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3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
  Viewing the last 200 photos I selected as my favorite Pictures.
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DPU
Title:  DPU
Description:  The DPU on an eastbound coal train seen from a distance
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 5:59:26 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9098(SD70ACe)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Lined up
Title:  Lined up
Description:  A road crossing to the west of the small yard shows two loaded coal trains waiting to head east toward Fort Worth and onward.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 5:54:01 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9046(SD70ACe) BNSF 9257(SD70ACe)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Across the road
Title:  Across the road
Description:  The eastbound seen from across US 60 in a wide angle view. I'd see him again 24 miles later in Miami
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:44:05 AM
Location:  Pampa, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4138(C44-9W) BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4)
Views:  25   Comments: 2
More eastbound traffic
Title:  More eastbound traffic
Description:  This was the first eastbound waiting, seen here in a nose on shot from a crossing off US 60.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:43:04 AM
Location:  Pampa, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4138(C44-9W) BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4)
Views:  18   Comments: 1
Holding
Title:  Holding
Description:  Now on the east side of White Deer, I catch up to the eastbound I saw at Pandhandle. Theyre holding for traffic ahead, which is holding for an MOW crew working on a switch.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:39:40 AM
Location:  White Deer, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3959(ET44C4) BNSF 4277(ES44C4)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  I saw a headlight in the distance, and pulled into the lot of an elevator to catch this pair of four motor units.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:36:35 AM
Location:  White Deer, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3102(GP50) BNSF 3027(GP40E)
Views:  43   Comments: 1
DPU east
Title:  DPU east
Description:  Theres a road that runs parallel to the yard where these coal trains are staged, making photography a simple matter. The other end of the train in the previous shot is about a mile west, with a set of DPUs ready to push toward Ft Worth with a train of Fayette Power Project gons.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:47:14 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9257(SD70ACe) BNSF 6025(ES44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
By the office
Title:  By the office
Description:  The head end of an eastbound coal train waits just west of the office at the small yard on the east side of Amarillo.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:45:16 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5803(ES44AC)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Coal waiting
Title:  Coal waiting
Description:  Back in Amarillo, I got out and was about to head east for home, but thought Id check out the "other" BNSF in town, the former Fort Worth & Denver, which, unlike the ex Santa Fe Transcon, sees a lot of coal. It does see some merchandise and intermodal traffic, but mostly a lot or Wyoming coal. This was one of several coal trains I caught there that morning, shuffling power for the run east on the FW&D.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:40:18 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9025(SD70ACe) BNSF 3740(ET44C4) BNSF 7832(ES44DC)
Views:  32   Comments: 1
Out  in the field
Title:  Out in the field
Description:  This Santa Fe reefer was in a field off old US 66 near Adrian, Texas, about 50 miles west of Amarillo, and, ironically, adjacent to the ex Rock Choctaw Route.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:21:24 AM
Location:  Adrian, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  26   Comments: 2
Another canned westbounde
Title:  Another canned westbounde
Description:  Also at Lucy, just a little farther west, another grain train waiting out the eastbound parade.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:33:53 AM
Location:  Lucy, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3916(ET44C4) BNSF 8501(SD70ACe) BNSF 7216(ES44DC)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Westbound canned
Title:  Westbound canned
Description:  I saw several westbound trains that seemed to be stashed in sidings along the way, though the eastbounds came at me on a regular basis, unfortunately, right out of the sun most of the time. This grain train is waiting at Lucy.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:10:02 AM
Location:  Lucy, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4600(C44-9W) BNSF 7407(ES44DC)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Wide open
Title:  Wide open
Description:  The same eastbound at Encino, this time in a wider angle view of its three units, 96 freight, and three stack platforms. The train is almost dwarfed by the landscape, showing why a long lens is an important tool in the west.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:07:00 AM
