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Two Siloam images
Title:  Two Siloam images
Description:  The dodgers power poses on the Kenwood St crossing in fronw of the Sager Creek Vegetable Co warehouse. Dont recongnize tht name?? They used to be Allen Canning, which was bought out of bankruptcy by an investment group about two years pqior.
Photo Date:  1/22/2016  Upload Date: 1/25/2016 3:44:24 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2912(GP40-3)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
Working in the shadows
Title:  Working in the shadows
Description:  The Watts dodger-he was referring to his train as 102 on the radio-was switching at Watts when I caught up to him. Thirty minutes earlier, Id have had him in good light.
Photo Date:  4/27/2016  Upload Date: 4/28/2016 3:26:36 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2912(GP40-3) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  869   Comments: 1
Another day, another local
Title:  Another day, another local
Description:  Actually, the same local, just in a different location. I caught todays dodger out of Watts at Davidson Rd north of Siloam in a spring like setting with the same power as yesterdays train. The power will be switched out over the weekend, when it goes to Heavener for servicing.
Photo Date:  4/28/2016  Upload Date: 4/29/2016 4:10:03 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2912(GP40-3) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Waiting at the office
Title:  Waiting at the office
Description:  The dodger has its crew on, and is entering the Watts yard. The ex CN widecan GP 40's look good in the Belle scheme.
Photo Date:  7/6/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:47:55 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  562   Comments: 2
At the office
Title:  At the office
Description:  The power and short train of L 102 sit at the Watts yard office waiting for the new crew to get on. Theyll work what train they have, and go south with any cars for customers on the line south of Watts.
Photo Date:  7/6/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:55:40 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
Dragging the hill
Title:  Dragging the hill
Description:  The profile on the Heavener Sub has a lot of up and down, though most of it is unremarked-Rich Mountain farther south gets all the attention, but there are some good pulls here, too. Such is the case here at Davidson Rd north of Siloam, where the tracks are coming out of long dip. The pull is taxing the three four motor units as they lug 66 cars south to Watts.
Photo Date:  7/7/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:24:47 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  664   Comments: 4
Rolling now
Title:  Rolling now
Description:  The L 102 train has crested the grade, and is now rolling its 66 cars closer to track speed as it passes the Cobb feed mill.
Photo Date:  7/7/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 5:39:39 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2913(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  568   Comments: 3
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:  423   Comments: 1
Working the pipes
Title:  Working the pipes
Description:  The Dodger that works out of Watts switches covered hoppers filled with plastic pellets at Pipelife Jetstream behind a trio of smaller units now in the Belle scheme.
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2015 2:15:58 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 1914(GP38-2) KCS 2968(GP40-3) KCS 2958(GP40-3)
Views:  1048   Comments: 0
Dodger under a cloud
Title:  Dodger under a cloud
Description:  The Watts Dodger is returning to its home base in Watts after working north for the afternoon, rolling out from under a tall storm cloud as it hustles 20 cars back to Watts. The crew in the empty coal train cooling its heels in the siding is glad to see them, as they can now resume their progress north.
Photo Date:  7/3/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2015 2:19:18 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2968(GP40-3) KCS 2958(GP40-3) KCS 1914(GP38-2)
Views:  915   Comments: 0
Relief
Title:  Relief
Description:  The Dodger meets the coal train, the second train they have waited for. It was not a long wait-the coal train was in the siding less than 30 minutes for a TXUX train and the local.
Photo Date:  7/3/2015  Upload Date: 7/5/2015 2:21:37 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2968(GP40-3) KCS 2958(GP40-3) UP 6498(AC44CW) UP 6629(AC44CW)
Views:  816   Comments: 0
Dodger arriving
Title:  Dodger arriving
Description:  We had run down to Watts to catch a couple of trains that were in Siloam when we were coming back from lunch. Diane got this shot of the dodger returning to base.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:00:37 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Dodging on in
Title:  Dodging on in
Description:  The dodger, based here in Watts, rolls in behind the 262/180, three units and all of two cars, as the northbound rolls away. CP 2313 has been here since last September.
Photo Date:  5/20/2025  Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:53:51 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2959(GP40-3) KCS 2969(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Rolling away and a local
Title:  Rolling away and a local
Description:  The empty grain move rolls past us, and looking north we see the dodger peeking out of the trees, working Little Debbie in the distance. Lots going on here today.
