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Title: |
Empty coal |
Description: |
KCS must have gotten a contract for some Oklahoma Gas & Electrio trains, as they are now appearing here on a regular basis. This northbound empty train is crossing Lincoln Av, approaching Tahlequah Street as it makes its way back to Kansas City and Wyoming. |
Photo Date: |
10/25/2021 Upload Date: 12/11/2021 6:00:18 AM |
Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5492(AC45CCTE) UP 2534(ES44AC-H) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Toward the mill |
Description: |
Northbound empty OGEX train rolls north in the fading light, about to pass the feed mill south of Anderson |
Photo Date: |
11/30/2021 Upload Date: 12/18/2021 5:40:30 AM |
Location: |
Anderson, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8013(AC45CCTE) UP 2534(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
136 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Under the rocks |
Description: |
The famous bluff that is the background for many KCS publicity photos also works for northbounds, though not quite as well. An empty AEPX train rolls north under the rocks. |
Photo Date: |
11/30/2021 Upload Date: 12/18/2021 5:46:09 AM |
Location: |
Noel, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8013(AC45CCTE) UP 2534(ES44AC-H) |
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131 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Big picture |
Description: |
The view here in a wide angle is also appealing, as the train approaches the Kings Highway grade crossing along Butler Creek. Empty AEPX headed for KC wiht 125 cars |
Photo Date: |
11/30/2021 Upload Date: 12/18/2021 5:55:36 AM |
Location: |
Noel, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8013(AC45CCTE) UP 2534(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
129 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Still Southern |
Description: |
NS has been replacing the old signals on its various lines with new PTC compatible signals, but there are places where the old ones remain. One such place is Bremen GA, on the old Southern line to Birmingham. I had gone there to catch the Crescent, but it did not show by dark. Amazing how a train can lose/so much time so quickly. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:11:13 AM |
Location: |
Bremen, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 2630(SD70M) UP 2742(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
298 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
The southbound |
Description: |
The southhound train taking part in the meet was this AEPX coal train, seen splitting the signals at CP North Siloam Springs behind a pair of UP units. |
Photo Date: |
9/8/2023 Upload Date: 9/11/2023 6:07:40 AM |
Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8854(SD70AH) UP 2759(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
124 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Northbound to a meet. |
Description: |
I heard this northbound calling signals as it approached Stilwell, and was able to get to the station to catch it passing in a going away shot. The actual meet was on the other end of the building. Would have been a nice catch, but these things are hard to predict at times. A battered KCSM GE trails. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/17/2023 5:41:13 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
141 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
The north end |
Description: |
A quick run to the other end of town netted this view of the head end of the 181 train passing the southbounds DPU along US 59. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/17/2023 5:54:05 AM |
Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) CP 8861(ES44AC) |
Views: |
165 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Racing |
Description: |
I stopped to get a shot of the northbound with some colorful trees. Apparently, I didnt get up high enough, and caught this pick up racing the train on US 59. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/17/2023 6:01:33 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
136 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Swinging around |
Description: |
A shot I dont do often, usually because the light is wrong, is at Chewie Road, near MP 240 north of Westville. The 181 train rolls into the curve as it heads north. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/17/2023 6:11:09 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
132 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Almost gone |
Description: |
This large tree is next to the tracks near MP 238. Not long ago, it was fully leafed out. Now, almost nothing left, but still a good look with a train passing. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/17/2023 6:15:23 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
138 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Not as much color as I expected |
Description: |
Usually, the trees near a river or lake hold their leaves longer than elsewhere, due to the proximity of a good water source. Not here, apprently. Must be a northeast thing. The northbound 181 rolls its 27 autos, one of them articulated, and 82 grain hoppers north across the Illinois River. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:26:15 AM |
Location: |
Watts, OK |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
141 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Same spot, different angle |
Description: |
Earlier in the day, I had shot a northbound oil train here at Y City Rd. Now, the light has swung to the west, and Ill get the 181 from the side road off Ark 59, still with a little color. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:34:35 AM |
Location: |
Decatur, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
138 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Just barely |
Description: |
The shadows are growing long as the 181 rolls into Gravette, and catching the sun is hit or miss. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:39:54 AM |
Location: |
Gravette, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Better than I expected |
Description: |
I was afraid this view from the Ark 59 overpass would have no color in it whatsoever., but was pleasantly surprised to find there was still a little bit left, and enough light to make for a passably decent photo. Hes stop just north of here, depriving me of a shot near Noel along the creek there. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/18/2023 5:44:30 AM |
Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4113(SD70ACe) UP 2762(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4731(ES44AC) |