Location:  Encino, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7985(ES44C4) BNSF 6855(ES44C4) BNSF 5517(C44-9W)
Views:  22   Comments: 2
Redemption
Title:  Redemption
Description:  I ran I 40 west to Santa Rosa, then US 54 to Vaughn, then west on US 60 to reach Belen. I shot five trains on UPs ex Rock Island/SP line, and missed one, then started in earnest on the BNSF. My first encounter was an eastbound near here, just east of Encino. I saw the train coming out from under the US 60 overpass at the bottom of the hill, fogetting that BNSF runs their trains like theyre being chased by a fire breathing dragon, and missed the shot by the time I got turned around to get to the spot I wanted. Five minuted later, this eastbound showed up, and I was able to get this shot across the steppes, with Pedernal Mountain in the distance.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:38:23 AM
Location:  Encino, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7985(ES44C4) BNSF 6855(ES44C4) BNSF 5517(C44-9W)
Views:  32   Comments: 2
Blowing past
Title:  Blowing past
Description:  The eastbound gets up to track speed-70 MPH-as it meets the westbound. There must have been another eastbound in the picture, as the westbound stayed put. I was on a road with no shoulder, so could not stay there, and had to get a move on anyway. But it was a good start to the day.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:32:12 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7960(ES44C4) BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W)
Views:  29   Comments: 2
The westbound
Title:  The westbound
Description:  The westbound train at Folsom, stacks stretched to the horizon, about to be passed by the eastbound in the previous two shots.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:27:18 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7960(ES44C4)
Views:  23   Comments: 1
Closer
Title:  Closer
Description:  The eastbound is bearing down on me, and I shot a tele of it as it neared the crossing, two units and a lot of Amazon smiles coming at me.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:21:47 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Last light
Title:  Last light
Description:  I went on through Mountainair, not seeing anything, and toward Scholle, at the top of Abo Canyon. This westbound was stopped at Kayser, along a cliff. There was a conveniently placed pull off, and I was able to get a decent shot. Id see two more once in the Rio Grande valley, but too dark by then to get a shot. This was a nice close to an interesting day.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 6:03:52 AM
Location:  kayser, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4017(C44-9W) BNSF 6915(ES44C4) BNSF 6984(ES44C4)
Views:  37   Comments: 2
DPU rolling east
Title:  DPU rolling east
Description:  The DPU on the eastbound in the previous shot rolls past me as it makes its way east, the orange nose catching the late day sun.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:51:51 AM
Location:  Silio, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6187(ES44AC)
Views:  34   Comments: 1
Eastbound at Folsom
Title:  Eastbound at Folsom
Description:  In December 2023, I went to visit a good friend in Belen, NM. I didnt get to see much the first day out, but the second day of the trip was quite productive. I stayed at the Amarillo KOA, which is within sight of the Transcon. I saw a westbound holding, and went out to shoot the standing train. As I pulled up to the crossing, an eastbound was approaching, a pair of GEs with 46 stack platforms and 33 TOFC in tow.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:19:56 AM
Location:  Amarillo, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W)
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Out of the sun
Title:  Out of the sun
Description:  There is a small pull off with a historical marker along US 60 at Silio, where I stopped for a brief break. While there, an eastbound appeared out of the sinking sun with three units and 180 or so cars silhouetted against the landscape, which was now starting to show the mountainous terrain after miles of open plains. I'd spend til Monday morning with friends in Belen, then start my return. Photos from the two days in Belen are in the Two Mornings at Belen album.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:43:51 AM
Location:  Silio, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7996(ES44C4) BNSF 5038(C44-9W) BNSF 6145(ES44AC)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Open door
Title:  Open door
Description:  You usually see a box car with an open door when the car is empty, but not often a loaded car. Someone must have opened this one in transit, hoping for a mechandise jackpot. They were surely disappointed to find the load was linerboard, which, when I was a driver for JB Hunt, I recall as being shipped in 7000 pound rolls. Even if it was something you wanted, you couldnt just walk off with it!! Northbound on the 261 train. The reporting mark is UP, once upon a time, a MKT mark.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 6:15:35 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Atlantic & Western car
Title:  Atlantic & Western car
