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4/9/2025
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DPU #2, panoramic
Title:  DPU #2, panoramic
Description:  A more panoramic view of he DPU, seen passing the hayfield with the Boston Mountains in the distance.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:54:47 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7004(SD70ACU) CP 8060(AC4400CWM) BNSF 9085(SD70ACe)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
By the barn #2
Title:  By the barn #2
Description:  I waited on the coal train, now taking a position up on the old US 59 alignment, now a local road. It gave me a more panoramic view of the area than the shot from the new US 59 shoulder. The pair of EMDs has 123 cars of Texas bound coal in hand, passing the familiar hay bales.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:43:01 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
And a DPU
Title:  And a DPU
Description:  The DPU on the 262 passes the hay bales as it pushes south. I'll let him go at this point, and set up for the coal train, which I will chase to Stilwell.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:33:25 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8612(AC44CW)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
Past the barn
Title:  Past the barn
Description:  And several rows of hay stored up against it, a picture of rural tranquility, momentarily broken by the passing of a 108 car freight.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:32:13 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
Getting grown over
Title:  Getting grown over
Description:  Its been almost ten years since ODOT widened US 59 here to four lanes. As part of that project, there was a lot of brush clearing. Now, a bit of it has grown back in, and its beginning to obscure what for a few years was a clear shot of a nice S curve. The 262 rolls through, the power now partly hidden.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:25:50 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Bridge view
Title:  Bridge view
Description:  The 262 rolls over the Ballard Creek bridge as it makes its way south.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:21:12 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
And were off
Title:  And were off
Description:  The 181 cleared the south end of Watts, and the 262 got underway, seen here getting a roll on as it comes around the corner at MP 237. I figured I could chase him to Westville, seven miles south, then get back for the coal train, which still had to move into the siding at 15 MPH, then get to the south end, and back onto the main at 15 MPH. That proved to be a viable approach, and I was able to get some shots of the 262, which has an attractive power set.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:15:05 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
A gray and a Belle
Title:  A gray and a Belle
Description:  Now that the Belle scheme has been in use for almost 20 years, I always like to see one in the lead, especially since it looks so much nicer than the gray. I should appreciate the gray diesels more, since there are now so few of them. The SD 70MACs got all repainted, and most are now off the roster; the first order of SD70ACe's is also repainted, as finally are the AC44's. About the only group not painted Belle now are some of the KCSM older GEs, one of which is leading the 181 here at Ballard Creek.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 5:03:16 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4569(AC44CW) KCS 4776(ES44AC)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
Here it comes
Title:  Here it comes
Description:  I started south to see if I could intercept the 181 as it came up from Westville. I didnt get far. He was passing the detector at MP 238 when I came around the curve. A quick U turn, and I was able to get this tele shot as he came up the tangent. Long train today; 61 stack platforms, 21 auto racks, and 10 articulated racks.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 4:55:27 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4569(AC44CW) KCS 4776(ES44AC)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Crew change
Title:  Crew change
Description:  The southbound coal train has pulled up to the crossing at the north end of Watts siding for a crew change. One the new crew is on, theyll have some waiting to do.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/29/2025 5:37:36 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Yard office
Title:  Yard office
Description:  The head end of the 262 passes the yard office at Watts.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/28/2025 4:43:00 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Why the coal train is still at the siding switch
Title:  Why the coal train is still at the siding switch
Description:  ....for the 262 I saw on the way to breakfast, which is ahead of him in the siding. The 181 will pull up on the main, the 262 will go, and the coal train will follow the 262 through the siding. All in a days work for a busy dispatcher.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:47:44 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8612(AC44CW)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
Now we wait
Title:  Now we wait
Description:  The new crew is on, but now takes on the wait for the 181. Hell pull up in a bit, but first.....
