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4/19/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Signals
Title:  Signals
Description:  The coal train passes the new signal at MP 250. Theres even a hint of color to the right of the signal, in what has been a lackluster year for fall foliage.
Photo Date:  10/22/2020  Upload Date: 10/26/2020 5:35:37 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6103(ES44AC) UP 8949(SD70AH)
Views:  244   Comments: 1
Coming on
Title:  Coming on
Description:  A southbound TXUX train approaches a crossing north of Westville as it makes steady southward progress. Looks like it borrowed from the competition to get this train over the road!!
Photo Date:  10/22/2020  Upload Date: 10/26/2020 5:00:39 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8949(SD70AH) BNSF 6103(ES44AC)
Views:  333   Comments: 4
Lucky catch
Title:  Lucky catch
Description:  I was taking recyclables up to the transfer station, which means I need to cross the KCS at Lincoln Av. I looked down the track to see a pair of lights. Its Saturday, not likely to be a track car out. A moment later, the top light of the three popped out from under the Cheri Whitlock Dr overpass. I swung around into the empty lot at Tahlequah St for this last light shot of a 125 car TXUX coal train headed for Texas, where they could use the power right now. That white stuff on the ground?? Snow. We had about 10 over the last week, though today the temperature is in the mid 40's, and a lot of it has melted.
Photo Date:  2/20/2021  Upload Date: 2/22/2021 5:07:49 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6228(ES44AC) BNSF 6103(ES44AC)
Views:  202   Comments: 2
Mixed freight
Title:  Mixed freight
Description:  This mixed freight was yarding his train at Bridgeport
Photo Date:  9/19/2011  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 1:34:26 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5709(AC44CW) BNSF 6104(ES44AC)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Back to the mine
Title:  Back to the mine
Description:  The ex Frisco from Memphis to Kansas City is a big route for coal trains from the southeast. Here, one heads west going back to the mines for more coal.
Photo Date:  6/14/2008  Upload Date: 8/4/2016 4:31:41 AM
Location:  Diggins, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6107(ES44AC) BNSF 6188(ES44AC) BNSF 9395(SD70ACe) BNSF 9654(SD70MAC)
Views:  716   Comments: 1
Passing him up
Title:  Passing him up
Description:  A merchandise train rolls west past the stopped coal empty. For as much revenue as coal brings in, sometimes its at the bottom of the barrel.
Photo Date:  6/14/2008  Upload Date: 8/4/2016 4:37:57 AM
Location:  Diggins, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6107(ES44AC) BNSF 7777(ES44DC) NS 9133(C40-9W)
Views:  522   Comments: 16777217
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The light favored southward looking power. Fortunately, this train had left the lead units on that end of the train, giving us this nicely lit view of a DPU as the train passed the old lumber yard siding at Gravette.
Photo Date:  2/9/2023  Upload Date: 2/16/2023 4:51:58 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6108(ES44AC) BNSF 6140(ES44AC)
Views:  137   Comments: 2
Through the trees
Title:  Through the trees
Description:  Recent rains-some places got over 3"-had swollen a number of local watercourses. In this case, Butler Creek had surged, washing out some of the trees and debris that cluttered the stream bank. Most of the trees on the one side remained, though there was enough clear to get a shot of the DPU on this northbound coal train under the bluffs.
Photo Date:  2/9/2023  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 5:21:56 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6140(ES44AC) BNSF 6108(ES44AC)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
High water
Title:  High water
Description:  on a low water bridge. Kings Highway is submerged at the low water crossing south of Noel as the DPU from the empty TXUX train passes.
Photo Date:  2/9/2023  Upload Date: 2/17/2023 5:51:57 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6140(ES44AC) BNSF 6108(ES44AC)
Views:  119   Comments: 2
Southbound TXUX train
Title:  Southbound TXUX train
Description:  A southbound TXUX train passes through the small community of Baron, and its church on the hill.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 1:55:32 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6119(ES44AC) KCS 4582(AC44CW) NREX 8401(SD40-2) CITX 3054(SD40-2)
Views:  723   Comments: 1
Southbound TXUX coal
Title:  Southbound TXUX coal
Description:  A southbound Texas Gulf Utilities train approches Stilwell behind a mix of "brand name" and lease power.
