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| Title: |
Lucky 13 |
| Description: |
The westbound Sunset Limited rolls through the sagebrush between Alpine and El Paso |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2001 Upload Date: 7/15/2012 2:26:18 AM |
| Location: |
Sierra Blanca, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 13(P42DC) |
| Views: |
629 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Illini |
| Description: |
One of the Carbondale trains makes its stop at Centralia |
| Photo Date: |
4/9/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:33:20 AM |
| Location: |
Centralia, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 19(P42DC) |
| Views: |
541 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lake Shore late again |
| Description: |
A late Lake Shore Limited rolls through CP 293 approaching its stop in Syracuse, where it will arrive in less than three minutes. |
| Photo Date: |
4/14/2002 Upload Date: 10/12/2013 11:47:29 PM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 92(P42DC) AMTK 50(P42DC) |
| Views: |
831 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Missouri Mule |
| Description: |
One of the St Louis trains rolls north toward Chicago as seen from I 55 in a hold up the camera and pray shot. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/2000 Upload Date: 2/17/2014 1:28:42 AM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 51(P42DC) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heartland to Texas |
| Description: |
We made a trip to OKC and the Wichita Mountains NWA in mid July. In OKC, we stayed at the Omni, which was a nice hotel, and we had a great view from the 16th floor. The downside is, that the light is on the wrong side in the morning, so the view of the departing Heartland Flyer is dark side. So it goes.... |
| Photo Date: |
7/18/2024 Upload Date: 8/4/2024 6:30:55 AM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 54(P42DC) AMTK 134(P42DC) |
| Views: |
39 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Broadway on the bridge |
| Description: |
Amtraks Broadway Limited crosses the Rockville Bridge as it approaches Harrisburg. |
| Photo Date: |
6/2/2002 Upload Date: 10/5/2013 11:39:17 PM |
| Location: |
Marysville, PA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 188(P42DC) AMTK 58(P42DC) |
| Views: |
621 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Turning |
| Description: |
One of the Amtrak Missouri!River Runner trains has dropped its passengers at KC Union Station and is now turning the train for the departure to St Louis, making its back up move through Santa Fe Jct to return to Union Station |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/5/2014 2:07:19 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 59(P42DC) |
| Views: |
168 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pulling around |
| Description: |
Amtraks Missouri River Runner comes around the connection at Santa Fe Jct as it turns its train to return to St Louis. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/5/2014 2:10:58 AM |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 59(P42DC) AMTK 59(P42DC) |
| Views: |
134 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Southwest Chief |
| Description: |
The Southwest Chief heads east from La Plata Mo |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2010 Upload Date: 1/23/2011 8:52:30 PM |
| Location: |
La Plata, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 68(P42DC) |
| Views: |
249 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lake Shore |
| Description: |
Train 48-actually, 48/448 here, the Boston section will split at Albany-makes its stop at Utica with a pair of GEs in charge. |
| Photo Date: |
5/12/2004 Upload Date: 10/26/2017 5:02:52 AM |
| Location: |
Utica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 98(P42DC) AMTK 73(P42DC) |
| Views: |
554 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Lake Shore |
| Description: |
Or more likely, the Late Shore. The train should have been passing this point around 8 AM, this was obviously taken much later in the day. |
| Photo Date: |
8/3/2000 Upload Date: 1/23/2014 1:40:51 AM |
| Location: |
Syracuse, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 76(P42DC) AMTK 387(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
755 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Maple Leaf |
| Description: |
GEs now hold sway where once legions of F 40s ruled. Train 63, the Maple Leaf to Toronto, arrives at Utica. |
| Photo Date: |
5/12/2004 Upload Date: 10/26/2017 5:05:55 AM |
| Location: |
Utica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 110(P42DC) |
| Views: |
258 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Maple Leaf |
| Description: |
Amtraks Maple Leaf is in full cry for Toronto as it blows through Weedsport with a typical five car consist. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2004 Upload Date: 9/18/2017 4:41:52 AM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 110(P42DC) |
| Views: |
315 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming from afar |
| Description: |
One of the things I wanted to do was get a shot of the Southwest Chief while in the Albuquerque area. The timing was good to catch it at Rio Puerco, about 35 miles west of town, and more convenient to my host, who lives in Belen. Plus, there was the added attraction of a scenic spot. The westbound Chief rolls toward Rio Puerco across the scrub, the Sandia Mountains looming in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/8/2023 6:08:52 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
50 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Between the signals |
| Description: |
Amtrak #3 passes between the eastbound home signals at Rio Puerco. A few miles farther east, the line splits, the north track going to the Laguna Sub toward Albuquerque, the south track, the Gallup Sub, going to Belen, which carries almost all of the freight traffic. The dispatcher moved him to the south track at Dalies, 6 1/2 miles to the east, well see why in a moment. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/8/2023 6:18:28 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
53 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Opening up |
| Description: |
The GEs open up the throttle, giving us a little smoke as they accelerate through the interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/8/2023 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
57 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pouring it on |
| Description: |