Description:  The reporting marks belong to a North Carolina short line. Back when I lived in NY, I used to see their box cars on the LIRR frequently. Now, in the middle of the country, I mostly see their coil steel cars. Northbound on the 261 train. As often happens with these cars, the lid doesn't match the car, this one belonging to TFM, now KCSM.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 6:06:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Dump car
Title:  Dump car
Description:  The first of three Herzog cars. Note the dump gates on the bottom of the car, for quick release of ballast.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 6:02:20 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Dump car
Title:  Dump car
Description:  The second of three on this northbound.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:58:25 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Dump car
Title:  Dump car
Description:  A Herzog ballast car with an "almost" number-almost four nines-rolls north on the 261 train.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:55:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Mismatched marks
Title:  Mismatched marks
Description:  This seems to happen with some regularity on coil steel cars-the reporting marks on the lid dont match the mark on the car itself. This one has a lid that shows as Gary Railway, which, if its from Gary, Indiana, makes total sense, given the steel industry there. The NDYX on the car is for Wells Fargo Rail, a leasing arm of the well known bank, which, ironically, got its start as a stagecoach operation.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:52:47 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  25   Comments: 1
Omnisource
Title:  Omnisource
Description:  This Omnisource gon was in the 261 train, headed north at Watts
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:43:51 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 1
Track equipment on the move
Title:  Track equipment on the move
Description:  This flat with what looks like a ballast cleaner was on the 262 train.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:36:20 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 2
Wide at the barn
Title:  Wide at the barn
Description:  Pulling back gets a wider angle, and some train in the photo, better than a moving roster shot.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:17:55 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  54   Comments: 1
At the hay barn
Title:  At the hay barn
Description:  The 262 crosses county road E 690, and poses with a group of hay bales and a storage barn north of Westville.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:10:12 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
Down the valley
Title:  Down the valley
Description:  The 262 train approaches MP 239 and a grade crossing. I need to get down closer to the tracks here to get the train stretched out as it approaches.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 4:46:56 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Swinging through
Title:  Swinging through
Description:  The southbound rolls through the S curve, straightening out as it rolls south. The shrubbery is starting to get tall here, Next summer may be a problem with this angle.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 5:06:37 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Chewie Rd
Title:  Chewie Rd
Description:  The 262 starts into the S curve at Chewie Rd, framed by the crossbucks on either side of the tracks.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 4:52:21 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  23   Comments: 1
Leaning to the curve
Title:  Leaning to the curve
Description:  The 262 rolls into the lef hand curve south of MP 238, offering a different angle than the head on shot at the signal.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 4:37:40 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  18   Comments: 1
Hitting the detector
Title:  Hitting the detector
Description:  The 262 train now getting a roll on, hits the detector at MP 238,right at the automatic there. He has 264 axles, two units, 63 cars.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 4:12:26 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 2
Now were moving
Title:  Now were moving
Description:  The 262 train gets some speed up as it rolls through the curve, and starts south. He wont gain a lot of speed right away, and Ill get several shots in the next couple of miles.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/6/2024 6:22:53 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  64   Comments: 1
Peek-a-boo
Title:  Peek-a-boo
Description:  The head end of the 262 train sneaks around the curve and into view at MP 237. For a brief moment I considered running up to the Illinois River bridge to shoot the 261 train, which at this time of day is a beautiful, well lit shot, and would have been worthy with a pair of fairly clean KCS units, but decided to go with the southbound, which was well lit, and which I wanted to follow to Westville. Ill get more chances at the bridge shot.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/6/2024 6:19:12 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  25   Comments: 1
DPU going goodbye
Title:  DPU going goodbye
