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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern De Mexico
Model:GE ES44ACBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:63389Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Other locos with this serial:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC)
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From south to north
Title:  From south to north
Description:  Two Mexican units roll empty grain cars north at Davidson Rd.
Photo Date:  12/3/2019  Upload Date: 12/5/2019 3:51:37 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) KCSM 4665(ES44AC)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Waiting on a meet
Title:  Waiting on a meet
Description:  The dispatcher had told the grain move that hed be meeting the 181 at Stilwell. When I got there, the 181 was already in the siding, pulled up to the SR 51 crossing, as we can see.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:45:48 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  25   Comments: 1
Gates up
Title:  Gates up
Description:  The motion detectors have raised the gates on the SR 51 crossing, allowing road traffic to move while the 181 waits on the grain train.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:47:10 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
Passing at the crossing
Title:  Passing at the crossing
Description:  The grain train rolls toward the SR 51 crossing and a meet with the 181.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/18/2024 6:56:52 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) CP 8732(ES44AC) CP 9776(AC44CW)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
South and north
Title:  South and north
Description:  The southbound grainers DPU rolls past the head end of the 181, which will be rolling north momentarily.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/18/2024 7:02:03 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU) CP 8895(ES44AC) KCS 4618(AC44CW)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  A closer and wider angle view of the northbound.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:13:57 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Taking the signal
Title:  Taking the signal
Description:  The head end of 181 approaches the now clear signal at the north end of Stilwell. The GE-EMD pair leads 41 stack platforms, 9 COFC and 16 auto racks off the siding and north. It will be a slow go here.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:34:11 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
On through
Title:  On through
Description:  The power has rolled onto the main and is heading for Westville.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/20/2024 6:36:31 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  33   Comments: 1
Over the creek
Title:  Over the creek
Description:  The 181 rolls across Barren Fork Creek in the late afternoon sun. This was the last shot Id get, as Id promised my wife Id be home for dinner by 1900. A good way to end. Id get a surprise at Watts, but that would be a quick shot and run.
Photo Date:  4/4/2024  Upload Date: 4/22/2024 6:15:19 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  26   Comments: 1


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