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 1:52:55 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6119(ES44AC) KCS 4582(AC44CW) NREX 8401(SD40-2) CITX 3054(SD40-2)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
Across the fields
Title:  Across the fields
Description:  Southbound TXUX coal train seen from US 59 in a pastoral scene
Photo Date:  1/21/2012  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 2:00:53 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6119(ES44AC) KCS 4582(AC44CW) NREX 8401(SD40-2) CITX 3054(SD40-2)
Views:  715   Comments: 0
DPUs with a surprise
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:  338   Comments: 0
Coming on down
Title:  Coming on down
Description:  The northbound TXUX train is fully in the siding as the AEPX loads come south on the main.
Photo Date:  1/25/2020  Upload Date: 1/28/2020 4:15:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8585(SD70ACe) UP 6577(AC44CW) BNSF 9093(SD70ACe) BNSF 6122(ES44AC)
Views:  375   Comments: 4
Side by each
Title:  Side by each
Description:  The loads and empties are side by side, each represented by a different roads set of power.
Photo Date:  1/25/2020  Upload Date: 1/28/2020 4:20:42 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8585(SD70ACe) UP 6577(AC44CW) BNSF 9093(SD70ACe) BNSF 6122(ES44AC)
Views:  471   Comments: 3
DPU going away
Title:  DPU going away
Description:  The DPU on this empty TXUX train recedes toward Gravette.
Photo Date:  11/1/2019  Upload Date: 11/6/2019 3:53:40 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6125(ES44AC) BNSF 9005(SD70ACe)
Views:  269   Comments: 2
Into the woods
Title:  Into the woods
Description:  The DPU on a northbound TXUX empty train rolls into the trees having cleared the crossing at Davidson Rd.
Photo Date:  11/1/2019  Upload Date: 11/6/2019 3:56:35 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6125(ES44AC) BNSF 9005(SD70ACe)
Views:  252   Comments: 2
Old and new
Title:  Old and new
Description:  Northbound empty TXUX trains DPU passes the KCS caboose on display at Gravette. The caboose appears to be getting a new coat of paint.
Photo Date:  11/1/2019  Upload Date: 11/6/2019 3:59:23 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6125(ES44AC)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
DPU and low water
Title:  DPU and low water
Description:  The rear end of the northbound TXUX train passes Butler Creek, flowing over Kings Highway. Its not as bad as it looks; school buses were driving through it, at least two while I was there.
Photo Date:  11/1/2019  Upload Date: 11/6/2019 4:03:06 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6125(ES44AC) BNSF 9005(SD70ACe)
Views:  258   Comments: 3
By the grain bins
Title:  By the grain bins
Description:  A southbound 125 car TXUX coal train passes grain bins from a small feed mill as it reaches downtown Westville.
Photo Date:  3/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 3:32:42 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6126(ES44AC) BNSF 9361(SD70ACe)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
Another one parked
Title:  Another one parked
Description:  It was not a good day to be a westbound on the former Frisco this day. Heres one of at least three westbounds stashed in sidings between Memphis and Walnut Ridge
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 2:44:32 AM
Location:  Marked Tree, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4418(C44-9W) BNSF 6140(ES44AC)
Views:  519   Comments: 1
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  Sometimes I can hear trains all the way from Watts, though usually not til they get closer to me in Siloam Springs. I heard what sounded like a northbound climbing the hill, but a quick ride around town yielded no train. I headed up to Davidson Rd to see what was going on, and found a southbound oil train on the crossing. I made a quick turn, and beat it for Watts. The oil train had gone through, no surprise there, but had met this coal train there. I caught it on the Illinois River bridge in cruddy light. Still a pretty shot, though.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 5:33:34 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6141(ES44AC) KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 4160(SD70ACe) KCS 4139(SD70ACe) UP 7164(AC44CW) UP 8105(AC45CCTE) KCS 4591(AC44CW) KCS 4701(ES44AC)
Views:  358   Comments: 2
Caught up
Title:  Caught up
Description:  I ran to catch the coal train one more time, mostly to get the engine numbers, since there were a lot of them, a total of six heading north. KCS must have been using this train to balance power. Typically, there are not nearly this many units on one train.
Photo Date:  1/6/2023  Upload Date: 1/12/2023 5:41:13 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6141(ES44AC) KCS 4599(AC44CW) KCS 4160(SD70ACe) KCS 4139(SD70ACe) UP 7164(AC44CW) UP 8105(AC45CCTE) KCS 4591(AC44CW) KCS 4701(ES44AC)
Views:  387   Comments: 2
Second round
Title:  Second round
Description:  I figured, as long as Im here, hang a few minutes to see if something else shows, the Transcon being the racetrack it is. Sure enough ten minutes later, here comes another stack, this time five units rolling 113 stack platforms east at a rapid pace. Didnt catch a westbound, but not bad for ten minutes.
