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| Title: |
Bringing up the rear |
| Description: |
Up at 7th St, the DPU holds on while the train waits. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 6:26:44 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4729(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
5 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting |
| Description: |
When I got to Watts, there was a grain train in the siding, holding for the 181. I didnt have time to wait for the meet, but did get the waiting southbound. The leader had been on a northbound empty train a week earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 6:21:12 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4170(SD70ACe) KCS 4007(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
5 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Over the creek |
| Description: |
The 181 rolls across Barren Fork Creek in the late afternoon sun. This was the last shot Id get, as Id promised my wife Id be home for dinner by 1900. A good way to end. Id get a surprise at Watts, but that would be a quick shot and run. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 6:15:19 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
6 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Away... |
| Description: |
The train is now fully on the main track, and rolls away toward Kansas City and Chicago. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 6:11:55 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
4 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Last one |
| Description: |
The last car of the 181 train rolls through the switch. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/22/2024 5:45:50 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
3 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going.... |
| Description: |
A little closer to all on the main track |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/21/2024 6:44:39 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
7 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going.... |
| Description: |
The end of the 181 is almost on the main, its racks wobbling through the turnout. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/21/2024 6:38:39 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
6 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Snaking racks |
| Description: |
There was a good sized block of auto racks on the rear, which we see snaking through the switch. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:48:05 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Containers through the switch |
| Description: |
The train slowly rolls from the siding onto the main, the tall profile of double stacks snaking through the turnout. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:39:09 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
On through |
| Description: |
The power has rolled onto the main and is heading for Westville. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:36:31 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taking the signal |
| Description: |
The head end of 181 approaches the now clear signal at the north end of Stilwell. The GE-EMD pair leads 41 stack platforms, 9 COFC and 16 auto racks off the siding and north. It will be a slow go here. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:34:11 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
15 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Clear board!! |
| Description: |
The switch at the north end of the siding has cleared, and the 181 will be on its way north |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:24:55 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting for the clear board |
| Description: |
The signal at CP North Stilwell is still showing red as the 181 approaches, waiting for the dispatcher to reverse the switch, and clear the signal. It will go momentarily. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:22:48 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wider view |
| Description: |
A closer and wider angle view of the northbound. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:13:57 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
South and north |
| Description: |
The southbound grainers DPU rolls past the head end of the 181, which will be rolling north momentarily. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 7:02:03 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) CP 8895(ES44AC) KCS 4618(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU rolling south |
| Description: |
The DPU on the grain train rolls south past my position as the southbound passes the 181. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 7:00:20 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8895(ES44AC) KCS 4618(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
24 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Passing at the crossing |
| Description: |
The grain train rolls toward the SR 51 crossing and a meet with the 181. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:56:52 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Gates up |
| Description: |
The motion detectors have raised the gates on the SR 51 crossing, allowing road traffic to move while the 181 waits on the grain train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:47:10 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
6 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting on a meet |
| Description: |
The dispatcher had told the grain move that hed be meeting the 181 at Stilwell. When I got there, the 181 was already in the siding, pulled up to the SR 51 crossing, as we can see. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:45:48 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not a total loss |
| Description: |
Despite getting blocked by traffic on the previous shot, it still allowed me to get the shot of the DPU on the Barren Fork Creek bridge, CP and KCS units working the back end south. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:42:28 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4618(AC44CW) CP 8895(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Didnt quite make it |
| Description: |
I like the shots at Baron, since there is a long tangent approaching from the north, allowing several views here. Sometimes I dont get them all; even with a 65 MPH speed limit on US 59, its two lane, and there are an amazing(to me) number of people who are content to run 50 MPH there. So I dont always get the tele shot. Still, the shot is pretty good there, and I did OK for getting sandbagged by a slowpoke en route. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:40:29 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
15 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ozark view |
| Description: |
