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Unusual power for a coal train
Title:  Unusual power for a coal train
Description:  A loaded TXUX train heads through Gravette behind a pair of TFM units bracketing a BNSF unit.
Photo Date:  9/1/2007  Upload Date: 10/6/2012 11:44:09 PM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1601(SD70MAC) BNSF 5605(AC44CW) TFM 1608(SD70MAC)
Views:  778   Comments: 0
Making the grade
Title:  Making the grade
Description:  A southbound TXUX train rolls 125 cars into Gravette very slowly, but gaining speed as it wins the battle coming up the hill from Sulphur Springs.
Photo Date:  9/1/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 5:01:05 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1601(SD70MAC) BNSF 5605(AC44CW) TFM 1608(SD70MAC)
Views:  586   Comments: 1
Grain DPUs
Title:  Grain DPUs
Description:  The southbound grain trains DPUs roll past the signals at North Siloam
Photo Date:  1/25/2020  Upload Date: 1/28/2020 3:49:22 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4815(ES44AC) BNSF 5605(AC44CW)
Views:  109   Comments: 2
Glint light
Title:  Glint light
Description:  The sun glints off the grain train as it rolls away south.
Photo Date:  1/25/2020  Upload Date: 1/28/2020 3:57:38 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5605(AC44CW) KCS 4815(ES44AC)
Views:  118   Comments: 2
Away in the gloom
Title:  Away in the gloom
Description:  After the head end passed, I moved back to the road to get this going away shot of the DPUs. Not bad for an overcast shot, but would have liked sun a lot better.
Photo Date:  1/25/2020  Upload Date: 1/28/2020 4:55:29 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5605(AC44CW) KCS 4815(ES44AC)
Views:  101   Comments: 2
DPUs too
Title:  DPUs too
Description:  Even with six units up front, there were still DPUs, in this case a pair of BNSF units that likely led the train on its southward journey.
Photo Date:  6/24/2021  Upload Date: 6/28/2021 5:30:46 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5608(AC44CW) BNSF 5696(AC44CW)
Views:  109   Comments: 1
Down in the hole
Title:  Down in the hole
Description:  We beat him to Mt Olive Rd, north of Dorsey siding, and got a shot of the head end, a fully North American consist if ever there was one. Four units and 133 cars roll north.
Photo Date:  1/30/2024  Upload Date: 2/2/2024 5:59:46 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4712(ES44AC) BNSF 5612(AC44CW) CP 8025(AC4400CWM) CP 8160(AC4400CWM)
Views:  36   Comments: 1
Meet south of town
Title:  Meet south of town
Description:  South of Ft Scott, the line to Afton, OK diverges from the line to Springfield MO. The day we were there, it seemed every meet that could happen was going on there. Two trains pass here south of downtown.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 6/28/2019 5:15:11 AM
Location:  Fort Scott, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5616(AC44CW) BNSF 9580(SD70MAC) BNSF 6257(ES44AC)
Views:  219   Comments: 2
They aint all scenic wonders
Title:  They aint all scenic wonders
Description:  One of the great things about taking US 60 east out of Amarillo is that the road follows the tracks, within sight, pretty much all the way to Pampa. Its not always terribly scenic, but you do see a lot of trains. Mostly, I just pull to the side and grab a shot, since chasing is out of the question, even with the Texas 75 MPH speed limit. This westbound was splitting the signals at Cuyler, five units leading.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:22:24 AM
Location:  Cuyler, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7171(ES44C4) BNSF 4673(C44-9W) BNSF 5620(AC44CW) BNSF 4053(C44-9W)
Views:  50   Comments: 1
Going home
Title:  Going home
Description:  The DPU on a northbound empty TXUX train rolls backward through the signals at CP North Siloam Springs on its way to Wyoming.
Photo Date:  6/7/2008  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 2:18:28 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5621(AC44CW)
Views:  451   Comments: 1
Empties north
Title:  Empties north
Description:  An empty TXUX train passes the signal at the Decatur station.
Photo Date:  7/20/2008  Upload Date: 8/13/2016 5:07:13 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9394(SD70ACe) BNSF 5621(AC44CW)
Views:  270   Comments: 1
Southbound coal
Title:  Southbound coal
Description:  A TXUX coal train rolls 125 cars south at Davidson Rd, about to enter Siloam Springs. This is a great spot to shoot the action any time of day for a southbound, and northbounds can be done early and late. Theres a defect detector just south of the crossing that will announce train direction, speed, and axle count, which is really helpful.
