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Empty coal
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)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Toward the mill
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:  53   Comments: 0
Under the rocks
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)
Views:  48   Comments: 1
Big picture
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:  45   Comments: 0
Rolling away
Title:  Rolling away
Description:  The DPU on the empty coal train clears Main St, and is on its way north.
Photo Date:  2/7/2020  Upload Date: 2/9/2020 5:40:41 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7406(AC45CCTE) UP 2556(ES44AC-H)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
Through the signals
Title:  Through the signals
Description:  Southbound AEPX train rolls through the home signals at the north end of Siloam in the gathering gloom
Photo Date:  12/14/2020  Upload Date: 12/19/2020 6:10:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Night,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7446(AC45CCTE) UP 2556(ES44AC-H)
Views:  78   Comments: 1
Into the sunset
Title:  Into the sunset
Description:  The head end of the AEPX train rolls into the setting sun, silhouetted against a colorful sky.
Photo Date:  12/14/2020  Upload Date: 12/19/2020 6:14:22 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7446(AC45CCTE) UP 2556(ES44AC-H)
Views:  84   Comments: 1
Still Southern
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:  245   Comments: 2
The southbound
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:  55   Comments: 1
Northbound to a meet.
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:  37   Comments: 1
The north end
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:  44   Comments: 2
Racing
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:  32   Comments: 1
Swinging around
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:  37   Comments: 0
Almost gone
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:  39   Comments: 2
Not as much color as I expected
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:  35   Comments: 3
Same spot, different angle
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:  31   Comments: 1
Just barely
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:  30   Comments: 1
Better than I expected
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:  30   Comments: 2
Unusual power
Title:  Unusual power
Description:  I was out for a day in the sun this weekend, and caught this UP southbound on the ex MKT, just north of the small yard at Pryor that serves the industrial park there. The UP power is fairly common; even the KCS unit is not that unusual-I see them every day over in Siloam Springs. What is unusual is finding one on a merchandise train here. And its a KCSM unit, to boot.
Photo Date:  3/28/2021  Upload Date: 3/30/2021 5:42:23 AM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8167(ES44AC-H) UP 8124(ES44AC-H) KCSM 4716(ES44AC)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
View from the bridge
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:  68   Comments: 4
Sunny face
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:  149   Comments: 0
Meeting the UP
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:  279   Comments: 0
Headed for a meet
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:  188   Comments: 0
Out of the shadows
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:  209   Comments: 2
By the boards
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:  224   Comments: 2
GE's and racks
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:  117   Comments: 2
This is what were waiting for
Title:  This is what were waiting for
Description:  I was following a northbound empty grain train, and got here to the crossing just north of Dorsey siding when I heard the dispatcher tell him hed be waiting for one there. This was it, a southbound AEPX train.
Photo Date:  9/3/2020  Upload Date: 9/11/2020 5:13:11 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8181(ES44AC-H) UP 9083(SD70AH)
Views:  90   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The AEPX train rolls away, the low sun saturating the yellow of the UP scheme.
Photo Date:  9/3/2020  Upload Date: 9/11/2020 5:14:28 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8181(ES44AC-H) UP 9083(SD70AH)
Views:  76   Comments: 1
Bagel run
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:  126   Comments: 1
West on the viaduct
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:  142   Comments: 1
Backlit
Title:  Backlit
Description:  I arrived at Van Buren to wating on a fuel truck. It showed up, and it was obvious this train wasnt going anywhere any time soon. I grabbed a shot, and moved on.
Photo Date:  3/3/2022  Upload Date: 3/18/2022 4:42:33 AM
Location:  Van Buren, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8213(ES44AC-H) UP 5271(AC45CCTE)
Views:  42   Comments: 1
Stone west
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:  193   Comments: 1
Passing stacks
Title:  Passing stacks
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls 63 platforms past a waiting westbound.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:27:13 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8234(ES44AC-H) UP 4587(SD70M) UP 7525(AC45CCTE) UP 8323(SD70ACe) NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M)
Views:  348   Comments: 3
Dodging the shadows
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:  232   Comments: 1
Finally the eastbound
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:  26   Comments: 1
Three GEs
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:  17   Comments: 0
Anticipation
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:  249   Comments: 1
By the station
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:  259   Comments: 1

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