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9/23/2025
 
 
 
 
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And away
Title:  And away
Description:  The DPU on the 261 rolls away at North Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 6:00:58 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4703(ES44AC)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
DPU and the chase vehicle
Title:  DPU and the chase vehicle
Description:  The DPU on the coal train passes Tahlequah St and the railfan chase vehicle as it rolls through town. The 5772 looks freshly painted.
Photo Date:  6/25/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:33:23 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5772(AC44CWCTE) UP 8637(SD70ACe) KCS 4165(SD70ACe)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Splitsville
Title:  Splitsville
Description:  The 127 car AEPX train splits the signals at the north end of Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  6/25/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:30:08 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2610(ET44AH) KCS 4705(ES44AC)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Caught up
Title:  Caught up
Description:  While I was shooting the northbound, the southbound started to move. He got just far enough that I couldnt get him at Collins St, so beat feet for Davidson Rd, which I made handily. Southbound behind a UP/KCS mix. And that sky!!
Photo Date:  6/25/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:29:06 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2610(ET44AH) KCS 4705(ES44AC)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Right place, right time
Title:  Right place, right time
Description:  Wed taken my wifes car up to Gentry where one of my sons customers-hes the manager of the local OReilllys parts store-was going to look at it, a 2001 Stratus R/T, to see what repairs it needed. After talking to him, my wife took off for home, just as a southbound was pulling to the end of the siding. Ah, good, a meet. I went up to the Ark 59S crossing to get the northbound participant, an empty AEPX train, seen here at the crossing.
Photo Date:  6/25/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:25:29 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9614(AC44C6M) UP 8481(SD70ACe)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  There was chatter about a train at MdElhany, the next siding to the north, and a power swap. It seemed the coal train would be sitting a bit. It was getting toward twilight, and I had dinner waiting, so time to head home. Still, three trains in a short afternoon chase aint too shabby.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 5:40:32 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7763(ES44AC) CP 8756(ES44AC)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Flying the flag
Title:  Flying the flag
Description:  The US and Missouri flags adjacent to the Noel city hall, the former KCS station, fly above the leader on the empty coal train, whose wings are flying on the nose of the engine.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 5:21:29 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7763(ES44AC)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
Waiting for a meet, and a surprise
Title:  Waiting for a meet, and a surprise
Description:  There was some chatter about a train to the north, at McElhany, and it seemed my coal train was going to be held here at Noel. When I got up into town, I found it sitting at the station, now city hall, with an unexpected companion, the Loram rail grinding train, which had been working on the line earlier in the week.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:57:27 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7763(ES44AC) CP 8756(ES44AC) LMIX 3412(MoW Equipment)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Snaking along
Title:  Snaking along
Description:  The empty coal train beat me to the Ark 59 overpass in Sulphur Springs, but I was able to get him approaching the Kingshighway crossing at Noel, snaking through the curves along Butler Creek
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:54:35 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7763(ES44AC) CP 8756(ES44AC)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
Full DPU
Title:  Full DPU
Description:  I took off before getting a shot of the DPU on the coal train, knowing Id have to hustle to get here, and didnt get the shot at Gentry. Now I was able to get both units, rolling away.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:49:16 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8767(ES44AC) UP 7428(AC45CCTE)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
One more at Wolf Creek
Title:  One more at Wolf Creek
Description:  I took off, making the side trip to Wolf Creek just ahead of the train, catching it as the shadows now covered the waterway.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:42:25 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7763(ES44AC) CP 8756(ES44AC)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Almost a meet
Title:  Almost a meet
Description:  The AEPX train didnt get far enough up the siding for me to get the side by side power shot I was hoping for, but I got the second units on both consists. The out and back trip Id almost finished now took a turn, and I followed the empty coal train north.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:39:05 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8794(ES44AC) UP 7428(AC45CCTE)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Closer
Title:  Closer
Description:  The head end of the grain train rolls slowly to the signal at the south end of the siding, the empty northbound still fouling the switch. He was moving slowly, having now gotten the signal at the north end.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:33:30 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Unit trains meet
Title:  Unit trains meet
Description:  The grain train rolls past a waiting empty AEPX train, seen from the Ark 12 overpass, its grain hoppers contrasting the open tops of the coal hoppers.
