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| Title: |
Holiday spirit |
| Description: |
Decatur shows its holiday spirit by dressing up their own stuffed and mounted F 7 and caboose. The Holiday Express is in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2012 Upload Date: 12/11/2012 1:03:39 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
489 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
H and an F |
| Description: |
H-KCSH rolls past the F unit on display at Decatur as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
449 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
F and caboose display |
| Description: |
The city of Decatur has turned its KCS station into a museum, with a good display of artifacts and equipment inside and out. The anchor for this is this F 7 and caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:53:05 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
491 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ringing the Belles |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train passes the stuffed and mounted F 7 at Decatur station, itself in the scheme that inspired the one on the active power passing it. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/2016 Upload Date: 12/31/2016 5:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4705(ES44AC) KCS 4577(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
436 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old and older |
| Description: |
A southbound oil train led by a KCSM GE in the old gray paint rolls past the displayed F 7 in the older Belle scheme as it passes the Decatur station. The oil train had a real NAFTA consist: a KCSM leader, KCS US unit, an ex TFM unit now in KCS colors, and a pair of CP units for DPU's. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2018 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:47:54 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4514(AC44CW) KCS 4150(SD70ACe) KCS 3939(SD70MAC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
598 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
This side by side view of the dodger passing the displayed F unit is a lesson in comparitive paint schemes. I think both look good. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 9/28/2019 4:28:16 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2826(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
288 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Afternoon light |
| Description: |
I drive past this unit often, and its such a part of the landscape that I dont always pay a lot of attention. I was stalking L 102, the Watts based dodger that works most days to Simmons in Decatur, then turns back south, working Little Debbie in Gentry on the way. The light was gorgeous, so I had to get a photo of the "stuffed and mounted" F 7 while I waited for the local to pass, itself in a red/yellow/black scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 9/28/2019 4:49:44 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
234 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
The DPU of an empty TXUX train rolls past the displayed F 7 at the station in Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 11/13/2019 4:54:10 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6074(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Comparative paint |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur shows the old black/rec/yellow scheme, while the new scheme in the same colors passes at left, just after the pair went into shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2019 Upload Date: 11/6/2019 5:03:51 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4717(ES44AC) KCS 3952(SD70MAC) KCSM 4597(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
308 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out in the cold |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/2021 Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
178 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPU from the new passes the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the northbound oil train passes stuffed and mounted KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9756(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
99 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Q train DPUs and the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the southbound Q train passes the displayed KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:32:48 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4604(AC44CW) KCS 4798(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
116 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
My biggest fan |
| Description: |
My wife, Diane, poses with displayed F 7 73D at the Decatur station while we were out enjoying a sunny 70 plus degree day on the KCS. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2022 Upload Date: 3/25/2022 4:57:56 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Peeking around the corner |
| Description: |
The Q train slowly rolls into Decatur, making its way around the curve at Roller Av, passing the distant signal for Dorsey siding. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2022 Upload Date: 3/25/2022 5:17:43 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4833(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Couple of Belles |
| Description: |
One a princess, one a dowager. The Q train passes the displayed F 7 at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2022 Upload Date: 3/25/2022 5:19:11 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4833(ES44AC) KCSM 4554(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Stuffed and mounted |
| Description: |
The station at Decatur is now a museum, and has the honor of hosting displayed F 7 73D, and caboose KCS 383 there. This is the track side, the station behind the equipment. Note the signal at far left in the background, showing red over red. The Q train is imminent. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2022 Upload Date: 3/25/2022 5:00:05 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Caught him |
| Description: |
I heard a horn while I was working outside, and decided to give chase of a northbound. It turned out to be an empty TXUX train, with a pair of BNSF units on the rear. I caught him just south of Decatur, and set up for the shot passing the displayed F 7 at the station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2022 Upload Date: 4/16/2022 5:24:56 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5711(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
121 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Just caught him |
| Description: |
After we saw the light power move, we came out to take a ride in the sun, stopping at nearby Crystal Lake to do some bird watching and enjoy the 60 degree day. As we were heading back to Ark 59, we saw a southbound rolling past. A quick dash into Decatur got me ahead of the train, but just enough to jump and get a grab shot. So we have BNSF 6359 leading a 125 car TXUX train, and a nice shot of a light pole with an F unit behind it, |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:32:12 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
65 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Delayed chase |
| Description: |
I was dropping my recycling when a northbound empty coal train went past the dump. I was elbows deep in a bin of plastic and glass, and it was already 1515-they close at 1530-so I needed to get the task done. The coal train-led by a KCS unit and a BNSF Grinstein-was moving too fast for me to catch up, and I had things to do at home. After he went by, a track car got track and time to go to Gentry, then clear up by 1600, there was a southbound at Noel. I went to Gentry at 1600, no train, so worked north, finally catching him coming across Roller Av as I got into town. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/2023 Upload Date: 4/30/2023 6:08:37 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4868(ES44AC) KCSM 4752(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
55 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
The M KCSH rolls past the stuffed and mounted F 7 and caboose at Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/2023 Upload Date: 4/30/2023 6:15:58 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4868(ES44AC) KCSM 4752(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
58 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Foamers are out |
| Description: |
The train had a dedicated band of followers on it trip south. Decatur, for some reason, had a good cadre of locals who came out to shoot the train. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 11/30/2023 6:03:58 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
74 Comments: 2 |
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