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:45:33 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
Later yet
Title:  Later yet
Description:  A little while later, a southbound TXUX train would come through. I caught the DPU as it rolled away from me at Tahlequah St
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:37:54 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7004(SD70ACU) CP 8060(AC4400CWM) BNSF 9085(SD70ACe)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Off the bridge
Title:  Off the bridge
Description:  I am not usually able to catch a southbound at Watts due to the traffic in Siloam Springs; just too much of it, and a bunch of lights, to beat a train. So there had to be something going on that I was able to beat this train here. Not complaining, its a good shot from the shoulder of US 59
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:42:32 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  28   Comments: 0
Later that day
Title:  Later that day
Description:  Later on that afternoon, I heard a horn, which turned out to be this 114 car empty northbound TXUX train, seen approaching Tahlequah St. KCS was obviously using the move to shuttle lite power north, judging by the nine units.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:36:01 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8996(SD70ACe) BNSF 6169(ES44AC) KCS 5014(ET44AC) BNSF 9792(SD70MAC) KCS 4168(SD70ACe) BNSF 6845(ES44C4) KCS 4011(SD70ACe) CP 8919(ES44AC) KCSM 4079(SD70ACe)
Views:  169   Comments: 0
Taking the siding
Title:  Taking the siding
Description:  We were headed up to Gentry for breakfast. When we got to the Lincoln St crossing, there was a southbound approaching, which turned out to be the 262 train, here taking the siding for a northbound that we didnt wait for, The tele view brings in the Cobb mill, a mile or so to the north, just beyond Country Club Rd. This would not be the only encounter with this train today.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:33:24 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Away
Title:  Away
Description:  The 262 passes the barn at CR E690, rolling away toward Westville and south.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 5:59:49 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Long view
Title:  Long view
Description:  A longer view of the train as it rolls south, taking in a view of the Boston Mountains in the distance. I followed this train to Stilwell; other photos are in The Chase is On album.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:15:23 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Next train
Title:  Next train
Description:  Following the 262 was a southbound TXUX train, seen here from the shoulder of US 59 as it approaches the E 690 road crossing, with a clean swoosh unit, and an old classic. ahead of its 125 cars.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:10:24 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD70ACe) BNSF 9675(SD70MAC)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
262 redux
Title:  262 redux
Description:  The 262 I saw on the way to breakfast got to Watts and then canned. It later got a recrew, and rolled on south, ahead of a coal train. Here it is seen from the US 59 shoulder as it approaches Westville. Interestingly, the DPU on this train was consecutive to the trailing unit, CP 8612. Go figure.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:01:38 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
In your face
Title:  In your face
Description:  A close up shot of the train as it passes my position at Lincoln St. Wed go up to Miss Marys for breakfast, thinking this was a one and done shot. Wed have another encounter later on.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 5:56:03 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Lucky catch
Title:  Lucky catch
Description:  We were on our way up to Gentry for breakfast, and saw this 262 heading for us as we crossed the KCS at Lincoln St with a clean Belle leading a pair of CP units.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 5:49:24 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4821(ES44AC) CP 7038(SD70ACU) CP 8613(AC44CW)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
Down the valley
Title:  Down the valley
Description:  The 262 rolls away from me, down toward Marble Falls and Sallisaw.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:52:25 AM
Location:  Bunch, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8827(ES44AC)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Hay!!
Title:  Hay!!
Description:  The 262 passes a group of hay bales in an adjacent field as it rolls south, the rest of the train seen in the distance.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:49:52 AM
Location:  Bunch, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Big curve
Title:  Big curve
Description:  We passed up the shot at Cave Springs, recalling that the road there was mostly snow covered the day before, and I wanted to get this shot at Bunch. Turned out the road was in much better shape, and we might have been able to do the tangent shot at Cave Springs and get this spot, too, but not taking chances, given a redo of the previous days chance.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:42:06 AM
Location:  Bunch, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Down by the station
Title:  Down by the station
Description:  The 262 passes the station at Stilwell, whose sign has been removed, probably for a brush up, as the lettering was getting kind of battered.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:31:51 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Pushing toward the bridge
Title:  Pushing toward the bridge
Description:  The DPU on the 262 pushes away toward the Baron Creek bridge. Later in the day, Id be on the west side of the tracks, and beat it as soon as I got the shot of the train passing the automatic here, and get the DPU on the bridge.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:21:22 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8827(ES44AC)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
A closer look
Title:  A closer look
Description:  A closer up view shows the three Belles leading the train south.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:15:07 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
The other side
Title:  The other side
Description:  I usually dont get out to chase til mid afternoon most days, so getting out late morning changed the approach. This is the east side of the tracks view at Baron, showing the train stretched out into the distance as it approaches the crossing in Baron.
Photo Date:  1/31/2025  Upload Date: 1/26/2025 5:10:13 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
Snowy field
Title:  Snowy field
Description:  A little too early in the day for good light here, too. The 262 rolls south past one of my afternoon spots as it heads south
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:43:16 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
New scheme on the bridge
Title:  New scheme on the bridge
Description:  The 181 crosses the Illinois River, giving a good broadside of the new scheme GE.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:51:17 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4709(ES44AC) CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  A wider view of the CPKC unit shows off the scheme better. On the 181 approaching Watts
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:49:51 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4709(ES44AC) CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
Surprise
Title:  Surprise
Description:  The trailing unit was the surprise, a CP GE in the new CPKC scheme.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:48:06 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4709(ES44AC) CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  142   Comments: 1
181 with a surprise
Title:  181 with a surprise
Description:  The 262 also met the 181 at Watts, which we first caught on its way up from Westville, a Belle leading a surprise unit.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:46:29 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4709(ES44AC) CP 8128(AC4400CWM)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  The 262 met this empty TXUX train at Watts. We caught him on the Illinois River, though it was a little too early for the sweet light here in the later afternoon. A half dozen units up front are a little too many for a good train photo.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:41:49 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8858(ES44AC) BNSF 3940(ET44C4) BNSF 9372(SD70ACe) BNSF 9944(SD70MAC) CP 9760(AC44CW) KCS 4051(SD70ACe) KCSM 4068(SD70ACe)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
Slowing for a meet
Title:  Slowing for a meet
Description:  The DPU on the 262 train slows for a meet with a northbound empty coal train, now clearing the siding switch
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:39:36 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8827(ES44AC)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Splitting the signals
Title:  Splitting the signals
Description:  The 262 splits the signals and takes the siding at a still snowy CP North Watts
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:36:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  115   Comments: 1
Day 2
Title:  Day 2
Description:  Sunday of that weekend dawned chilly, but with promise to get into the 40s again. The roads had dried out a bit since the day before, but still a lot of snow cover elsewhere. We heard a horn to the north, and were able to catch this southbound 262 about to roll under the US 412 overpass in Siloam Springs, passing the former Allen Canning warehouse in the process.