Its not a Santa Fe PA, but the two Amtrak GEs are doing a good impression as they notch out after passing Rio Puercos interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/8/2023 6:37:28 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
57 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Close up view |
| Description: |
It seems almost pointless to use a wide angle view out west, the scenery is so vast. But this does offer a close up look at the six car Southwest Chief as it rolls on west, next stop Gallup, behind a pair of GEs |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:29:59 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
71 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All of it |
| Description: |
The entire consist of the westbound Chief heads west on the south track, as the eastbound approaches the interlocking. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:41:12 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) BNSF 7832(ES44DC) UP 6005(AC44CWCTE) BNSF 7708(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
114 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak and a waiting stack |
| Description: |
Amtrak #3 has passed me, and now meets a waiting eastbound stack train as it enters the grade separation to the west. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2023 Upload Date: 11/24/2023 4:03:54 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unexpected |
| Description: |
Amtrak has a tracker that allows the user to see the locations of all the trains in its system. Two days after our first visit to Rio Puerco, the tracker showed eastbound #4 as five hours late. This was unexpected, but allowed me to get a shot of the train as it raced toward Albuquerque late in the afternoon. Here it is, rolling past on the north track with the same power it had going west two days earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/25/2023 6:13:09 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
69 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Amtrak #4 |
| Description: |
I did not expect to see the eastbound Chief, since it was scheduled into Albuquerque before noon, and we usually lingered over breakfast. On the 18th, the tracking site showed it was delayed out in Arizona, and was about five hours late. We went out to Rio Puerco to shoot freights, with the thought in mind we might catch it. We did; it showed about 30 minutes after we arrived, amidst a parade of seven freights. Heres #4 approaching Rio Puerco on the north track. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:50:01 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
53 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A little closer |
| Description: |
The Chief closes in on our position at Rio Puerco behind the same two GEs it went west with two days prior, and six cars. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:54:15 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
75 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big sky |
| Description: |
Montana doesnt have a lock on big sky. Theyre everywhere out here. Amtrak #4 rolls east under a tall cloud. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 5:55:57 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
76 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wide view, big sky |
| Description: |
I shortened up on the lens as the train passed, getting a big hunk of sky as it rolled by. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/25/2023 6:18:33 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) |
| Views: |
105 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
The meet |
| Description: |
When we arrived at Rio Puerco, the stack train in the distance was holding on the south track beyond the interlocking. Amtrak has crossed over to the north track, and is now on its way to the Glorieta Sub at Isleta, and beyond to Albuquerque. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/25/2023 6:24:57 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) BNSF 6756(ES44C4) BNSF 7361(ES44DC) BNSF 9790(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
The meet |
| Description: |
The Chief meets a westbound stack, holding on the south track. Hell disappear behind the stacker, and take the north track to Dalies, then the Glorieta Sub to Albuquerque. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:03:36 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 154(P42DC) BNSF 6756(ES44C4) BNSF 7361(ES44DC) BNSF 9790(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
114 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Chief |
| Description: |
Amtrak #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, splits the signals at Rio Puerco behind yet another pair of P 42s. I was hoping for a Charger, but it was not to be. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:07:32 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 192(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) |
| Views: |
54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound |
| Description: |
Amtrak 3, more or less on time, rolls through the eastbound signls at Rio Puerco |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/25/2023 6:29:54 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 192(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) |
| Views: |
66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Closer |
| Description: |
The Chief rolls past our position at the crossing, headed for Gallup. The late afternoon clouds have started to move in, and well be dodging shadows the rest of the day. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 11/25/2023 6:34:02 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 192(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
The Chief rolls past our position on Landfill Rd as it heads west. The clouds were moving in by this point, not unusual in the afternoon this time of year. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2023 Upload Date: 10/9/2023 6:09:33 AM |
| Location: |
Rio Puerco, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 192(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) |
| Views: |
62 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Lake Shore |
| Description: |
The Lake Shore Limited, behind a pair of GEs, is about 25 minutes out of Syracuse on the ex NY Central. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2006 Upload Date: 11/4/2012 12:43:24 AM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 194(P42DC) AMTK 206(P42DC) |
| Views: |
588 Comments: 0 |
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