Photo Date:  5/31/2007  Upload Date: 7/3/2016 5:13:55 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5755(ES44AC) BNSF 5628(AC44CW) TFM 1673(SD70MAC)
Views:  583   Comments: 1
Oil on the Frisco
Title:  Oil on the Frisco
Description:  I was on my way to Wichita, and caught this 88 car oil move on the ex Frisco line from Ft Scott to Afton OK. Just dumb luck as I pulled up to a crossing.
Photo Date:  12/29/2006  Upload Date: 2/3/2017 3:54:38 AM
Location:  Cherokee, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6103(ES44AC) BNSF 6006(ES44AC) BNSF 5732(ES44AC) BNSF 5631(AC44CW)
Views:  488   Comments: 2
Rare sight
Title:  Rare sight
Description:  The KCS had 70 of these SD70MACs lettered for TFM. Not long after I moved to Siloam, they started to renumber and reletter them KCS, putting them in the 3900 series. Now, almost ten years into that program, there are still a few TFM units left, but not very many. I was in the right place at the right moment to catch this one on the rear of a TXUX coal train, along with a KCSM unit assisting the through road power.
Photo Date:  2/7/2017  Upload Date: 2/14/2017 4:25:07 AM
Location:  Neosho, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1654(SD70MAC) KCSM 4672(ES44AC) BNSF 5636(AC44CW)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
All BNSF
Title:  All BNSF
Description:  The coal trains typically come out of Wyoming in a 2x1 set up, two units up front, one behind. KCS will add a pair of diesels at KC or Pittsburg for the trip south. Most of the time, theyre a pair of KCS units. Lately, though, its more often been a 2x3 set of BNSF power, as we see here.
Photo Date:  11/1/2023  Upload Date: 11/3/2023 5:56:25 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5644(AC44CW) BNSF 9235(SD70ACe) BNSF 9372(SD70ACe)
Views:  33   Comments: 1
Northbound empties
Title:  Northbound empties
Description:  I heard a northbound as I left the house to drop off recycling, which turned out to be this empty TXUX train. I didnt get it in Siloam, but caught up to it at Gentry, where we see it rolling past the Curran Feed Store.
Photo Date:  11/3/2020  Upload Date: 11/5/2020 5:05:13 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5647(AC44CW) BNSF 8534(SD70ACe)
Views:  73   Comments: 1
Glint of sun
Title:  Glint of sun
Description:  The northbound TXUX train rolls into Gravette in a backlit shot in the late afternoon.
Photo Date:  11/3/2020  Upload Date: 11/5/2020 5:11:51 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5647(AC44CW) BNSF 8465(SD70ACe)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
A little color
Title:  A little color
Description:  Fall this year has been lackluster, probably due to the lack of rain during much of September and October. There was a little color for this TXUX train at Noel.
Photo Date:  11/3/2020  Upload Date: 11/5/2020 6:00:06 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5647(AC44CW) BNSF 8534(SD70ACe)
Views:  87   Comments: 2
Rolling east
Title:  Rolling east
Description:  An eastbound crosses over a steel Santa Fe bridge along old route 66 with 132 stacks.
Photo Date:  4/4/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 4:12:27 AM
Location:  Hackberry, AZ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8271(ES44C4) BNSF 7643(ES44DC) BNSF 5649(AC44CW) BNSF 8033(ES44C4)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Passing through
Title:  Passing through
Description:  A southbound TXUX train rolls through Siloam, approaching Lincoln Av behind the usual BNSF power.
Photo Date:  6/15/2009  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 4:09:07 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9135(SD70ACe) BNSF 5657(AC44CW)
Views:  247   Comments: 2
Rolling downhill
Title:  Rolling downhill
Description:  A TXUX train rolls down the hill toward the Illinois River at Watts behind a BNSF GE. Id see a couple of these that day.
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 3:17:02 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5660(AC44CW) BNSF 9565(SD70MAC)
Views:  514   Comments: 2
The wait is over
Title:  The wait is over
Description:  The southbound TXUX train the northbound was waiting for arrives at North Siloam. Good timing-I had just gotten done dropping trash and recyclables at the transfer station a block away. The northbound pulled up while I was sorting plastics.