Photo Date:  1/12/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:34:44 AM
Location:  Bunch, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4035(SD70ACe) KCS 4158(SD70ACe) KCS 4795(ES44AC)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Grain in the capital city
Title:  Grain in the capital city
Description:  We had gone to OKC for the Alan Jackson concert. Dinner was at Cattlemens near what was the stockyard district. On our way over, we caught this parked grain train, with some of the skyline in the distance.
Photo Date:  1/18/2025  Upload Date: 1/25/2025 6:24:43 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7053(ES44C4) BNSF 3945(ET44C4)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Almost
Title:  Almost
Description:  The 181 and its 25 stack platforms has passed the last spot of sun along MO 59 south of Anderson, just a little too late to get some light on the power. Oh well...longer days are coming.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 7:02:51 AM
Location:  Anderson, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8756(ES44AC) CP 8838(ES44AC)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Better lit
Title:  Better lit
Description:  The lighting was better for the going away shot, and we see the power in a better light as it moves away from me,
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:58:49 AM
Location:  Lanagan, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8756(ES44AC) CP 8838(ES44AC)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
Last sun
Title:  Last sun
Description:  I beat the 181 to Lanagan, where the last sun was peeking over the hill. The train rolls past the automatic at MP 195, and a stack of cast off concrete ties.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:56:19 AM
Location:  Lanagan, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8756(ES44AC) CP 8838(ES44AC)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Just a little too late
Title:  Just a little too late
Description:  I had started to head back for home, when I spied the 181 through the trees. I was out of position to get him at Noel, so chased to Ginger Blue for a shot on the bridge. Its not sun side this time of year, and I was only able to get a shadow side shot.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:52:52 AM
Location:  Ginger Blue, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8756(ES44AC) CP 8838(ES44AC)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Rear view
Title:  Rear view
Description:  The DPU crosses Kings Highway as it rolls toward Noel
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:48:12 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9752(AC44CW)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
Stretched along the creek
Title:  Stretched along the creek
Description:  The train is stretched out, its 125 cars rolling along Butler Creek, which can be seen at far right flowing under the low water crossing.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:44:36 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8681(SD70ACe) UP 7174(AC44CW) CP 8630(AC44CW) KCS 4102(SD70ACe) KCS 4821(ES44AC)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Along the rocks
Title:  Along the rocks
Description:  The empty train rolls toward the Kings Highway crossing south of Noel, passing under Butlers Bluff, though its a better shot southbound.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:40:03 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8681(SD70ACe) UP 7174(AC44CW) CP 8630(AC44CW) KCS 4102(SD70ACe) KCS 4821(ES44AC)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
DPU too
Title:  DPU too
Description:  This CP unit was bringing up the rear of the empty train, rounding out its count of 536 axles-125 cars and six diesels. The 9752 has been bouncing up and down the Heavener Sub for several weeks.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:37:17 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9752(AC44CW)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
In the hollow
Title:  In the hollow
Description:  The next chance I got was up at Wolf Creek, just north of Dorsey siding, where the tracks run alongside Wolf Creek.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:32:13 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8681(SD70ACe) UP 7174(AC44CW) CP 8630(AC44CW) KCS 4102(SD70ACe) KCS 4821(ES44AC)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Coal on the water
Title:  Coal on the water
Description:  We had come down from Gentry, crossing the tracks at Davidson Rd. The signal there showed approach, indicating a southbound on the way. I dropped my wife off at home, and beat it for Watts, getting there just as the dodger was arriving at the north end of the yard. I went to the south end, hoping to catch him working there, where the light would come around for a lit shot. As I reached the south end, here comes this northbound empty AEPX train around the curve. I flipped a U turn and gavew chase, getting ahead of him for this shot on the Illinois River.
Photo Date:  1/22/2025  Upload Date: 1/24/2025 6:28:41 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8681(SD70ACe) UP 7174(AC44CW) CP 8630(AC44CW) KCS 4102(SD70ACe) KCS 4821(ES44AC)
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