Photo Date:  5/30/2025  Upload Date: 6/3/2025 5:47:49 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4815(ES44AC) CP 8959(ES44AC) KCSM 4749(ES44AC) CP 8784(ES44AC) KCS 4013(SD70ACe) KCSM 4068(SD70ACe) KCS 2959(GP40-3)
Views:  33   Comments: 0
One frosty morn
Title:  One frosty morn
Description:  A pair of trains at the north end of Gentry on a day where the ice had formed on all the trees, making for a pretty photo, but somewhat hazardous driving. Fortunately, most of these events dont last long. The railroad, regardless of the weather, just keeps going.
Photo Date:  1/12/2007  Upload Date: 2/3/2017 4:58:16 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2963(GP40-3) KCS 4596(AC44CW)
Views:  987   Comments: 0
Into the curve
Title:  Into the curve
Description:  The H train is working through the 30 MPH curve, seen from adjacent US 59.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:49:40 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  600   Comments: 1
New view
Title:  New view
Description:  The US 59 widening project has meant some serious tree and brush clearing. One place that got it was the area around Chewey Rd, between MP 238 and 239. Prior to the project, it was treed in. Now its wide open, creating a shot I had wished existed for years. Here we have a southbound H train approaching the curve, and the following two shots as it makes its way through. This was taken right from the shoulder of US 59.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:44:46 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  712   Comments: 2
Out of the curve
Title:  Out of the curve
Description:  Third in the sequence of the southbound H train at Chewey Rd. It will be better when the road project is complete and I have more places to work with.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:52:34 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  633   Comments: 2
Picking up
Title:  Picking up
Description:  The H train makes his pick up from the Watts yard.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 4:57:04 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
Rolling to a meet
Title:  Rolling to a meet
Description:  Siloam Springs has become a popular place to meet trains and turn back crews. This H train is slowing as it passes Lincoln Av, about to meet a northbound AEPX train and swap crews. Everyone will be home tonight!!
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 3:54:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  510   Comments: 1
MP 237
Title:  MP 237
Description:  As the KCS goes south, it turns so that the tracks face southwest, then turn south through a sweeping curve at MP 237. Its adjacent to US 59, and an easy spot to work. The train starts south through the curve, making for a beautifully lit shot.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 5:06:27 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  548   Comments: 1
Throttling up
Title:  Throttling up
Description:  The H train pours on the juice as it gets 112 cars rolling out of Watts.
Photo Date:  8/4/2016  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 5:12:58 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4782(ES44AC) KCS 4865(ES44AC) KCS 2963(GP40-3)
Views:  542   Comments: 1
Y City
Title:  Y City
Description:  Ironically, Y City Rd is not anywhere near the town of that name, which is down near Mena. But, we have an H train rolling south at Y City Rd in the late day sun. Hes still struggling to get his 100 plus cars over the rise just south of Decatur at MP 219.
Photo Date:  1/22/2016  Upload Date: 1/25/2016 3:47:30 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  InCab,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4853(ES44AC) KCS 4813(ES44AC) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
Ballard Creek
Title:  Ballard Creek
Description:  One of the benefits of the US 59 widening project has been brush cutting between the road and railroad, opening up some views, such as this one at Ballard Creek.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:10:33 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  871   Comments: 1
Mostly dry now
Title:  Mostly dry now
Description:  A week ago, this was a raging torrent due to the almost ten inches of rain that fell between Friday night and Sunday. The creek bed has been washed over, but the bridge remains as steady as it has always been, the six units and 114 cars of the H train rolling across at speed.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:15:10 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  838   Comments: 1
Leaning to the curve
Title:  Leaning to the curve
Description:  The best spot cleared of foliage by the US 59 project is here at Chewie Rd, where there is a fairly tight S curve. The southbound H train rolls into it, seen from the shoulder of the US 59 southbound side.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:20:12 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  759   Comments: 1
Rolling out of the curve
Title:  Rolling out of the curve
Description:  The H train is now fully into the curve at Chewie Rd, its power into the end of the curve as the train snakes behind.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/10/2017 4:55:48 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  805   Comments: 3
Rolling out
Title:  Rolling out
Description:  The H train waits for the ground man before heading south.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:25:31 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2964(GP40-3) KCS 2966(GP40-3)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
Belles and cows
Title:  Belles and cows
Description:  The H train rolls south past the cow pasture north of Westville.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 5:01:23 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  764   Comments: 1
Pick up
Title:  Pick up
Description:  The H train has the local power tucked in behind the road units, and is now picking up his southbound cars. The tank at far left is the remainder of the train, sitting in the controlled siding.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:33:55 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  860   Comments: 1
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  A wider view of the H train making its pick up shows the whole power consist, including the three GP 40s from the dodger. Two of the local units are in the Belle scheme, making an impressive looking set of power.