Photo Date:  8/15/2017  Upload Date: 8/26/2017 5:45:38 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9069(SD70ACe) BNSF 5662(AC44CW)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
Midtown meet
Title:  Midtown meet
Description:  The northbound grain train in the distance waits in the siding as a 112 car southbound oil train rolls through town, about to cross Lincoln Av.
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 7/25/2017 5:31:48 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9709(AC44CW) BNSF 5808(ES44AC) BNSF 5663(AC44CW)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Oil south
Title:  Oil south
Description:  A southbound oil train rolls past the signal at the north end of Stilwell.
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 7/25/2017 3:44:27 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9709(AC44CW) BNSF 5808(ES44AC) BNSF 5663(AC44CW)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Canadian oil
Title:  Canadian oil
Description:  A southbound oil train with CP and BNSF power rolls through Siloam on the main.
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 7/25/2017 5:34:38 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9709(AC44CW) BNSF 5808(ES44AC) BNSF 5663(AC44CW)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Into town
Title:  Into town
Description:  The oil train rolls past a body shop at the north end of town. Hell meet H SHKC here.
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 7/25/2017 3:46:38 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9709(AC44CW) BNSF 5808(ES44AC) BNSF 5663(AC44CW)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Texas coal
Title:  Texas coal
Description:  A 125 car TXUX coal train led by one of BNSFs many GEs rolls through Stilwell in the golden sun of dusk.
Photo Date:  11/3/2007  Upload Date: 6/28/2016 4:30:16 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5669(AC44CW) BNSF 9477(SD70MAC) KCS 4680(ES44AC)
Views:  599   Comments: 0
Empties north
Title:  Empties north
Description:  The Ft Scott sub has a stady parade of coal trains, such as this one headed back to Wyoming.
Photo Date:  10/18/2014  Upload Date: 11/7/2014 2:20:39 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5670(AC44CW) BNSF 9523(SD70MAC) BNSF 6311(ES44AC) BNSF 9153(SD70ACe)
Views:  296   Comments: 1
Coal south
Title:  Coal south
Description:  A southbound TXUX train rolls through Gravette behind a common mix of power.
Photo Date:  1/23/2007  Upload Date: 10/6/2012 11:29:40 PM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5685(AC44CW) BNSF 9535(SD70MAC) BNSF 5708(AC44CW)
Views:  793   Comments: 0
GE's to Texas
Title:  GE's to Texas
Description:  A pair of BNSF GEs lead a 121 car TXUX train toward Texas. A pair of KCS units are tucked in about 85 cars deep, with a BNSF SD70ACe bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  5/18/2008  Upload Date: 8/3/2016 3:04:20 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5689(AC44CW) BNSF 5912(ES44AC)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
BNSF old meets new
Title:  BNSF old meets new
Description:  BNSF rebuilt GP 30s meet modern replacements in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City. The GP 30s have Schneider boxes for the KCS, meeting a grain train
Photo Date:  5/8/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 12:48:47 AM
Location:  Kansas City West Bottoms, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2820(GP39M) BNSF 2830(GP39M) BNSF 5691(AC44CW) BNSF 5692(AC44CW)
Views:  784   Comments: 2
Push em up
Title:  Push em up
Description:  A pair of GEs, one borrowed and blue, help an empty TXUX train reach the top of the hill in downtown Siloam.
Photo Date:  10/12/2008  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 3:18:49 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5700(AC44CW) CEFX 1007(AC44CW)
Views:  484   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:  189   Comments: 0
Down to Sleepy Hollow
Title:  Down to Sleepy Hollow
Description:  The head end of the TXUX coal train rolls through CP Flint Creek as it heads toward Sleepy Hollow and Siloam in the gathering gloom. The track at right is the spur to SWEPCOs Flint Creek power plant, which is served by trains originating on Union Pacific.
Photo Date:  2/6/2022  Upload Date: 2/9/2022 5:28:15 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5710(AC44CW) BNSF 5898(ES44AC)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
About time
Title:  About time
Description:  When I was following the northbound empty grain train, he called to a train at Dorsey, between Decatur and Gravette. He had an apporach signal at 219, so would likely get an approach medium at 216 in Decatur, indicating he would be getting a signal at South Dorsey to take the siding there for a meet. I went to Mt Olive Rd to set up for the southbound, hopefully getting there before he did, and shooting both trains, then chasing the southbound back home. I need not have feared. The southbound, this TXUX coal train headed for Texas, showed up 45 minutes later. The best laid plans.....
