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| Title: |
Elk River |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train rolls off the Elk River Bridge to the thundering sound of clicking shutters from the assembled fans. The other side of the bridge is the scenic shot, but even late in the day this time of year, the sun doesnt come around. Still, a good shot. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 11/30/2023 6:22:16 AM |
| Location: |
Ginger Blue, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
127 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Right at me |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train rolls right at me into the curve at Goodman. There is work going on near the tracks, and the access that had been closer to the crossing is no longer available, so I had to do a tele shot from a ways back. So it goes. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 11/30/2023 6:25:47 AM |
| Location: |
Goodman, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
121 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Overhead |
| Description: |
A view from the bridge of the Holiday Train at Joplin Union Station, which is out of the photo to the left. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 11/30/2023 6:30:19 AM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Station |
| Description: |
We caught up to the Holiday Train at its Union Station performance in Joplin, This is the view of train and station from the bridge just to the south, the station at far left. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 11/30/2023 6:37:24 AM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
121 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ground level view |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train seen from the ground, a close up of the power in festive mode. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 5:37:31 AM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
110 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wider angle |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train seen from the adjacent overpass, showing a bit more side angle, and the decorated cars. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 5:39:50 AM |
| Location: |
Joplin, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
154 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Framed |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train has left Joplin, and is now splitting the signals at McElhany. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 5:41:29 AM |
| Location: |
McElhany, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Reflection |
| Description: |
The Holiday Trains engine reflects in Butler Creek, just south of Noel. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 5:52:43 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
97 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Creekside |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train rolls along Butler Creek, seen from the Ark 59 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 6:12:11 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
120 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Flags all around |
| Description: |
The flags on the diesel are complemented by the flag atop the feed mill elevator at Anderson. |
| Photo Date: |
11/28/2023 Upload Date: 12/1/2023 6:06:20 AM |
| Location: |
Anderson, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
102 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
197 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: |
185 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to a meet |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train rolls toward North Gentry, where will hold the main to meet two northbounds, one an empty grain move thats been there for a couple of hours, and the 181, which has pulled up behind it just to the south of town. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:27:46 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
164 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
A closer up look at the Holiday Train as it approaches Gentry, flags flying |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:29:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
154 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the bridge |
| Description: |
The Holiday Train, to my great delight, stopped short of the Ark 12 overpass, allowing some shots from above. These are a sequence-note the reindeer on the side of the engine. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:40:37 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
161 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the bridge No 2 |
| Description: |
Second of a series. Note the grain train is at right. I shot him at Davidson Rd in full sun several hours earlier. Hes been holed up here waiting first on a southbound grain move, and now the Holiday Train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:43:06 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
147 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the bridge No 3 |
| Description: |
The reindeer continues its progress along the 2246. The gtain train haa moved on, and the 181 will arrrive shortly, once the grain move has cleared North Gentry. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:47:52 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
151 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the bridge, No 4 |
| Description: |
The reindeer has now reached the front of the engine, and the process will now repeat. He'll be rolling south once the 181 passes, which will happen in a moment. Ill head home and pick up my wife, and well watch it roll through Siloam Springs. I had originally hoped to catch the train in daylight, but seeing it in twilight and after dark was way better. |
| Photo Date: |
12/1/2024 Upload Date: 12/27/2024 5:50:16 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2246(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
155 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
New arrival |
| Description: |
For the almost year and a half since the CP-KCS merger, the dodger power has been unchanged, using the same pool of GPs in has for the last several years. That changed recently when a CP GP 20ECO showed up, here leading as the Watts based dodger works at Pipelife in Sioam Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/2024 Upload Date: 11/18/2024 5:53:29 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) KCS 2974(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
64 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Shoving back |
| Description: |
The dodger pushes covered hoppers of plastic pellets into the plant. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/2024 Upload Date: 11/18/2024 5:54:34 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
64 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulled up |
| Description: |
The dodger is pulled up to Kenwood St, now under a cloud. He'll shortly go north with a dozen cars. |
| Photo Date: |
10/30/2024 Upload Date: 11/18/2024 6:01:17 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
63 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Dodger smoking it up |
| Description: |
The dodger-officially L 102-is working hard climbing up out of Sleepy Hollow, its four motor power smoking hard with the effort. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2024 Upload Date: 1/10/2025 6:40:09 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working hard |
| Description: |
Especially for only five cars. Davidson Rd. |
| Photo Date: |
11/15/2024 Upload Date: 1/10/2025 6:43:22 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
97 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing back |
| Description: |
The dodger works back toward Little Debbie with its 11 cars, from a slightly different angle. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 6:41:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
76 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old truck |
| Description: |
The dodger moves past a truck that has seen better days. |
| Photo Date: |
1/8/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 6:42:44 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2835(GP40-3) KCS 2974(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dodger at Davidson |
| Description: |
After a trip to Gentry for breakfast, I caught L 102, the Watts based dodger that works to Decatur and return, as it was into the climb up from Sleepy Hollow with 30 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 5:05:37 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2974(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Closer |
| Description: |
The perspective changes as the train draws closer to the crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 5:11:05 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2974(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
86 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bare tree |
| Description: |
The dodger rolls its 30 cars south past the bare tree at Davidson Rd |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 6:10:14 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2974(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready to go |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, has completed a set off at the team track in Gentry, and is now ready to head south. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 5:59:43 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2974(GP40-3) KCS 2835(GP40-3) CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close up cab |
| Description: |
The cab of CP 2313 in a close up shot from the Ark 12 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 5:18:52 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
43 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Down on view |
| Description: |
A trip to Gentry for breakfast yielded the dodger working at Little Debbie. On its way out of town, it stopped to set off a covered hopper on the team track. I caught this overhead view of the trailing unit, a CP GP 20C-ECO that has been on the north end of the consist since last fall. View is from the Ark 12 overpass. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2025 Upload Date: 1/22/2025 5:17:05 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CP 2313(GP20C-ECO) |
| Views: |
46 Comments: 0 |
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