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Tom Beckett's Collection
 
5/6/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP40-3Built As:SLSF 750 (GP40-2)
Serial Number:786186-1Order No:786186
Frame Number:786186-1Built:5/1979
Notes:ex-SLSF
Other locos with this serial:  SLSF 750(GP40-2) BN 3040(GP40-2) KCS 4800(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
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Dodger through the signals
Title:  Dodger through the signals
Description:  The northbound grain train wed started out chasing took the siding at Gentry, with the dodger holding the main. Hes now on his way with 25 cars, but there will be another train going south shortly.
Photo Date:  10/20/2022  Upload Date: 10/28/2022 4:04:13 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2830(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2831(GP40-3)
Views:  106   Comments: 2
Pulling up
Title:  Pulling up
Description:  L 102, the Watts based dodger, has pulled up to clear the switch just north of Jefferson St as it pulls hoppers off the siding east of the main track. Seen across the team track yard from Lincoln Av
Photo Date:  10/20/2022  Upload Date: 10/27/2022 6:38:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2831(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2830(GP40-3)
Views:  124   Comments: 2
Pulled past the crossing
Title:  Pulled past the crossing
Description:  The Watts based dodger, L 102, was pulling past Jefferson St as I pulled up to the crossing with a trio of GP 40s.
Photo Date:  10/20/2022  Upload Date: 10/27/2022 6:39:45 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2831(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2830(GP40-3)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
Taking the siding
Title:  Taking the siding
Description:  We were leaving an appointment in Siloam when we heard a horn in the distance. It turned out to be a northbound empty grain train, which we took off after. We got to Gentry just as he reached the south siding switch. Here is taking the siding while the southbound dodger, returning to Watts, waits on the main.
Photo Date:  10/20/2022  Upload Date: 10/28/2022 4:27:45 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4867(ES44AC) KCSM 4728(ES44AC) KCS 2830(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2831(GP40-3)
Views:  83   Comments: 1
Pulled up just in time
Title:  Pulled up just in time
Description:  Actually, Id have liked to have been there 30 seconds sooner, to get a good oncoming shot, but you cant have everything, I suppose. Dodger L 102 rolls past Jefferson St just as I pulled up to the crossing.
Photo Date:  10/31/2022  Upload Date: 11/28/2022 5:55:56 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2830(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2831(GP40-3)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
Holding for this
Title:  Holding for this
Description:  The lite power move was held here at Siloam for this move, the southbound L 102 dodger, which rolled through with the typical three units, and 66 cars.
Photo Date:  11/10/2022  Upload Date: 11/6/2022 5:02:10 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2830(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2831(GP40-3)
Views:  93   Comments: 1
Coming home
Title:  Coming home
Description:  The dodger, L 102, pauses by the Watts yard office before yarding his train. I heard the train blowing for the crossings in Siloam Springs, headed down here to see this view. It would be the first of three trains this afternoon, though the next one would be a while.
Photo Date:  5/2/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 4:56:11 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2019(GP38-2)
Views:  55   Comments: 1
Peeking out
Title:  Peeking out
Description:  The dodger, L 102, is waiting for a signal at Siloam, seen from the team yard along Lincoln Av
Photo Date:  5/26/2023  Upload Date: 5/27/2023 6:09:16 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2830(GP40-3)
Views:  68   Comments: 1
Sneaking up
Title:  Sneaking up
Description:  As the soutbound road train receded, the dodger was creeping up the siding next to Carl Holley Plumbing with the typcal three geeps
Photo Date:  8/18/2023  Upload Date: 9/2/2023 4:48:11 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2817(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
Views:  62   Comments: 1
Local power
Title:  Local power
Description:  When I got to Watts, the power for the dodger was in the yard, waiting on its next assignment, in this backlit shot..
Photo Date:  9/23/2023  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 6:46:31 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2805(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2809(GP40-3)
Views:  61   Comments: 2
Dodger
Title:  Dodger
Description:  My first effort was to shoot the "dodger," L 102, working McKee Foods-Little Debbie-at Gentry. This is a view from the Main St crossing. Theres a little color here.
Photo Date:  11/8/2023  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 6:26:00 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2809(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
Views:  57   Comments: 1
Pulling down
Title:  Pulling down
Description:  The dodger pulls out of the siding as it works the covered hoppers and tanks that McKee gets to make their taste treats.
Photo Date:  11/8/2023  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 6:29:18 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2809(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
Views:  67   Comments: 1
Little Debbie
Title:  Little Debbie
Description:  The dodgers power sits outside the plant entrance, whose view is marred by equipment from a local street project.
Photo Date:  11/8/2023  Upload Date: 11/12/2023 6:32:20 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2809(GP40-3) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
Views:  66   Comments: 1


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