Photo Date:  10/23/2024  Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:48:58 AM
Location:  Quinlan, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6143(ES44AC) BNSF 7074(ES44C4) BNSF 7756(ES44DC) BNSF 3951(ET44C4) BNSF 8246(ES44C4)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Out of the sun
Title:  Out of the sun
Description:  There is a small pull off with a historical marker along US 60 at Silio, where I stopped for a brief break. While there, an eastbound appeared out of the sinking sun with three units and 180 or so cars silhouetted against the landscape, which was now starting to show the mountainous terrain after miles of open plains. I'd spend til Monday morning with friends in Belen, then start my return. Photos from the two days in Belen are in the Two Mornings at Belen album.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:43:51 AM
Location:  Silio, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7996(ES44C4) BNSF 5038(C44-9W) BNSF 6145(ES44AC)
Views:  133   Comments: 1
Coal train south
Title:  Coal train south
Description:  A southbound TXUX train rolls between the signals at North Siloam Springs
Photo Date:  6/19/2012  Upload Date: 6/24/2012 2:31:21 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9176(SD70ACe) BNSF 6146(ES44AC)
Views:  525   Comments: 1
Passing the tower
Title:  Passing the tower
Description:  An empty TXUX train passes the Siloam Springs water tank as it approaches Lincoln Av. The southbound H train occupies the siding.
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 2:32:29 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6148(ES44AC) BNSF 9761(SD70MAC)
Views:  708   Comments: 1
Twilight on the high plains
Title:  Twilight on the high plains
Description:  We were headed for Amarillo recently, rolling along US 60 as the sun got lower and lower. Diane grabbed this out the window of our RV as we met this eastbound.
Photo Date:  4/5/2018  Upload Date: 4/12/2018 4:34:37 AM
Location:  White Deer, TX
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Night,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6148(ES44AC)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
Tall order
Title:  Tall order
Description:  This 80 car westbound has just met an eastbound and is now underway past the tall Stillwater>Milling elevator in a quintessential midwestern scene.
Photo Date:  9/10/2016  Upload Date: 9/11/2016 4:18:12 AM
Location:  Claremore, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6156(ES44AC) BNSF 6264(ES44AC)
Views:  342   Comments: 2
New Citi power
Title:  New Citi power
Description:  A northbound behind a new Citirail GE rolls through Siloam Springs on July 4th woth an empty coal train
Photo Date:  7/4/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 2:57:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CREX 1343(ES44AC) BNSF 6157(ES44AC)
Views:  467   Comments: 2
Later that day
Title:  Later that day
Description:  Later on that afternoon, I heard a horn, which turned out to be this 114 car empty northbound TXUX train, seen approaching Tahlequah St. KCS was obviously using the move to shuttle lite power north, judging by the nine units.
Photo Date:  11/1/2024  Upload Date: 1/27/2025 6:36:01 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8996(SD70ACe) BNSF 6169(ES44AC) KCS 5014(ET44AC) BNSF 9792(SD70MAC) KCS 4168(SD70ACe) BNSF 6845(ES44C4) KCS 4011(SD70ACe) CP 8919(ES44AC) KCSM 4079(SD70ACe)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Speed sign
Title:  Speed sign
Description:  The 112 car coal train rolls past the speed sign in downtown Gravette, there to advise of the speed restriction for the hard curve under the Ark 72 bridge, and then a long downgrade into Sulphur Springs. MP 210 is in the shadow to the right of the train.
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 5:14:03 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Cleaned up
Title:  Cleaned up
Description:  I liked the shot here, because there was an old switch stand, and the remnants of an old customer siding here, that gave the shot some railroad feel. KCS has been doing some work on the line. The old siding and its switch stand are now gone. I have not been up here in a couple of months, but Im guessing they did this some time in the past 60 days or so. They have also removed the switches from the non controlled siding at Siloam Springs, which I dont understand, since it was used often to drop cuts of grain cars til they were needed.
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 5:22:10 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
I think I can
Title:  I think I can
Description:  Deactur is in the middle of a 1.5% grade that crests about a mile south of the station. The coal train struggles to get up the hill, his head end peeking around the curve at Roller St as he slowly comes through town.