Photo Date:  3/31/2024  Upload Date: 6/30/2025 6:24:06 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The going away shot of the grain trains DPU.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:09:26 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7040(SD70ACU) KCSM 4083(SD70ACe)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
DPU through the trees
Title:  DPU through the trees
Description:  The DPU on the grain train, a pair of SD 70's, one each from Canada and Mexico, is framed by the trees along the side road next to the tracks.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:08:01 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4083(SD70ACe) CP 7040(SD70ACU)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Under the puffy clouds
Title:  Under the puffy clouds
Description:  The southbound grain train rolls south of Decatur under clouds that would be familiar to anyone who has seen a Kodachrome sky.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 7/2/2025 6:02:08 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Old and new
Title:  Old and new
Description:  The new era meets the old as the CP power leads past the stuffed and mounted F 7.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:48:47 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Holding it back
Title:  Holding it back
Description:  The DPU rolls past, holding the train back as it goes down into the hollow along Wolf Creek and Dorsey siding.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:44:58 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7040(SD70ACU) KCSM 4083(SD70ACe)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Straight on
Title:  Straight on
Description:  The grain train now comes straight at me as I wait at the Dallas St crossing
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:41:14 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
On the creek
Title:  On the creek
Description:  This shot gets harder to take every year, as the trees grow up along the creek. I need to get here earlier in the day, too, as the sun swings around far enough to put the nose of the leader in shadow this time of year.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:39:21 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Headed back, for now
Title:  Headed back, for now
Description:  After the 261 passed, there was a southbound grain move, so I stuck around to chase it home. It was a good plan at the time, but my day was not complete, as Id soon discover.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:34:39 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8618(AC44CW) CP 8794(ES44AC)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
On the creek
Title:  On the creek
Description:  The 261 rolls along Butler Creek just south of Noel, the water still up over the road after recent rains.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:32:53 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4562(AC44CW) CP 8153(AC4400CWM)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
DPU midway down
Title:  DPU midway down
Description:  The single unit DPU was spliced in 73 cars deep in the 121 car train, here going away just south of Gravette.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 5:55:33 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4851(ES44AC)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Going under
Title:  Going under
Description:  The 261 hits the curve as it rolls under my position on the Ark 59 overpass.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:31:26 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4562(AC44CW) CP 8153(AC4400CWM)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Lotsa boxes
Title:  Lotsa boxes
Description:  Carload traffic is alive and well in the south, as we see by all the box cars on this 261 train passing the automatic at MP 204.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 6:00:46 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4562(AC44CW) CP 8153(AC4400CWM)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Finally caught him
Title:  Finally caught him
Description:  After a spirited chase, I was able to get far enough ahead to beat him to this spot along Wolf Creek, north of Dorsey Siding, to catch a KCSM leader along the creek.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 5:54:03 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4562(AC44CW) CP 8153(AC4400CWM)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
DPU away
Title:  DPU away
Description:  The entire DPU now pulls away from me. Ill head north, following 121 cars of the 261 train.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 5:52:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4296(ES44C4) BNSF 774(C44-9W) BNSF 9066(SD70ACe)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Unusual start
Title:  Unusual start
Description:  Wed just come in from(where else??) Wal Mart, and while putting the stuff away, I heard a northbound working up the hill from Watts. When I got up into town, there was a northbound on the Lincoln St crossing, but also a coal train starting to move south, that snuck in on me. I was able to get his DPU, which had this surprise.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/27/2025 5:51:25 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 774(C44-9W) BNSF 9066(SD70ACe)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Getting harder to find
Title:  Getting harder to find
Description:  Its been a few years now since CP took over the DM&E, though their rolling stock, primarily covered hoppers, is still common. such as on this southbound grain move on the KCS, though most of them don't have the DM&E lettering on the sides. They wont last forever, though, now just another fallen flag.
Photo Date:  6/22/2025  Upload Date: 6/26/2025 6:42:10 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  74   Comments: 0
G train
Title:  G train
Description:  The G train were about to take out to Wheat Ridge. The 4021 will lead on the return trip.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:23:05 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4021(Electric M.U.)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Wrapped
Title:  Wrapped
Description:  The RTD derives a good amount of revenue from advertizing, and there are quite a few cars done in wraps for various companies, such as this one for SCL Health. Its on a G train, which we will shortly be taking out to Wheat Ridge.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:22:03 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) RTD 4001(Electric M.U.)
Views:  161   Comments: 1
You know where we are
Title:  You know where we are
Description:  The graphic on the side of the cars leaves no doubt as to the location of this operation, a mountain profile incorporated into the look, this one on the side of car 4065 at Union.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:19:31 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RTD 4065(Electric M.U.)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Side by each
Title:  Side by each
Description:  Our A train, at right, next to the N train. Note the cones. That was tight stopping!!
