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| Title: |
Holiday spirit |
| Description: |
Decatur shows its holiday spirit by dressing up their own stuffed and mounted F 7 and caboose. The Holiday Express is in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2012 Upload Date: 12/11/2012 1:03:39 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
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866 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
H and an F |
| Description: |
H-KCSH rolls past the F unit on display at Decatur as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
845 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
F and caboose display |
| Description: |
The city of Decatur has turned its KCS station into a museum, with a good display of artifacts and equipment inside and out. The anchor for this is this F 7 and caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:53:05 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
849 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ringing the Belles |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train passes the stuffed and mounted F 7 at Decatur station, itself in the scheme that inspired the one on the active power passing it. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/2016 Upload Date: 12/31/2016 5:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4705(ES44AC) KCS 4577(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
847 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Old and older |
| Description: |
A southbound oil train led by a KCSM GE in the old gray paint rolls past the displayed F 7 in the older Belle scheme as it passes the Decatur station. The oil train had a real NAFTA consist: a KCSM leader, KCS US unit, an ex TFM unit now in KCS colors, and a pair of CP units for DPU's. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2018 Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:47:54 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4514(AC44CW) KCS 4150(SD70ACe) KCS 3939(SD70MAC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
1042 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old and new |
| Description: |
The DPU of an empty TXUX train rolls past the displayed F 7 at the station in Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 11/13/2019 4:54:10 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6074(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
585 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
The DPU on a northbound empty TXUX train passes the displayed F 7 at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 11/12/2019 3:34:25 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6074(ES44AC) KCS 73(F7A) |
| Views: |
510 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Comparative paint |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur shows the old black/rec/yellow scheme, while the new scheme in the same colors passes at left, just after the pair went into shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/2019 Upload Date: 11/6/2019 5:03:51 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4717(ES44AC) KCS 3952(SD70MAC) KCSM 4597(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
735 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out in the cold |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/2021 Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
473 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPU from the new passes the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the northbound oil train passes stuffed and mounted KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9756(AC44CW) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Q train DPUs and the old guard |
| Description: |
The DPU on the southbound Q train passes the displayed KCS 73D at the Decatur station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/3/2022 Upload Date: 3/20/2022 5:32:48 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4604(AC44CW) KCS 4798(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
463 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
445 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Just caught him |
| Description: |
After we saw the light power move, we came out to take a ride in the sun, stopping at nearby Crystal Lake to do some bird watching and enjoy the 60 degree day. As we were heading back to Ark 59, we saw a southbound rolling past. A quick dash into Decatur got me ahead of the train, but just enough to jump and get a grab shot. So we have BNSF 6359 leading a 125 car TXUX train, and a nice shot of a light pole with an F unit behind it, |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:32:12 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
300 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Comparison in styles |
| Description: |
The modern era SD 70ACe contrasts with an old classic |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/2024 Upload Date: 8/25/2024 6:19:14 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9158(SD70ACe) BNSF 6174(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
231 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Finally |
| Description: |
I had gone out to see the CPKC Holiday Train, the original plan was to pick it up at Noel, then follow it south til the light went. I got distracted along the way, first by a southbound grain move almost as soon as I left the house, then when I got to Decatur and the southbound signal was green at Roller Av. I decided to wait there, instead of working against the train, rather than risk missing it. Turned out the signal was for a southbound grain move that was working Georges Farms just to the north, and the Holiday Train was delayed at McElhany due to an incident requiring police involvement, and would be released around 1630. At 1715, it finally showed here, passing the stuffed and mounted F 7 here, also adorned with lights. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:12:29 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
322 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wider view |
| Description: |
A wider angle shows a couple of the lead cars passing the F 7 as the locals record the action. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:16:13 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
306 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Festive part 3 |
| Description: |
More of the display cars on the CPKC Holiday Train, this one with a modified CPKC herald for the Holiday Train |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:23:03 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
329 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Station and F unit |
| Description: |
The grain train slowly makes its way into Decatur, passing the station, now a museum, and the displayed F 7. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2025 Upload Date: 1/20/2025 6:16:17 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8028(AC4400CWM) CP 9634(AC44CW) KCSM 4676(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Side by side |
| Description: |
The two members of separate eras pass at Decatur. The grain train is really dragging here. |
| Photo Date: |
1/16/2025 Upload Date: 1/20/2025 6:38:28 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8028(AC4400CWM) CP 9634(AC44CW) KCSM 4676(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
270 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dinner train power |
| Description: |
This ex CNW F unit was the power for a dinner/excursion train that ran on the A&BB. I dont recall the details now, but its always good to see an F unit!! Fred Stuckmann, any thoughts?? |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 1:44:10 AM |
| Location: |