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 5:58:10 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  135   Comments: 1
Comparison in styles
Title:  Comparison in styles
Description:  The modern era SD 70ACe contrasts with an old classic
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 6:19:14 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A)
Views:  206   Comments: 1
Detecting
Title:  Detecting
Description:  The coal train rolls through the detector at MP 218.4
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 6:38:43 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
Over the top
Title:  Over the top
Description:  The coal train finally reaches the top of the grade, and is now tipping over the edge, and gaining speed as he rolls for Gentry
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/25/2024 6:46:50 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  117   Comments: 1
Coal south
Title:  Coal south
Description:  The coal train was making decent time, and got to North Gentry quickly. I got the shot just north of the signal, a pretty basic 3/4 photo.
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/26/2024 5:55:11 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
Meeting the northbound
Title:  Meeting the northbound
Description:  The coal train rolls away from me, about to pass the 261 in the siding. I went back up to Y City Rd, about three miles north, where there would be a good sun angle, hoping to get the WW II unit, but they were holding the 261. After waiting almost two hours for the coal train, it didnt look promising, and I had to get home, Next time through...
Photo Date:  8/17/2024  Upload Date: 8/26/2024 6:15:43 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC) CP 9379(ES44AC)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
Northbound empties
Title:  Northbound empties
Description:  A northbound empty TXUX train climbs out of the Illioois River valley at Elm St south of Siloam
Photo Date:  9/11/2011  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 12:36:02 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6181(ES44AC) BNSF 9246(SD70ACe) UP 6698(AC44CW) KCS 3968(SD70MAC)
Views:  952   Comments: 2
DPU rolling east
Title:  DPU rolling east
Description:  The DPU on the eastbound in the previous shot rolls past me as it makes its way east, the orange nose catching the late day sun.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:51:51 AM
Location:  Silio, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6187(ES44AC)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
Empty DPU and loads
Title:  Empty DPU and loads
Description:  The northbound has pulled up so the end of the train is in the clear, and the southbound has the signal and is moving past the empty trains DPU.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 4:40:25 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6195(ES44AC)
Views:  730   Comments: 2
Out from under
Title:  Out from under
Description:  The northbounds DPU has cleared the overpass, stopped momentarily as southbound clears the north end of the siding.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 4:43:01 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6195(ES44AC) BNSF 8999(SD70ACe)
Views:  855   Comments: 3
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The southbound loaded train has now cleared, and the northbound pulls away, the DPU passing Main St and the Curran Feed Store.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 4:49:35 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6195(ES44AC)
Views:  720   Comments: 4
DPUs on the move
Title:  DPUs on the move
Description:  The DPUs from both trains meet just north of the Ark 12 overpass. The empty trains a lot of times get only one unit, and sometimes dont get any, with all the power up front. The current practice on loaded trains is to run them 2x3 on the Heavener Sub, so we have a pair of KCS units tacked on behind the BNSF DPU that came from Wyoming.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 4:53:24 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6195(ES44AC) BNSF 9893(SD70MAC) KCS 4026(SD70ACe) KCS 3961(SD70MAC)
Views:  787   Comments: 3
Side by side
Title:  Side by side
Description:  The loaded train has now come south, passing the DPU on the empty train, at right.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/8/2016 4:56:45 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8999(SD70ACe) BNSF 9368(SD70ACe) BNSF 6195(ES44AC)
Views:  1014   Comments: 4
Holding
Title:  Holding
Description:  On our way up from Denver,, wed seen this baretable train of heavy duty flats holding in Henderson. I wasnt able to get the meet of this train and the southbound, but here he is starting up now that the intermodal has cleared.
Photo Date:  4/8/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:10:40 AM
Location:  Henderson, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6197(ES44AC) UP 3806(SD70M)
Views:  5   Comments: 0
On his way
Title:  On his way
Description:  The baretable train rolls north past an automatic, the southbound distant signal on the same mast, as it gets moving toward Cheyenne with its 32 flats.
Photo Date:  4/8/2025  Upload Date: 4/16/2025 6:13:28 AM
Location:  Brighton, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6197(ES44AC) UP 3806(SD70M)
Views:  4   Comments: 0
Long wait
Title:  Long wait
Description:  After the better part of an hour, finally this southbound Texas Gulf Utilities train showed, seen here coming off the Illinois River bridge, approaching the north switch for Watts siding.
Photo Date:  5/2/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:06:00 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC)
Views:  130   Comments: 2
Round the curve
Title:  Round the curve
Description:  I caught up with the coal train just south of the yard office, getting this shot of it coming around the sweeping curve at MP 237, the second unit, a Grinstein SD 70, now in view. Id see two of these now hard to find units today(actually three, the second coal train had one that had been repainted.)
Photo Date:  5/2/2023  Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:14:50 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC)
Views:  121   Comments: 1


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