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| Title: |
Rare sight |
| Description: |
The KCS had 70 of these SD70MACs lettered for TFM. Not long after I moved to Siloam, they started to renumber and reletter them KCS, putting them in the 3900 series. Now, almost ten years into that program, there are still a few TFM units left, but not very many. I was in the right place at the right moment to catch this one on the rear of a TXUX coal train, along with a KCSM unit assisting the through road power. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2017 Upload Date: 2/14/2017 4:25:07 AM |
| Location: |
Neosho, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
TFM 1654(SD70MAC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) BNSF 5636(AC44CW) |
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581 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hard curve |
| Description: |
The H train has pulled down for headroom as it works the Watts yard, coming around the hard curve south of South Watts. A tele lens brings in the hillside behind the train, as if to drive home the point that Oklahoma aint all flat. Theres a reason there are DPUs on most trains here. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 3:56:15 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
340 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end off the bridge |
| Description: |
The southbound H trains power has rolled across the Illinois River, poking its nose out of the truss bridge. It is bringing 115 cars into Watts, where the consist will change some. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 4:05:15 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
388 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
| Description: |
The wide view from the closed roadhouse on US 59 reveals this long shot of the H train off the Illinois River bridge, approaching CP North Watts. The KCS has cleared a lot of brush on the bridge approach, making this shot possible. Its a good one. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 4:10:09 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
300 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
At the milepost |
| Description: |
The H train takes headroom for switching the yard, passing MP 237 in the process. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 4:12:37 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
336 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Looks like power |
| Description: |
Its a deceptive scene, though. The H train is working its set off and pick up, but the superelevation adds drama to the scene. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 4:21:02 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
310 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Pulling them out |
| Description: |
The H train pulls out its pick up at the south end of Watts. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 4:29:17 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4680(ES44AC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPUs rounding the bend |
| Description: |
The trailing power is now in view, coming off the MKT onto the Mopac, with another surprise, this one from not so far away, but unusual just the same. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2021 Upload Date: 4/13/2021 6:15:46 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5737(AC44CWCTE) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
260 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Surprise from not so far off |
| Description: |
The KCS is only about an hour away, over near Stilwell, and they connect with the UPs ex MP Van Buren sub in that town in Arkansas. But you dont see a lot of their power here. For the second week in a row, I found KCS power on the UP. Those coal train must have racked up a lot of horsepower hours. A KCSM unit brings up the rear of this 110 car train as it crosses SR 51 and heads for KC. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2021 Upload Date: 4/13/2021 6:27:41 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4672(ES44AC) UP 5737(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
338 Comments: 1 |
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