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| Title: |
UP on the Rock Island |
| Description: |
We head west for the next couple of sets, taken on a trip to Denver in August and September. The first set is of a westbound UP train on the former Rock Island Golden State Route, along US 54 from Greensburg Kan to a town called Bloom. Two units have 123 stack platforms in hand, making their way toward El Paso and the ex SP. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/14/2022 5:53:05 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) UP 5699(AC44CWCTE) |
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56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rural scene |
| Description: |
What could more define middle America than a John Deere tractor and a grain elevator?? Westbound stack passes these midwest icons on a Monday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/14/2022 5:54:42 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) UP 5699(AC44CWCTE) |
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74 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Back onto the main |
| Description: |
I caught up to the train again at Bloom, Kan, where he was clearing the west end of the siding there. I keep trying to picture this with a set of battered Rock GEs, or GP 35s. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/14/2022 5:59:06 AM |
| Location: |
Bloom, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) UP 5699(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Theyre everywhere |
| Description: |
Many towns have grain elevators out here, not surprising given that this is wheat country. Quite a few of the smaller town elevators are no longer rail served, due to the economics of unit trains. This one still had a siding, so perhaps its still an active rail customer. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/14/2022 6:01:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bloom, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) UP 5699(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
108 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
long tall line |
| Description: |
The double stacks heading west into the sun make an impresswive sight as the train rolls away from me. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/15/2022 5:05:38 AM |
| Location: |
Bloom, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) |
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30 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the sunset |
| Description: |
The westbound rolls away from me into a Kansas evening. Theres still a siding switch here for the elevator. MP 363 is from Kansas City. I had to give up on the chase here, as there was a detour on US 54 that took me away from the tracks, from Minneola to Meade via US 283 and 160. Oh well. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/2022 Upload Date: 9/15/2022 5:21:54 AM |
| Location: |
Bloom, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9046(SD70AH) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 2 |
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