Views: |
125 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
View from the bridge |
Description: |
I was coming back from somewhere in town, and as I approached the KCS overpass on US 412, I could see grain hoppers rolling underneath. I didnt have time to chase, so didnt get a shot of the head end, but I did get the DPU as it came out from under, now holding back the train as it rolled downhill toward Watts. |
Photo Date: |
8/18/2022 Upload Date: 9/18/2022 5:14:08 AM |
Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCSM 4652(ES44AC) UP 8133(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
156 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Sunny face |
Description: |
A westbound auto rack train catches the late day sun on the Golden State Route, as seen from adjacent I 40. |
Photo Date: |
4/6/2015 Upload Date: 9/19/2015 2:15:01 AM |
Location: |
Montoya, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8134(ES44AC-H) UP 7165(AC44CW) |
Views: |
240 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Meeting the UP |
Description: |
Eastbound stack train behind a pair of NS units meets a westbound with UP power. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:20:09 AM |
Location: |
Austell, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60) UP 8148(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
386 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Headed for a meet |
Description: |
A 128 car 22N heads toward a meet with a westbound stack train with up power. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:58:09 AM |
Location: |
Austell, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 9504(C40-9W) NS 7264(SD70ACU) UP 8148(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
294 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Out of the shadows |
Description: |
A westboud stack comes out of the shadows and into a patch of light as it rolls slowly to the home signal. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:16:41 AM |
Location: |
Austell, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8148(ES44AC-H) UP 8338(SD70ACe) UP 7447(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
302 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
By the boards |
Description: |
A westbound stack with UP power rolls 146 platforms through the home signals at Austell. |
Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:18:47 AM |
Location: |
Austell, GA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8148(ES44AC-H) UP 8338(SD70ACe) UP 7447(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
326 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
GE's and racks |
Description: |
A 69 car train of autos rolls west through the short truss. |
Photo Date: |
10/17/2016 Upload Date: 10/28/2016 2:17:23 AM |
Location: |
Wood River, NE |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5634(AC44CWCTE) UP 8160(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
193 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Bagel run |
Description: |
Theres a local coffee shop in town that has pretty tasty bagels-not the kind you get in New York, mind you, thats just not a reality here-but good nonetheless. I had texted in an order for Diane and me, and was on my way to pick them up. As I rolled up toward Kenwood St, I could see a train on the Lincoln Av crossing in the distance. I made a quick detour to US 412 west, stopping on the bridge in time to catch this southbound AEPX train with a pair of UP units. |
Photo Date: |
9/18/2022 Upload Date: 9/29/2022 4:54:34 AM |
Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8182(ES44AC-H) UP 7904(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
224 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
West on the viaduct |
Description: |
A pair of UP units leads a westbound over the BNSF |
Photo Date: |
10/18/2014 Upload Date: 11/7/2014 1:22:38 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8210(ES44AC-H) UP 4627(SD70M) |
Views: |
222 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Stone west |
Description: |
A westbound stone train, 110 Herzog hoppers, rolls along the Arkansas River, staying ahead of the 4014, which will arrive in a half hour or so. |
Photo Date: |
11/15/2019 Upload Date: 11/21/2019 4:58:12 AM |
Location: |
Ozark, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8219(ES44AC-H) UP 6039(AC44CWCTE) |
Views: |
290 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Dodging the shadows |
Description: |
The afternoon had been in and out with the sun. Of course, when I saw a train, it had to be in and out both at the same time, but at least the leader is lit here, approaching the crossing at Goodman with 125 cars of AEPX coal. |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2016 Upload Date: 7/20/2016 5:11:38 AM |
Location: |
Goodman, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8237(ES44AC-H) UP 6642(AC44CW) |
Views: |
325 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Finally the eastbound |
Description: |
When I stopped to get the shot of the DPU, I saw a headlight in the distance. Oh good, a meet, I thought, as the eastbound approached. I was expecting the eastbound to be moving with some dispatch, but he must have taken ten minutes to get there. Finally he arrived, a stack train behind a trio of GEs |
Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:43:05 AM |
Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H) UP 7999(AC45CCTE) |
Views: |
120 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Three GEs |
Description: |
Three GEs lead the eastbound stack, a long train of 205 platforms, with another GE 132 platforms deep in the train. |
Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:53:48 AM |
Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H) |
Views: |
95 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Anticipation |
Description: |
This westbound 112 car freight showed up as we were waiting for the 4014, which was due an hour prior. It would be another 30 minutes til it showed, but worth the wait. |
Photo Date: |
11/15/2019 Upload Date: 11/21/2019 5:03:58 AM |
Location: |
Ozark, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8264(ES44AC-H) UP 7305(AC4460CW) |
Views: |
346 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
By the station |
Description: |
The westbound freight rolls past the ex MP station, a crowd already waiting for the 4014, which will arrive 30 minutes hence. |
Photo Date: |
11/15/2019 Upload Date: 11/21/2019 5:05:46 AM |
Location: |
Ozark, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
UP 8264(ES44AC-H) UP 7305(AC4460CW) |
Views: |
355 Comments: 1 |
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