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| Title: |
At the signal |
| Description: |
The M train passes the new signal at MP 250 in Baron. The sun doesnt come around to the west side of the train here in the winter, creating contrast between the well lit signal and nose of the engine, and the dark train. Interesting play of light and shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/21/2020 5:58:12 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
97 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Friday church |
| Description: |
The soutbound M train passes the attractive church, currently unoccupied, in Baron, rolling into a low winter sun. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/21/2020 6:05:09 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
108 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing shot |
| Description: |
Im not normally a big fan of the 3/4 wedge shot at a crossing, but it does have its appeal. This crossing is a couple of miles south of Baron, look for the welding shop sign, and turn left, there you are, and watch out for the chickens!! Southbound M train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/21/2020 6:08:18 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
109 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
One of those "no cigar" shots you see in Trains and Railroads of the Past. |
| Description: |
I had the shot of the southbound lined up to get him as soon as he passed through the home signals at the north end of Stilwell siding. While low light this time of year makes for a really attractive photo, it also puts some trackside items in places where they throw a shadow on the train. This one got me, a phone pole too close to the tracks, and it put a shadow on the nose. Try again next time. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/21/2020 6:16:37 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
143 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old mill |
| Description: |
This southbound M train rolls past the Grainger Feed Mill in Westville behind a solo ET44AH. Two more units are 104 cars deep in this 157 car train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/4/2020 Upload Date: 12/21/2020 5:50:58 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPUs with a surprise |
| Description: |
The DPU on the southbound has a BNSF unit, not unusual, but also a pair of KCS 5000 series ET44AHs, not so common to see a pair of them pushing a coal train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2021 Upload Date: 4/4/2021 5:43:09 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6119(ES44AC) KCS 5003(ET44AC) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
151 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lucky catch |
| Description: |
We had gone out for a drive to see the snow here in Arkansas and Oklahoma-funny, because Id never have done that in New York, but here its something of a novelty-and were coming north on US 59 from Westville, when I saw a headlight coming toward me just south of Watts. I was able to set up at the curve just south of Chewie Rd-not the new sign, right at the best point in the curve-and get a couple of shots of this southbound grain train. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:33:33 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
68 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Into the curve |
| Description: |
The grain train has moved into the curve, as we see in this wider view, its 100 cars snaking along US 59. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:37:29 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Touch of wiinter |
| Description: |
Despite getting an 8" snowfall a couple of days earlier, strong sun and warmer than forecast temperatures have melted a lot of the snow. Theres a little left, and we see the southbound grain train throwing a shadow on the remaining drift at the E 680 road crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:45:01 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
62 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close but no cigar |
| Description: |
TRP magazine runs a sporadic feature called "Close But No Cigar," which is a photo or two of a train where some element was flubbed in some way. This one is a nice shot of a southbound grain train, but with a cell tower right behind the train, detracting from what would otherwise be a good shot of a train with a crossbuck in late day sun at a rural crossing. We rely on our phones so seriously these days, but sometimes the required infrastructure can be intruding. So it goes. |
| Photo Date: |
2/5/2022 Upload Date: 2/12/2022 5:53:34 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4125(SD70ACe) KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
And a DPU |
| Description: |
Almost all of these trains get a DPU these days, and this one is no exception. ET 44AH is pushing today on the rear of a train that had |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2022 Upload Date: 5/9/2022 4:01:10 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5007(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
90 Comments: 1 |
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