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4/19/2025
 
 
 
 
  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:  1184   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:  518   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:  570   Comments: 1
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
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Views:  6   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:  57   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
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Views:  9   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
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Views:  7   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
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Views:  6   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
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
Special flat
Title:  Special flat
Description:  I caught a train of 32 of these cars northbound on the UP Greeley Sub. Some were these KRL cars, owned by Kasgro Rail Lines, some by Trailer Train. This one comes in lite at 170,000 lbs, with a load limit of 460,000. Heavy stuff!!
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 5:11:21 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  10   Comments: 0
Another Kasgro car
Title:  Another Kasgro car
Description:  One of a group of these cars headed north.
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/18/2025 5:12:15 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  10   Comments: 0
Interesting stencil
Title:  Interesting stencil
Description:  Ive seen a lot of these tanks in the last few years, but this Greenbrier Management Services car headed east on the UP had an interesting message.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/17/2025 6:15:22 AM
Location:  Ogallah, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  5   Comments: 0
Some days there just aint much
Title:  Some days there just aint much
Description:  Many of my chases start with a visit to the transfer station in town, when I go up to drop recycling. I usually wait til the bins are way too full, so it takes a while. A lot of the time, I catch something while m there, or shortly after. Today, no such luck. After riding up and down through town, finally a clear at North Siloam Springs. It turned out to be this four unit lite power set heading north. Oh well. No big time railroading today.
Photo Date:  3/25/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:58:14 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4803(ES44AC) KCSM 4874(ES44AC) CP 8720(ES44AC) CP 8029(AC4400CWM)
Views:  8   Comments: 0
Another elevator
Title:  Another elevator
Description:  This one at Yocimento, not really a town, though it once was on the map between Ellis and Hays. My last catch of the train before we broke for lunch at Hays.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:43:15 AM
Location:  Hays, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7851(ES44AC) UP 7503(AC45CCTE)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
On the crossing
Title:  On the crossing
Description:  Leader 7851 is framed by the crossing flashers as it rolls over Main St.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:36:37 AM
Location:  Ellis, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7851(ES44AC)
Views:  6   Comments: 0
Home of the Railroaders
Title:  Home of the Railroaders
Description:  The city of Ellis was once a division point-theres a lake on Big Creek there that was dammed to provide water for steam power back in that era. Time has passed the facilites by, and now its just another town on a long drag across the plains, but they are still proud of their history, as the art on the elevator shows. The oil train pays homage.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:32:04 AM
Location:  Ellis, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7851(ES44AC) UP 7503(AC45CCTE)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The oil train had a single GE as its DPU, pushing toward an ever dropping elevation as it made its way toward Kansas City.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:28:16 AM
Location:  Ogallah, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7795(AC45CCTE)
Views:  3   Comments: 0
Another lucky catch
Title:  Another lucky catch
Description:  The last day of the trip, we were rolling east from Colby, when we caught up to this eastbound oil train near Ogallah. I was able to get him rolling past the elevator there with 94 cars.
Photo Date:  4/10/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:26:40 AM
Location:  Ogallah, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7851(ES44AC) UP 7503(AC45CCTE)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Interstate local
Title:  Interstate local
Description:  We were in Denver two days, starting back after our second consult and a hearty East Side Kosher Deli lunch. On our way out of town, we pulled up next to this local on the UPs Kansas Pacific line, It was a solid train of covered hoppers, so Im guessing it was a transfer move to Kyle Railways, which runs a long stretch of the former Rock Island across eastern Colorado and Kansas, This was a lucky catch; they dont run a lot of trains here since the coal traffic dropped off, and this train often ran at night when wed stay in the KOA in Strasburg. My wife was driving, I got the shot from I 70, a good clip-we were going maybe 85 at the time!!
Photo Date:  4/9/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:21:29 AM
Location:  Watkins, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1997(SD40N) UP 1837(SD40N) UP 817(GP38-2)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
On his way
Title:  On his way
Description:  The baretable train rolls north past an automatic, the southbound distant signal on the same mast, as it gets moving toward Cheyenne with its 32 flats.
Photo Date:  4/8/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:13:28 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6197(ES44AC) UP 3806(SD70M)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Holding
Title:  Holding
Description:  On our way up from Denver,, wed seen this baretable train of heavy duty flats holding in Henderson. I wasnt able to get the meet of this train and the southbound, but here he is starting up now that the intermodal has cleared.