Barberton, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 413(F7A) CNW 409(F7A) |
| Views: |
1147 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Dead line |
| Description: |
There were a number of Es and Fs in the California Av yard deadline, including F 7 412, seen here. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1982 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 4:16:00 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 412(F7A) |
| Views: |
431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Commuter power |
| Description: |
California Av yard had a long line of power. Some or all of these units may have been out of service by this time as the F40s had started to take over the CNW commuter trains by this point |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1982 Upload Date: 3/3/2013 2:51:25 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 412(F7A) CNW 5024B(E8A) |
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620 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CNW 416 |
| Description: |
A veteran CNW F unit readies for a trip to the suburbs. These old warriors would soon be replaced by new F40s, some of which were already in service by this time. Note the dwarf signal next to the engine. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1982 Upload Date: 3/11/2013 12:34:17 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 416(F7A) |
| Views: |
570 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
F unit |
| Description: |
NJ Transit acquired a couple of ex CNW Fs from Metra to run shorter traios during rush hour. Here 420 heads out of Hoboken. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/1984 Upload Date: 12/1/2013 4:05:08 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 420(F7A) |
| Views: |
632 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling out with an F |
| Description: |
An F 7 leads this suburban train out of Northwestern Station. Seeing E and F units here was an everyday event in this time period. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 11/18/2016 4:47:00 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 424(F7A) |
| Views: |
444 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CNW 425 |
| Description: |
C&NW 425 at Northwestern Station. I would see it again several years later, in a second act-working out of Hoboken on the ex EL commuter trains. |
| Photo Date: |
8/15/1978 Upload Date: 2/14/2011 11:12:02 PM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
CNW 425(F7A) |
| Views: |
728 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ex CNW power |
| Description: |
An ex CNW F 7 leads a short train out of Hoboken. This was not my first encounter with this engine. I had seen in on the Northwestern in Chicago two years prior. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/1984 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 5:08:26 AM |
| Location: |
Hoboken, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NJT 425(F7A) |
| Views: |
552 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Museum piece |
| Description: |
A restored to LV paint F 7 sits at the Southern RR of NJ in Cape May, along with some of the other interesting items in the collection. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/2004 Upload Date: 5/12/2017 4:16:08 AM |
| Location: |
Cape May, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LV 576(F7A) |
| Views: |
590 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LV and friends |
| Description: |
The Southern RR of New Jersey has accumulated a number of vintage units and painted them in CR predecessor colors. Among the items they have here at Cape May is a pair of LV painted F 7s, a CNJ GP7, a PRR GP 9, some RDCs and a few other items. We see one of the LV Fs along with the PRR and CNJ units. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/2004 Upload Date: 5/12/2017 4:19:23 AM |
| Location: |
Cape May, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LV 576(F7A) PRR 7000(GP9) CNJ 1523(GP7) |
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927 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Matched set |
| Description: |
The other LV F unit is on the south end of this short consist. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/2004 Upload Date: 5/12/2017 4:22:43 AM |
| Location: |
Cape May, NJ |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
LV 578(F7A) |
| Views: |
486 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Past the grain bins |
| Description: |
Cadillac and Lake City was a Michigan short line that for a while had the contract to run part of the Rock Island route to Colorado. They had a pair of ex BN F units they used in this service. Here we see them passing the grain bins at Arriba on their way west. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1982 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 3:32:56 AM |
| Location: |
Arriba, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CLK 752(F7A) CLK 716(F7A) |
| Views: |
922 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Excursion power |
| Description: |
B&M once had a sizeable fleet of F units. This is one of the few survivors, now on the Conway Scenic in New Hampshire. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/2004 Upload Date: 6/20/2018 5:22:18 AM |
| Location: |
Conway, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4268(F7A) |
| Views: |
518 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Good to see |
| Description: |
This B&M F 7 was rescued from a future as a bunch of refrigerators and landed here at Conway. As much as I liked the blue dip paint scheme, I think it looks better in its original paint. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/2004 Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:40:41 AM |
| Location: |
North Conway, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BM 4268(F7A) |
| Views: |
468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going for a ride |
| Description: |
We went up to North Conway on the way to Mt Washington in July 2004. It was a convenient place to overnight, and we got to ride a few miles on the old Maine Central Mountain Division. Sadly, gone are the days of harvest gold GP 38s lugging real tonnage over the White Mountains to Vermont. The weather, as it always is for me, is dismal. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/2004 Upload Date: 9/19/2017 4:51:03 AM |
| Location: |
North Conway, NH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MEC 573(GP7) BM 4268(F7A) |
| Views: |
756 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Future power cars |
| Description: |
A pair of ex B&O F7s sit outside the Morris Park diesel shop, along with the Caterpillar power plants that will be used for train HVAC and light. The power plants for the "new" cab cars are wrapped in plastic behind the units. One unit will become LIRR 622. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 2/12/2012 7:38:01 PM |
| Location: |
Jamaica, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4524(F7A) BO 4535(F7A) |
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1216 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power cars in the making |
| Description: |
A pair of B&O F7s, 4535 and 4524, sit outside the LIRR Morris Park shops awaiting conversion to power cars 623 and 622. The flat car behind the units holds the sleds that carry the engine/generator sets that will provide hotel power for trains. Number 4535 was never converted but scrapped instead. |
| Photo Date: |
1/26/1981 Upload Date: 7/2/2014 4:01:09 PM |
| Location: |
Morris Park, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BO 4535(F7A) BO 4524(F7A) |
| Views: |
995 Comments: 1 |
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