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| Title: |
Dodger southbound |
| Description: |
The Watts Dodger has just completed switching Cobb at Siloam Springs and is now waiting on his conductor to get back aboard to head south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2012 Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:02:45 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2900(GP40-2LW) KCS 2823(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
865 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dodger rolls south at Davidson Road |
| Description: |
The Watts Dodger roll south toward Siloam Springs at Davidson Road south of Gentry behind and ex CN unit. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2012 Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:12:34 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2823(GP40-3) KCS 2900(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
835 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Watts Dodger pulls from Cobb |
| Description: |
The Dodger with KCS 2900 pulls cars from Cobb in Siloam Springs |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2012 Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:21:56 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2900(GP40-2LW) KCS 2823(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
887 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local at work |
| Description: |
The Watts based dodger works the Pipe Life siding at the south end of Siloam Springs |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/2014 Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:02:14 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2902(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
712 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the through truss |
| Description: |
L 102-the dodger-rolls through the truss bridge over the Illinois River on its way to Siloam and a date with Pipelife. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 3:34:38 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
917 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wide view in low light |
| Description: |
The sun is sinking fast as evening approaches, and the local is fully on the bridge in the glow of the last sun. Id get another shot at him in Siloam. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 3:38:33 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
953 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Local going away |
| Description: |
I had followed the southbound H train to Watts, and it was working the yard while the dodger got his train together. When he was ready, off he went. I was not in position to get him passing the DPU on the road train, but was able to get this shot from adjacent US 59 of the train and all five cars rolling north. Its a matter of seconds!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/2017 Upload Date: 2/24/2017 3:42:23 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
863 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing them in |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, is working the Pipelife Jetstream plant in Siloam, shoving the cars of plastic pellets into the plant. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2017 Upload Date: 2/26/2017 4:27:27 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
1004 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bunching the slack |
| Description: |
The power on the dodger bunches the slack as he starts to shove cars into the Pipelife plant. Seen while waiting at the Kenwood Av crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2017 Upload Date: 2/26/2017 4:33:55 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
898 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local out in the field |
| Description: |
The dodger, more properly L 102, waits while the ground man works on the cars just coupled up on the Pipelife siding. I caught the power from Washington St, across from the tracks. This consist has been on the train for the last three weeks. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2017 Upload Date: 3/10/2017 3:42:20 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2906(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
908 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling down for a meet |
| Description: |
Though theres already one going on here. I had seen the southbound grain train after I had dropped off recycling in Siloam, and decided to take chase. I caught up to him here in Watts, where he was holding the main for an impending northbound, but also because the dodger, L 102, was working the yard, using the siding for head room. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2017 Upload Date: 10/22/2017 4:16:51 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4586(AC44CW) KCS 4584(AC44CW) KCS 2911(GP40-2LW) KCS 2835(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
768 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing back |
| Description: |
The L 102 dodger can spend a lot of tim` working at Pipelife, pulling emties and spotting loads. It was in the midst of one such move when I caught it as I approached Kenwood St crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/2017 Upload Date: 12/9/2017 3:38:09 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom"Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2911(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
840 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dodger in the pink |
| Description: |
I heard the radio say the dodger was going to Gentry to change ends, so I waited, figuring I could at least see it, if not get a photo. There was still enough light in the sky to work a silhouette. To my great delight, the sky had picked up a swath of pink from the now departed sun hitting a cloud, giving this unusual scene. Three units have 11 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2018 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:34:54 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2850(GP40-3) KCS 2911(GP40-2LW) KCS 2835(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
991 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Out of the shadows |
| Description: |
I was coming across the KCS on the US 412 overpass as the dodger was working Pipelife, its lead unit just poking out of the late day shadows into the sun. |
| Photo Date: |
9/28/2016 Upload Date: 9/29/2016 3:49:38 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2812(GP40-3) KCS 1915(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
769 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dodger |
| Description: |
The southbound H train was held at Gentry for the dodger to get into the siding.=He held to the north of town so as not to block road crossings, allowing me a shot of the local. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2016 Upload Date: 10/2/2016 5:06:38 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2812(GP40-3) KCS 1916(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1004 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Fly in the ointment |