The grain train rolls away toward downtown Westville, passing this long view at the Arkansas Ozarks. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:34:22 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4618(AC44CW) CP 8895(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
5 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grain DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the grain train rolls south past a lone tree in the pasture north of CR 690 |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:32:21 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4618(AC44CW) CP 8895(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
5 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Panoramic view |
| Description: |
The power on the grain train rolls south, having crosseed CR 690, and passed the patch of hay bales in this view looking south toward the Ozarks. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:25:04 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
5 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First catch |
| Description: |
I heard a southbound from the house, and took off. I cant get through Siloam and still catch one of these trains, so I usually take Ark 59 south and US 62 to Westville, which allows me to get the across the field farm shot most of the time. It worked today, I caught this southbound grain train here in bucolic splendor rolling 100 cars of midwest grain toward Mexico. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:21:13 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
6 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Here he comes |
| Description: |
The grain train approaches the meet, splitting the signals at CP North Stilwell, its train stretched through the sag to the north. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:53:06 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pushing back, and a former customer |
| Description: |
The dodger power pushes covered hoppers full of plastic pellets into the Pipelife plant, past the now cut off siding for Allens Canning, the one time packers of Popeye spinach, which was once canned here, along with a variety of other vegetables. The brand survives, though Allens is no longer a going concern. The warehouse here is now owned by Pro Pak, and truck served. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 5:36:13 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2857(GP40-3) KCS 2955(GP40-2) KCS 2817(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Working Pipelife |
| Description: |
I came upon the Watts based dodger that works north catching it at Kenwood St as it worked the Pipelife Jetstream plant in Siloam, the power having just backed down past the crossing as it shoved plastic pellets into the plant. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/18/2024 5:31:50 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2857(GP40-3) KCS 2955(GP40-2) KCS 2817(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
How to clean a tank car |
| Description: |
The cleaning instructions on this tank, in consists on the dodger at Siloam Springs |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/15/2024 5:55:03 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Instructions |
| Description: |
The directions for unloading one of the compartments under this BNSF covered hopper. Its on the Watts dodger on the KCS |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/12/2024 6:18:14 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
19 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Compartment detail |
| Description: |
The lettering on one of the compartments on the BNSF hopper in the locals consist, showing capacity of that compartment, and how to close the bottom door. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/12/2024 6:22:11 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Reporting marks |
| Description: |
The reporting marks on the car weve just seen the various lettering on. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/12/2024 6:28:33 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Standard procedure |
| Description: |
The instructions for cleaning a covered hopper, on another car in the train. Pretty standard for all covered hoppers. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/12/2024 6:37:34 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
15 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Reporting marks |
| Description: |
Reporting marks on one of the hoppers in the dodger. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2024 Upload Date: 4/12/2024 6:42:33 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
19 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stack west |
| Description: |
A close up view of a westbound stack passing the station at Mountainair. The long lens brings in the mountains in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:28:31 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5317(C44-9W) BNSF 4112(C44-9W) BNSF 7075(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
14 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Now a DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the combined train rolls under my perch on the NM 55 overpass, giving the long train a push east. This was the last time Id get this close. As I mentioned about one of the trains on the trip out, BNSF runs these trains like theyre being chased by a fire breathing dragon. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:20:23 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3777(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
TOFC |
| Description: |
Despite the prevalence of stack trains, there are still a good number of TOFC/COFC moves on the Transon. One of them passes the station as it heads west with 62 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:24:44 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5767(ES44AC) BNSF 5543(ES44C4) BNSF 8076(ES44C4) BNSF 6902(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Not exactly a DPU. |
| Description: |
This looks like a mid train DPU, but is actually the head end of the oil train coupled to the stacker. The first car is a buffer, then a long string of tanks. There are 117 stack platforms ahead of these two units, and 90 cars behind. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4617(C44-9W) BNSF 5531(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meet at the station |
| Description: |
The westbound stack in the previous photo is still passing the station as the mixed stack/oil train rolls east on the north track. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:01:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6929(ES44C4) BNSF 5433(C44-9W) BNSF 4075(C44-9W) BNSF 4662(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
8 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Spent an hour here |