Photo Date:  4/8/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:10:40 AM
Location:  Henderson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6197(ES44AC) UP 3806(SD70M)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
Greeley Sub late in the day
Title:  Greeley Sub late in the day
Description:  My wife consults with a couple of doctors at National Jewish Health in Denver, for which we do an annual trip there for follow ups. We stayed in Brighton this trip. As we were coming back from dinner, I had just pulled into the parking lot, and heard a horn-the UP Greeley Sub follows US 85, the main route through town. She bailed, and I gave chase, catching him here, just outside Henderson, in low afternoon light, three units and a good sized train of stacks and TOFC, a vanishing sight these days.
Photo Date:  4/8/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:06:55 AM
Location:  Henderson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7324(AC4460CW) UP 6937(AC4460CW) UP 2600(ET44AH)
Views:  12   Comments: 0
Jonesboro diamond
Title:  Jonesboro diamond
Description:  BNSF empty coal train on former Frisco crosses ex MP line at Jonesboro Ark
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 1:23:33 AM
Location:  Jonesboro, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9228(SD70ACe) BNSF 9417(SD70MAC) BNSF 8843(SD70MAC) BNSF 9548(SD70MAC)
Views:  768   Comments: 1
Coal east
Title:  Coal east
Description:  Eastbound coal train pours it on near Bono
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 2:36:55 AM
Location:  Bono, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8978(SD70MAC) BNSF 9541(SD70MAC)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
Spring!!
Title:  Spring!!
Description:  We were on our way to breakfast in Gentry, taking Davidson Rd across to Ark 59, so I could check the signal. As we cross the tracks, lo and behold, it;s green. Good, something coming. Seven minutes later, we hear a horn, then a moment later, this southbound grain train rolls into view. The trees are starting to bloom, and it was nice to get one or two in the photo.
Photo Date:  3/21/2025  Upload Date: 3/22/2025 5:44:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8021(AC4400CWM)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  A wide angle view gets some flowery trees in the distance, and the train stretched out toward Sleepy Hollow.
Photo Date:  3/21/2025  Upload Date: 3/22/2025 5:45:36 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8021(AC4400CWM)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Mid train help
Title:  Mid train help
Description:  The trend lately has been for mid train DPUs, where up til recently, almost all had been on the rear. These two KCS units are 49 cars deep in a 98 car train.
Photo Date:  3/21/2025  Upload Date: 3/22/2025 5:46:58 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4723(ES44AC) KCS 4197(SD70ACe)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
And one on the rear
Title:  And one on the rear
Description:  A lone CP unit brings up the rear, pushing the 98 cars along.
Photo Date:  3/21/2025  Upload Date: 3/22/2025 5:49:58 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8738(ES44AC)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
And away
Title:  And away
Description:  The DPU rolls away from me as it heads into town. The railfan chase vehicle is visible in the foreground.
Photo Date:  3/21/2025  Upload Date: 3/22/2025 5:52:59 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8738(ES44AC)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Almost 20 years old
Title:  Almost 20 years old
Description:  KCS acquired a large group of these cars painted in the "Retro Belle" scheme in 2007, around the same time as Mike Haverty introduced the Belle scheme on new locomotives. They were intended to run together, which they did for a while. After a while, the Retro Belle cars became free runners, and now you rarely see them in any kind of unit train. This one was solo on a southbound at Davidson Rd, just north of Siloam Springs
Photo Date:  3/20/2025  Upload Date: 3/21/2025 6:39:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  21   Comments: 0
UP car
Title:  UP car
Description:  Another version of UPs livery, this time with smaller numerals. Most of the time, these trains are solid AEPX cars. This one had a good number of UP cars in the consist, suggesting some of the AEPX cars were out of the set for maintenance.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 5:38:46 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
UP car
Title:  UP car
Description:  This Union Pacific car was in a southbound AEPX train. Not the best angle, note the large numerals on the car, one of a couple of variations on their lettering.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 5:32:53 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
Interesting reporting mark
Title:  Interesting reporting mark
Description:  This car was in a southbound AEPX train. The CTRN initials are for the Central of Tennessee Railway and Navigation Co, interestingly, a UP owned mark. I've never seen these initials that I can recall. May be a holdover of a long ago subsidiary, and possibly a trademark thing, since UP has shown a predilection for preserving their reporting marks to maintain the trademarks.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/20/2025 5:25:59 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Away
Title:  Away
Description:  The DPU recedes down toward CP Flint Creek, its KCSM GE taking up the rear position as the train rolls south.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 7:06:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4511(AC44CW) CP 8757(ES44AC) UP 6439(AC44CW)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Special power
Title:  Special power
Description:  This ES 44 AC is special painted for Every Child Matters, and was the second unit of three in the DPU
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 7:04:32 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8757(ES44AC) KCSM 4511(AC44CW)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Bringing up the rear
Title:  Bringing up the rear
Description:  An eclectic mix of power is todays DPU, rolling along behind the trains 125 cars.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 7:01:09 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6439(AC44CW) CP 8757(ES44AC) KCSM 4511(AC44CW)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
In your face
Title:  In your face
Description:  A close up wide shot of the lead power on the AEPX train
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 6:59:47 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5847(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4853(ES44AC)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Through the signals
Title:  Through the signals
Description:  A southbound AEPX train splits the signals at the south end of Gentry, having just met the dodger.
