to the station to see if I could get it on the way into town. It turned out to be an empty AEPX coal train behind a Belle and a UP unit, here approaching the Stilwell station.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:31:55 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4848(ES44AC) UP 7010(CM44AC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Dinked
Title:  Dinked
Description:  Despite the prevalent cloud cover, I got dinked only once, here at Baron.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:28:05 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
Under a tall sky
Title:  Under a tall sky
Description:  The clouds, which had been heavy earlier in the day, now are breaking up, and making a spectacular backdrop, here with the power on the 262.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:27:08 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Wide and clouds
Title:  Wide and clouds
Description:  A towering sky greets the 262 as it passes a field north of Westville.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:21:19 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Pumping air
Title:  Pumping air
Description:  The 262 has done its work at Watts and is now pumping air, the head end at Ballard Creek just south of Watts yard.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:15:23 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
DPU on the water
Title:  DPU on the water
Description:  The DPU on the 262 train was maybe 25 cars from the rear of the 121 car train, seen here under a big sky as it crosses the Illinois River.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:11:41 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9721(AC44CW)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
Off the bridge
Title:  Off the bridge
Description:  I knew Id have a race to beat the 262 to Watts, but the railfan gods were with me, and I made all the lights, beating him with enough time to set up in the driveway of an old roadhouse on US 59 for this shot of the train coming off the Illinois River bridge
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:06:45 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Wide view and a big sky
Title:  Wide view and a big sky
Description:  A wider view of the meet shows the Pro Pak warehouse, once a facility of Siloam fixture Allen Canning
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 6:02:46 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  6   Comments: 0
The meet
Title:  The meet
Description:  I beat it to the US 412 overpass in time to catch the southbound 262 train as it made its way down the main with a CP/KCS duo.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 5:57:29 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8205(AC4400CWM) KCS 4012(SD70ACe)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Like always, it starts with something else
Title:  Like always, it starts with something else
Description:  We were coming back from lunch, when we saw the 181 train stretched out down to the US 412 overpass, waiting in the siding. We had to drop some mail at the post office, then head home. He was still there 15 minutes later when we came back. My wife said I could drop her home and take off. I dropped her off, grabbed a bag of recycling, and away I went. I got this shot of the head end waiting south of Lincoln St after dropping the bottles. The detector went off right after, and the chase was on.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/28/2025 5:52:48 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4807(ES44AC)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Lucky grab
Title:  Lucky grab
Description:  We were headed to lunch from one of our many doctor appointments, when I spotted a headlight up ahead of us as we rode up Gregg St. I was able to get this grab shot through the windshield. Good to see these old girls still at it.
Photo Date:  4/23/2025  Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:53:12 AM
Location:  Fayetteville, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 56(C420) AM 57(C420)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Second time in two weeks
Title:  Second time in two weeks
Description:  I saw a tank stenciled with the warning about API gravity of over 50 degrees on a UP train earlier in the month. Now, here on the KCS another one. I must have seen this elsewhere, I just dont recall it. Southbound on the 262 train.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:49:35 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Union Tank
Title:  Union Tank
Description:  Looks like a class unit, judging by the number. Southbound on the 262 train
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:47:16 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Misui Rail Capital
Title:  Misui Rail Capital
Description:  The reporting marks were a set I have not seen. There were several of these cars in the 262 train this day.
Photo Date:  4/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/27/2025 6:45:00 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  9   Comments: 0
Second life
Title:  Second life
Description:  This ex SOO GP 30 was living a second career in retirement at an elevator in Mankato. The MJRX reporting mark is for Railway Service Contractors
Photo Date:  9/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/25/2025 5:16:54 AM
Location:  Mankato, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MJRX 711(GP30)
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Nose on
Title:  Nose on
Description:  The nose on angle highlights the wings on the UP leader.
Photo Date:  9/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2025 6:17:47 AM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 7439(AC45CCTE)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Stretched out
Title:  Stretched out
Description:  A different angle shows the train stretched out, a mid range tele compressing the single car type.
Photo Date:  9/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2025 6:08:03 AM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 7439(AC45CCTE) NS 1003(SD70ACe)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
Broader view
Title:  Broader view
Description:  A more wide angle view shows some of the tanks that made up the train.
Photo Date:  9/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2025 5:59:27 AM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 7439(AC45CCTE) NS 1003(SD70ACe)
Views:  13   Comments: 0
Ethanol power
Title:  Ethanol power
Description:  We had gone up to Iowa for warranty work on our Winnebago, did some poking around while there, in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Near Waseca, we saw this ethanol train tied down with NS and UP power.
Photo Date:  9/30/2018  Upload Date: 4/24/2025 5:56:31 AM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 7439(AC45CCTE) NS 1003(SD70ACe)
Views:  10   Comments: 0
Not much of this any more
Title:  Not much of this any more
Description:  Forty years ago, sights like this were common, and trailers of all sizes were on every intermodal train. With the advent of stacked containers in the mid 1980s, and their rapid growth as the economics proved themselves, sights like this became more and more uncommon. Out west, they are holding on, some UPS and ABF pups riding south on the Greeley Sub.
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 7:03:04 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  21   Comments: 0
Hometown proud
Title:  Hometown proud
Description:  Ellis Kan was once a division point on the UPs Kansas Pacific line to Denver. The high school team here is the Railroaders, and is honored in this painting on a local elevator.
Photo Date:  10/20/2024  Upload Date: 11/13/2024 5:32:27 AM
Location:  Ellis, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 1
Bright sun
Title:  Bright sun
Description:  The bright sun came out for a moment, highlighting the stencils on the car. The dimensions and weight limits were similar to the KRL cars, lite weight 159900, load limit 470100 lbs.
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:45:02 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Nicely lit
Title:  Nicely lit
Description:  And with just a hint of UP wings as the late day sun catches the nose of trailing unit 3806, and highlights the yellow of the car
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:37:57 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
More TTX
Title:  More TTX
Description:  The train had a few more of these than the KRL cars, but was pretty well split. I shot a bunch. Here, you can see how the span bolsters link each truck, and how the body is mounted to the wheels.
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:35:26 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  18   Comments: 0
Trailer train heavy duty
Title:  Trailer train heavy duty
Description:  The TTX Corp, not surprisingly, also has a fleet of these heavy duty flats, some of which were on the northbound
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:32:27 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  43   Comments: 0


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