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:16:25 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) RTD 4045(Electric M.U.)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
Close up
Title:  Close up
Description:  A close up of our A train at Denver Union Station
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:11:59 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4045(Electric M.U.)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Lined up
Title:  Lined up
Description:  An N train is at the bumping post at left, our A train from the airport at right. The Denver Union Station of yore is now mostly a transit terminal, with only one track devoted to long distance trains, primarily the Cal Zephyr, though ski trains also use the station.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:08:30 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4065(Electric M.U.) RTD 4045(Electric M.U.)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Getting settled
Title:  Getting settled
Description:  Riders take their seats on the train. This view shows the car interiors, which were relatively clean, but clearly well used. We encountered mostly busy, if not crowded trains on some parts of the system.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:05:41 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4045(Electric M.U.)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Ride home
Title:  Ride home
Description:  After a day of riding, and a very nice dinner at a restaurant across from the station on Wynkoop St, were about to board this train back out to where wed parked in Aurora.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/24/2025 6:28:02 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4033(UNKNOWN)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
Pan up
Title:  Pan up
Description:  A close up view of car 4064 shows the pantograph in the up position, and the mountain logo on the body stripe.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/24/2025 5:38:20 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  RTD 4064(Electric M.U.)
Views:  164   Comments: 0
Laid up
Title:  Laid up
Description:  Some trains lay over in the station, such as this one on a stub track at Union.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/22/2025 5:34:36 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4057(Electric M.U.)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
Night train
Title:  Night train
Description:  The RTD runs their trains almost around the clock, the A line to the airport shutting down only about two hours overnight. This N train will shortly be heading out to Eastlake
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/22/2025 5:32:29 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4050(Electric M.U.)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Waiting to go
Title:  Waiting to go
Description:  A pair of trains sit in the station at Denver, waiting to go out to their respective destinations.
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:28:37 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4063(Electric M.U.) RTD 4051(Electric M.U.)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Headed to town
Title:  Headed to town
Description:  We were in Denver to consult with a couple of doctors at National Jewish Health, and had some time free, so decided to take RTD into town to explore. Our train arrives at the 40th Av/Airport Blvd station
Photo Date:  3/18/2023  Upload Date: 6/21/2025 6:02:39 AM
Location:  Aurora, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  RTD 4045(Electric M.U.)
Views:  182   Comments: 1
Old building
Title:  Old building
Description:  The old station building, the one that had a ticket office and waiting room, sits forlornly along 10th St, the trains now picking up and discharging passengers down the block to the east. For comparison, see the photos in this album from the 1980s.
Photo Date:  4/25/2019  Upload Date: 5/22/2019 5:33:48 AM
Location:  Michigan City, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  370   Comments: 1
Great catch
Title:  Great catch
Description:  The 261 rolls up the main, now that the southbound has cleared, and hes let the road traffic pass, with a pair of CP heritage painted units leading 94 cars.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:59:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7016(SD70ACU) CP 7019(SD70ACU)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
DPU under the tank
Title:  DPU under the tank
Description:  The rear DPU pushes the train past the water tower as the northbound, a 261, holds south of Lincoln St, its conductor giving the grain train a roll by.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:57:28 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7722(ES44AC) CP 7050(SD70ACU)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Pushing along
Title:  Pushing along
Description:  The two unit rear DPU pushes the grain move through town. Theyll shortly be pulling back on the 125 cars as the train drops down the 1.7% grade into Watts.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:49:25 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7050(SD70ACU) UP 7722(ES44AC)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Dirty DPU
Title:  Dirty DPU
Description:  The mid train DPU, 61 cars deep in the 125 car train, is a filthy SD 70ACe.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:44:09 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4111(SD70ACe)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Under the tower
Title:  Under the tower
Description:  The lead units of the grain train roll away, passing one of Siloams water towers as they head south.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:47:03 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4695(ES44AC) UP 4564(SD70M)
Views:  234   Comments: 1
Splitting the difference
Title:  Splitting the difference
Description:  The grain train splits the signals at the north end of the Siloam Springs siding, its train stretched out a mile plus under Cheri Whitlock Blvd toward Davidson Rd.
Photo Date:  6/7/2025  Upload Date: 6/15/2025 5:41:14 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4695(ES44AC) UP 4564(SD70M)
Views:  248   Comments: 1


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