| Description: |
Next time, Ill stay longer. The station here is a Santa Fe classic, and is in good shape, as it is used by BNSF MOW crews as a base of operations. Its also a wonderful photo prop, as we see with this westbound stack train |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:56:47 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7785(ES44DC) BNSF 5288(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Meet in the sage |
| Description: |
Once at the top of the grade in Scholle, US 60 follows the Transcon essentially within sight all the way to Vaughn, though the trains have a way of showing up at difficult spots. I was driving a Winnebago, which limited my flexibility in being able to change directions, so sometimes had to take a shot Id not have done otherwise. This is the meet of the combined stack/oil train, with BNSF 6929 at right, and a westbound behind bnsf 5721. This was the closest I got to passing the eastbound. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:51:50 AM |
| Location: |
Scholle, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5721(ES44AC) BNSF 3884(ET44C4) BNSF 8012(ES44C4) BNSF 6929(ES44C4) BNSF 5433(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long trains meet |
| Description: |
The westbound in the previous shot approaches as the combined stack and oil train heads for Abo Canyon. Id hang a few minutes to shoot the westbound, but the eastbound, as big as it was, would beat me to the top of the canyon at Scholle. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Sais, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3777(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
13 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rolling toward Pedernal Mountain |
| Description: |
A westbound showed while I was climbing the hill out of Encino on US 60, which is four lane with a median there. By the time I could get turned around, I wasnt able to get the shot of the train coming at me. I did get this going away shot as the train rolls west toward Belen, with Pedernal Mountain in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/9/2024 5:49:20 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6677(ES44C4) BNSF 8245(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Got ahead of me |
| Description: |
The DPU on an eastbound rolls away from me east of Encino. I was trying to catch the head end, to no avail, but did get a shot of the Warbonnet on the rear. Theres a pull off on this hill, that I will spend an hour at next time I come this way. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/9/2024 5:40:01 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 759(C44-9W) BNSF 6688(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
7 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound and folly |
| Description: |
I ran across this westbound stack at Lucy, pulling off mostly deserted US 60 to get the shot. You can go a long way out here and not see anyone for a long time, yet for some reason known only to God and NMDOT, the road is posted 55 MPH. Idiocy!! |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
Lucy, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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BNSF 9216(SD70ACe) BNSF 8023(ES44C4) CP 8831(ES44AC) BNSF 5471(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Yet another meet |
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An eastbound with 106 stack platforms passes the westbound on the north track. I left shortly after this, and never caught the eastbound, all the way to Vaughn. |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:37:20 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
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BNSF 3267(ES44C4) BNSF 4160(C44-9W) BNSF 4736(C44-9W) |
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9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
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The same train in a wider angle view, a much more panoramic look at the surrounding territory. |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:33:52 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
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BNSF 5317(C44-9W) BNSF 4112(C44-9W) BNSF 7075(ES44C4) |
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9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The day begins |
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I started back for home mid day on Dec 11, taking NM 47 to US 60. My first encounter was with a pair of trains at the NM 47 crossing, known as Sais. This westbound, with an eclectic mix of 60 freight, 39 stack platforms, 8 autoracks and two articulated racks, has just met a double move, a stack train with an oil train coupled up to the rear. I figured to catch him at the top of Abo Canyon. Not to be, I did get him at Mountainair, but othrwise, it was a futile chase. The Ferromex unit was a common sight on trains here. |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:14:21 AM |
| Location: |
Sais, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Action |
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BNSF 6133(ES44AC) FXE 4657(ES44AC) BNSF 6208(ES44AC) |
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20 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Culver line |
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This view is taken from an F train bound for Coney Island, looking west on the remains of the Culver Line, which left the West End Line(B train) at 9th Av and 39th St, going to Mc Donald Av, then turning south to reach Coney Island. As the IND system expanded, parts of the old Brooklyn Rapid Transit were modified or abandoned, and the new subways incorporated. In this case, the IND line to Church Av was extended via a ramp from the subway to the Mc Donald Av elevated line, and the BMT portion was cut, leaving a shuttle that ran from 9th Av to a connection with the F line at Ditmas Av, out of the photo to the left. The shuttle lasted from 1954, when the IND line was connected to the former BMT, to 1976, when it was replaced by buses. As I recall, low ridership and structural issues on the remaining elevated line doomed it. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/1977 Upload Date: 11/19/2016 3:13:06 AM |
| Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Transit,Track |
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| Title: |
Broadside |
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Broadside view of one of the Fastfrate containers on the 181 train. |
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3/10/2024 Upload Date: 3/15/2024 6:30:17 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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24 Comments: 1 |
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