Description:  The 261 rolls away from me, its DPU disappearing around the big curve. It will shortly clear into the siding, and the 262 will come south.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/6/2024 6:13:33 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4767(ES44AC)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Just as I suspected
Title:  Just as I suspected
Description:  The southbound was rolling slowly down the main at Watts, coming to a stop at the home signal at the south end of the yard. I figured there was a meet in the offing, and was correct. As I came around the curve at MP 237, the 261 train was almost in my face with a pair of GEs and 87 cars.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/6/2024 6:06:24 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4860(ES44AC) KCSM 4731(ES44AC)
Views:  21   Comments: 1
Another recycling trip
Title:  Another recycling trip
Description:  It was a nice day, 50s and sun, with snow/clouds in store for the next several days, and I had all the boxes and such from Christmas overflowing my bins, so it was time. I dumped all the recycling, and went to check signals. As I was approaching Davidson Rd, I saw a southbound. I did better than last time, catching him at Country Club Rd, a KCSM unit leading a CP unit at 63 cars past the Cobb mill.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/6/2024 5:53:43 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4561(AC44CW) CP 8811(ES44AC)
Views:  30   Comments: 1
Not much happening
Title:  Not much happening
Description:  I went to see friends in Belen NM during December 2023, driving out from Arkansas. OF course, I had to stop in Tucumcari, hopefullly to see something passing the ex Rock/SP station there. Unfortunately, not much going on, just a couple of trains canned in the yard, among them this westbound. Id see more later, including a meet between here and Santa Rosa.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:40:49 AM
Location:  Tucumcari, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7345(AC45CCTE) UP 5416(AC45CCTE) UP 8949(SD70AH)
Views:  32   Comments: 2
DPU west
Title:  DPU west
Description:  I came up on a westbound grain train that was holding in a siding at Los Tanos, with a single unit DPU on the rear. This is a close up look at the power.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:02:49 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7999(AC45CCTE)
Views:  17   Comments: 1
Long train
Title:  Long train
Description:  I didnt get a car count-its hard to count a long train of similar looking cars while riding down the interstate at 75 MPH-but it was a good sized train, with a GE bringing up the rear. The only reason I could stop and wait for the meet was that I was parked on the I 40 ramp
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:06:18 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7999(AC45CCTE)
Views:  15   Comments: 0
Finally the eastbound
Title:  Finally the eastbound
Description:  When I stopped to get the shot of the DPU, I saw a headlight in the distance. Oh good, a meet, I thought, as the eastbound approached. I was expecting the eastbound to be moving with some dispatch, but he must have taken ten minutes to get there. Finally he arrived, a stack train behind a trio of GEs
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:43:05 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H) UP 7999(AC45CCTE)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
Three GEs
Title:  Three GEs
Description:  Three GEs lead the eastbound stack, a long train of 205 platforms, with another GE 132 platforms deep in the train.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:53:48 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
Head end
Title:  Head end
Description:  The head end power of the grain train sits at the west end of the siding. Shot from the shoulder of I 40. Dont try this on the road!!
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:03:27 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5391(AC45CCTE) UP 2694(ET44AH)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Stack DPU
Title:  Stack DPU
Description:  This GE was 132 platforms deep in the stack train.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:57:31 AM
Location:  Los Tanos, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7258(AC44CW)
Views:  19   Comments: 2
Eastbound
Title:  Eastbound
Description:  When I got down to Vaughn, there were two trains facing off, one eastbound, one west. This is the eastbound, led by UP 6335, seen from across the BNSF near their station. The coveted shot here is at the crossing, where BNSF passes over UP. I didnt have time to wait out a meet. Maybe next time.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:12:29 AM
Location:  Vaughn, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6335(AC44CW) UP 5356(AC45CCTE)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Grain west
Title:  Grain west
Description:  A westbound grain train on the Golden State Route waits to head west. The traffic on the UP had picked up since I left Tucumcari, but it was getting late, and I still needed to make Belen by dark. There would be a number of shots I got on the BNSF, but would liked to have spent more time on the UP, as there were several spots that I wanted to shoot. Maybe next trip...
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:15:38 AM
Location:  Vaughn, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8314(SD70ACe) UP 6145(AC44CW)
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