| Description: |
When the northbound empty TXUX train didnt start once the H train cleared the north switch at Stilwell, it caused me to miss the shot of the Belle leader at the station. Heres why the northbound didnt get the signal: this light power move south, coming into town about 15 minutes behind the H train. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2018 Upload Date: 4/28/2018 4:11:20 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2014(GP38-2) KCS 2850(GP40-3) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
1089 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ten minutes too late |
| Description: |
I had gone up to Gentry to drop off some food at my sons hluse, and saw a headlight as I crossed the tracks in town. I ran up toward the McKee plant, to find the dodger was just getting his train back tsgether to head south. Ive santed to catch him working here, with the company sign and the train together. It will have to be another day. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2018 Upload Date: 8/29/2018 5:19:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2851(GP40-3) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2028(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
748 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dodger at Kavidson |
| Description: |
The dodger is rolling a dozen cars past the Davidson Rd crossing, making a quick run to a quit at Watts. |
| Photo Date: |
8/27/2018 Upload Date: 8/29/2018 5:38:30 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckdtt |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2851(GP40-3) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2028(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
760 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Feeding time |
| Description: |
I took off from McKee Foods before the train started, and set up so I could get this shot of him rollinf his dozen cars past the Curran Feed Store downtown. Across the tracks is another Gentry fixture, The Chicken Coop, a long time flea market. |
| Photo Date: |
8/29/2018 Upload Date: 8/29/2018 5:29:20 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2851(GP40-3) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2028(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
726 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nothing today |
| Description: |
The dodger rolls past the Cobb feed mill at speed, no work here today. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:31:13 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
753 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Done at Petersons |
| Description: |
The dodger has completed its work at Peterson Farms, now a Simmons plant, and rolls toward downtown Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:35:15 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
801 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Graveyard shift |
| Description: |
The dodger rolls past the cemetery at CP Flint Creek with 13 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:40:56 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
729 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cars on the main |
| Description: |
The lead unit of the dodger sits next to the rest of his train, left on the main track while they switch Little Debbie. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:46:45 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
623 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Picking up a stray |
| Description: |
The car back on the house track had been set off for some reason, probably a defect that needed repair. The dodger was to pick it up, but whatever reason it was there apparently kept it there, as they didnt take it in the end. View is from the Ark 12 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:50:42 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
834 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
McKee Foods |
| Description: |
Youve probably heard of them, except not likely by this name. They make those Little Debbie cakes and cookies that you find just about everywhere. One of their plants is here in Gentry, and a KCS customer for inbound freight, which consists of vegetable oil and flour. The dodger switches the plant, a full set of Belles doing the honors. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:54:21 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
799 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Peeking out |
| Description: |
The lead unit of the dodger peeks out from behind the sign. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2019 Upload Date: 2/20/2019 5:55:18 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2917(GP40-2LW) KCS 2017(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
792 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Roadside meet |
| Description: |
I was good at finding roads that followed the tracks; sometimes it paid off. One such was MO 171 north of Joplin, which followed the KCS for a short distance between there and the Kansas line. There was a siding there, at which I caught a meet of a southbound intermodal and an empty coal train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/20/1999 Upload Date: 3/8/2014 2:55:27 AM |
| Location: |
Asbury, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 610(SD40-3) KCS 4706(GP40-2LW) BNSF 9727(SD70MAC) KCS 747(SD60) BN 9622(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
1414 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Tex Mex power |
| Description: |
A few Tex Mex units were on hand at the Laredo shop this day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:03:41 AM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
TM 858(GP38) KCS 4710(GP40-2LW) TM 867(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
1531 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Tex Mex power |
| Description: |
Tex Mex and KCS units at the Tex Mex Laredo shop |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:04:32 AM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
TM 867(GP38-2) KCS 4710(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
1275 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Showing the flag |
| Description: |
KCS had recently acquired the Tex Mex. One of the KCS ex CN wide cab GPs sits at the engine house at Laredo |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:20:17 PM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4712(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
788 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS power at the Tex Mex shop |
| Description: |
KCS 4712 at the shop in Laredo |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:02:47 AM |
| Location: |
Laredo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4712(GP40-2LW) KCS 4033(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
848 Comments: 1 |
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