Photo Date:  5/6/2017  Upload Date: 5/9/2017 4:39:11 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4690(ES44AC) KCS 3938(SD70MAC) KCS 3942(SD70MAC) KCS 2954(GP40-2) KCS 2966(GP40-3) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  795   Comments: 1
View from the bridge
Title:  View from the bridge
Description:  The dodger, L 102, works at Pipelife Jetstream. Diane shot this from the car window with her phone.
Photo Date:  6/29/2015  Upload Date: 1/12/2020 4:19:44 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 1914(GP38-2) KCS 2968(GP40-3)
Views:  457   Comments: 2
Moving
Title:  Moving
Description:  The northbound M train is now rolling toward the signal, the oil train having cleared.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2023 5:24:41 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4698(ES44AC) KCSM 4529(AC44CW) KCS 5024(ET44AC) KCSM 4653(ES44AC) KCS 4180(SD70ACe) KCS 2973(GP40-3)
Views:  573   Comments: 1
Wider view
Title:  Wider view
Description:  The M train rolls past me at the entrance to the Tyson hatchery with six units and 59 cars. It will be the last photo I take today. Im looking forward to the longer days of spring and summer.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2023 5:39:03 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4698(ES44AC) KCSM 4529(AC44CW) KCS 5024(ET44AC) KCSM 4653(ES44AC) KCS 2973(GP40-3) KCS 4180(SD70ACe)
Views:  607   Comments: 2
Now he shows
Title:  Now he shows
Description:  After the light is gone. The northbound M train that the southbound oil train was waiting for showed about 15 minutes too late to get any sun on it. Hes approaching the SR 51 crossing in a lot of clutter
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/14/2023 5:03:18 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4698(ES44AC) KCSM 4529(AC44CW) KCS 5024(ET44AC) KCSM 4653(ES44AC) KCS 4180(SD70ACe) KCS 2973(GP40-3)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
Siloam Dodger
Title:  Siloam Dodger
Description:  Siloam Dodger works the Cobb feed mill
Photo Date:  4/4/2012  Upload Date: 4/5/2012 12:38:38 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 1915(GP38-2) KCS 2975(GP40-3)
Views:  1031   Comments: 0
Siloam Dodger
Title:  Siloam Dodger
Description:  The Siloam Dodger passes Davidson road as it heads south from Gentry to work the Cobb mill in Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  4/4/2012  Upload Date: 4/5/2012 12:36:11 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 1915(GP38-2) KCS 2975(GP40-3)
Views:  968   Comments: 0
New signals
Title:  New signals
Description:  KCS 1915 leads the Siloam Dodger through the new signals at CP North Siloam Springs
Photo Date:  4/4/2012  Upload Date: 4/5/2012 12:43:11 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 1915(GP38-2) KCS 2975(GP40-3)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
On the creek
Title:  On the creek
Description:  The northbound power set crosses Barren Fork Creek.
Photo Date:  7/16/2023  Upload Date: 8/6/2023 5:28:20 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4804(ES44AC) CP 9725(AC44CW) CP 7012(SD70ACU) KCS 4788(ES44AC) KCS 4737(GP40-3)
Views:  536   Comments: 2
Switching the pigs
Title:  Switching the pigs
Description:  A pair of GP 40s switches a pig flat at the east end of Richland yard
Photo Date:  5/18/1997  Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:25:47 AM
Location:  Richland, MS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4789(GP40-3) KCS 4791(GP40-3)
Views:  781   Comments: 1

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