Photo Date:  2/6/2022  Upload Date: 2/9/2022 5:33:29 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5710(AC44CW) BNSF 5898(ES44AC)
Views:  121   Comments: 1
CP Flint Creek
Title:  CP Flint Creek
Description:  The TXUX train passes the home signal at CP Flint Creek, where the spur to the SWEPCO plant diverges. A little of the snow we got the previous week is still hanging on here.
Photo Date:  2/6/2022  Upload Date: 2/9/2022 5:39:21 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5710(AC44CW) BNSF 5898(ES44AC)
Views:  62   Comments: 1
Swinging around
Title:  Swinging around
Description:  A southbound TXUX train rolls around the big curve at Goodman, about to head downgrade into Anderson.
Photo Date:  1/23/2010  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 3:36:26 AM
Location:  Goodman, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5804(ES44AC) BNSF 5711(AC44CW)
Views:  397   Comments: 1
Mid siding
Title:  Mid siding
Description:  A southbound TXUX trains power rolls past the intermediate signal on the siding at McElhany.
Photo Date:  1/23/2010  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 3:38:52 AM
Location:  McElhany, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5804(ES44AC) BNSF 5711(AC44CW)
Views:  399   Comments: 1
In the hay
Title:  In the hay
Description:  The southbound TXUX train rolls past a hay field between Goodman and Anderson, the orange of the power offsetting the gold of the grass in the late day sun.
Photo Date:  1/23/2010  Upload Date: 9/9/2016 3:41:10 AM
Location:  Splitlog, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5804(ES44AC) BNSF 5711(AC44CW)
Views:  310   Comments: 1
Late afternoon on the water
Title:  Late afternoon on the water
Description:  A southbound TXUX coal trains BNSF units are lit up by the late day sun as it rolls along Butler Creek. View is from the Ark 59 overpass.
Photo Date:  1/23/2010  Upload Date: 9/10/2016 2:57:47 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5804(ES44AC) BNSF 5711(AC44CW)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
High water
Title:  High water
Description:  The low water crossing at Kings Highway in Noel was living up to its billing as the DPU from the empty TXUX train rolls past the flooded roadway.
Photo Date:  4/14/2022  Upload Date: 4/16/2022 5:27:10 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5711(AC44CW) BNSF 6368(ES44AC)
Views:  66   Comments: 2
Caught him
Title:  Caught him
Description:  I heard a horn while I was working outside, and decided to give chase of a northbound. It turned out to be an empty TXUX train, with a pair of BNSF units on the rear. I caught him just south of Decatur, and set up for the shot passing the displayed F 7 at the station.
Photo Date:  4/14/2022  Upload Date: 4/16/2022 5:24:56 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5711(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A)
Views:  129   Comments: 2
We cant make up our minds
Title:  We cant make up our minds
Description:  BNSF train parked west of Walnut Ridge shows off BNSFs colors-all of them
Photo Date:  4/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 2:31:17 AM
Location:  Walnut Ridge, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9516(SD70MAC) BNSF 8275(SD75M) BNSF 5715(AC44CW)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
Coal and some color
Title:  Coal and some color
Description:  Northbound empty TXUX train behind mostly BNSF power passes some fall color south of Noel MO
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:45:39 PM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5867(ES44AC) BNSF 5840(AC44CW) BNSF 6059(ES44AC)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
Corralling the horses
Title:  Corralling the horses
Description:  Well not exactly. An empty coal train passes a one time corral at Y City Rd south of Decatur on its way back to Wyoming
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:48:33 PM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5867(ES44AC) BNSF 5840(AC44CW) BNSF 9457(SD70MAC) BNSF 6059(ES44AC) KCS 4107(SD70ACe)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
Fall color
Title:  Fall color
Description:  Northbound empty TXUX train passes through the fall color approaching Ark 59
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 10:51:50 PM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5867(ES44AC) BNSF 5840(AC44CW) BNSF 9457(SD70MAC) BNSF 6059(ES44AC) KCS 4107(SD70ACe)
Views:  772   Comments: 0

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