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| Title: |
Class unit on the bridge |
| Description: |
An empty grain train rolls across the Illinois River behind SD70ACe class unit 4000 and three more with 101 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2008 Upload Date: 1/25/2017 3:34:39 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4589(AC44CW) KCS 4576(AC44CW) BNSF 9863(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Grays in the sun |
| Description: |
A 101 car northbound empty grain train crosses Floyd Moore Rd behind three gray units, led by SD70ACe class unit 4000, with an assist from a BNSF SD70MAC. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2008 Upload Date: 1/20/2017 4:39:29 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4589(AC44CW) KCS 4576(AC44CW) BNSF 9863(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
604 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound grain with KCS and ICE power |
| Description: |
Grain train crosses Butler Creek in Sulphur Springs Ark. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2010 Upload Date: 1/23/2011 2:41:05 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) DME 6089(SD40-3) DME 6364(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Last light |
| Description: |
A northbound empty grain train catches the last rays of sun as it rolls over the top of the hill at Gravette. Two of the units, leader 3936, formerly TFM 1636, and trailing unit 4000, the SD70ACe class unit, are repaints into the Belle scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/3/2015 Upload Date: 10/8/2015 1:52:13 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 3936(SD70MAC) KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Power balancing |
| Description: |
Eight units is a lot of power, especially since most trains go through here with five. The extras were likely DPUs that accumulated at Heavener, since the heavy trains are southbound. One of the returning extras was the SD70ACe class unit, 4000, which has been repainted out of its old gray scheme, seen here trailing. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2016 5:11:03 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4188(SD70ACe) KCS 4046(SD70ACe) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
330 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Class |
| Description: |
The class unit, that is. The class unit for the SD70ACes is trailing in this consist. Like a number of its brothers, it has been repainted into the Belle scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2016 4:51:52 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caught him |
| Description: |
I was coming back from Gentry, and crossed the KCS at Davidson Rd. I looked south to see headlights coming around the curve down by the Cobb mill. I pulled across and hustled out to get set up. This was the catch, a northbound empty AEPX coal train with eight units. The second two were the best looking, a pair of ex CNW GEs that had been freshly painted. They would have looked better in CNW paint, but these looked good. Too bad they werent leading. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2016 5:07:39 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6531(AC44CW) UP 6788(AC44CW) UP 6730(AC44CW) KCS 4746(ES44AC) UP 5961(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4188(SD70ACe) KCS 4046(SD70ACe) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
602 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Down in the hollow |
| Description: |
My next spot was north of Dorsey siding, just south of Gravette. It took me a little bit to catch him, since I had to let the whole train pass me at Davidson Rd, and the lighting is not good for a northbound at Gentry that time of day anyway. As it was, I didnt beat him here by much, having just enough time to get there and turn the car around before he showed. I still got a good shot, but then had to wait for the train-all 125 cars of it-to pass me again. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2016 5:17:19 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6531(AC44CW) UP 6788(AC44CW) UP 6730(AC44CW) KCS 4746(ES44AC) UP 5961(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4188(SD70ACe) KCS 4046(SD70ACe) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
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558 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Caught up again |
| Description: |
I had to wait for the train to pass me at Dorsey, so it was a good chase to catch him. There was no way I was going to get him at Gravette, and he was going under the bridge at Sulphur Springs when i went over. I heard him call the signal at South Noel as I was passing the state line. He was going to meet the southbound H train there, so I was able to get him. Otherwise, it would have been a hard run to get him on the bridge at Ginger Blue. Here we are slowing for the meet, passing the old station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/1/2016 5:35:47 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6531(AC44CW) UP 6788(AC44CW) UP 6730(AC44CW) KCS 4746(ES44AC) UP 5961(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4188(SD70ACe) KCS 4046(SD70ACe) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) |
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486 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train called the signal at North Gentry, then announced itself by blowing for the crossing. As it came around the bend, the lead unit turned out to be the SD70ACe class unit. It was originally gray, now repainted into the Belle scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 5:25:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4811(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
82 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
By the mill |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train rolls its 102 cars past the feed mill in Siloam Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 5:34:26 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4811(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
141 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The second eastbound arrives |
| Description: |
The eastbound train we saw in the distance now reaches our position, arriving with a surprise, a unit I have seen before. Second in consist is the KCS SD 70ACe class unit, 4000, along with two BNSF friends, pulling 163 stack platforms toward the midwest. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/27/2023 5:34:56 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7140(ES44C4) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) BNSF 6992(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Taking the signal |
| Description: |
Going away shot of the eastbound, taking the home signal at Rio Puerco. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/27/2023 5:39:01 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7140(ES44C4) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) BNSF 6992(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
33 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Brief glimpse |
| Description: |
The eastbound rolls through a patch of sun as it passes the westbound home signals |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/27/2023 5:29:53 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7140(ES44C4) KCS 4000(SD70ACe) BNSF 6992(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
37 Comments: 1 |
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