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| Title: |
Help for the empties |
| Description: |
The empty coal train had a pair of units pushing on the rear, as well as the head end power. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2008 Upload Date: 8/8/2016 4:08:15 AM |
| Location: |
Canadian, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6559(AC44CW) UP 7174(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
555 Comments: 1 |
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| 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) |
| Views: |
104 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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106 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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95 Comments: 0 |
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| 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: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the glass |
| Description: |
We were driving through Sallisaw OK making our way to US 59 north, when we were stopped at a light, and heard a horn behind us. A quick dive into a parking lot with a clear view got this going away shot of a coal train through the windshield. Glad I had just washed it!! UP 7174 was a returning friend; I had shot it on the KCS about a month earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2025 Upload Date: 3/1/2025 6:26:52 AM |
| Location: |
Sallisaw, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9796(C44-9W) UP 7174(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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