Photo Date:  3/17/2025  Upload Date: 3/19/2025 6:53:38 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5847(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4853(ES44AC)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Work extra
Title:  Work extra
Description:  While the Alliance TOFC train was climbing the pass, this work train on UP was also on the line.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:54:48 AM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6515(AC44CW) UP 8613(SD70ACe)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Unusual sight
Title:  Unusual sight
Description:  In todays world of containerized freight, to see a solid train of TOFC is an anomaly. This pig train of Alliance trailers was eastbound climbing Cajon Pass.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:53:19 AM
Location:  Cajon Pass, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3919(ET44C4) BNSF 6599(ES44C4)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Xs and what??
Title:  Xs and what??
Description:  Another eastbound at Barstow has its lettering crossed out on the leader. Guess the graffiti artists were UP fans?? Or just didnt like the swoosh?? Note, the trailing unit also is X'd out.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:47:36 AM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7754(ES44DC) BNSF 3756(ET44C4) BNSF 3751(ET44C4) BNSF 7764(ES44DC)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
Meal break
Title:  Meal break
Description:  We stopped in Barstow for a lunch/bathroom/souvenir break. As we were pulling into the comlex, I got this eastbound freigth out the bus window.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:40:43 AM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6743(ES44C4) BNSF 7964(ES44C4)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Autos east
Title:  Autos east
Description:  A long train of articulated auto racks rolls east near Barstow.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:34:10 AM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7874(ES44DC) BNSF 5473(C44-9W) BNSF 5941(ES44AC)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
In the desert
Title:  In the desert
Description:  The next day, we crossed the Mojave Desert, and I was able to catch this stack train near Ludlow,
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:28:05 AM
Location:  Ludlow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6280(ES44AC) BNSF 8329(ES44C4) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6584(ES44C4)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Another stack
Title:  Another stack
Description:  The BNSF Transcon is an intermodal pipeline, and I saw many stack trains along the way.
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 3/17/2025 6:22:44 AM
Location:  Grants, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7253(ES44DC) BNSF 4902(C44-9W) BNSF 5013(C44-9W)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Storage unit
Title:  Storage unit
Description:  Or, how we did things before PODs. This car has been on this property as long as I can remember-Ive lived in town for 16 years-but only recently did the home owner clear off the brush to reveal enough of the car to merit a photo. Hard to tell what road it was from-the paint is faded to almost gone-but it may have been CNW. In a yard along Country Club Rd.
Photo Date:  11/3/2022  Upload Date: 11/9/2022 5:46:21 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 1
Not looking good
Title:  Not looking good
Description:  The boxcar that was being used as a storage shed at this house in Siloam Springs-see photos from Nov 22 and Nov 23- has been pushed onto its side. Any time Ive seen a car toppled like this, its usually a sign that it will be cut up fairly soon. This car was only recently tipped, in the last few weeks.
Photo Date:  2/28/2025  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 5:56:00 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  32   Comments: 0
The end
Title:  The end
Description:  Literally, and probably literally. An end view of the ex CNW box that was a storage shed at the house on Tahlequah St. It is likely to meet its demise in fairly short order.
Photo Date:  2/28/2025  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 5:57:49 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  27   Comments: 0
Yard box
Title:  Yard box
Description:  Boxcars have been used as storage units as long as there have been box cars. This one is in a yard in Siloam Springs. Ive shot it before, from a more end-on angle. The sun was good this day for a broadside view of this ex CNW 60 foot box. Too bad the car number is eroded off.
Photo Date:  11/8/2023  Upload Date: 11/19/2023 4:08:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 1
Its all a blur to me now
Title:  Its all a blur to me now
Description:  The rear DPU rolls away from me, the low light now making for some blurring of the scene as the bright red engine rolls south.
Photo Date:  3/9/2025  Upload Date: 3/14/2025 5:37:55 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9756(AC44CW)
Views:  35   Comments: 0


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