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| Title: |
Mid DPU |
| Description: |
The practice of inserting a DPU mid train seems to be common on NS and CSX; I saw them on both roads. This one is northbound, 70 cars deep, passing under the signal at South Dayton |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 6:01:13 AM |
| Location: |
Dayton, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4043(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
35 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Finally moving |
| Description: |
When I arrived at Austell, this train was waiting east of the junction of the line to Rome, and the line to Birmingham. Hes been sitting here at least two hours, and now finally gets to go, passing a local hardware store as he gets his 93 stack platforms moving west. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:03:35 AM |
| Location: |
Austell, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Peeking out |
| Description: |
A westbound stack train, waiting for a lot of action, peeks out from behind the Barnes Hardware store, holding back from a grade crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/2018 Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:07:51 AM |
| Location: |
Austell, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
279 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Almost |
| Description: |
The eastbound led by BNSF 3796 had a pair of GEs on the rear, one from BNSF, one from NS. The 141 car train stopped as it entered the yard, the DPU just not quite making it far enough for a decent shot. We see them from the bus turn around at the Railrunner station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/29/2023 5:28:40 AM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5018(C44-9W) NS 4078(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
74 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rebuild to 4 |
| Description: |
One of the GEs NS rebuilt to an AC44C4 leads this 103 platform train 215 south. BNSF has this model new from GE. Apparently, NS likes the concept. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2018 Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:10:41 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9303(C40-9W) NS 4170(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
314 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPU and an automatic |
| Description: |
Back where I started, the DPU with an NS unit passes automatic 226-5 as it makes its way south. Time to head home after a quick out and back to Decatur, an efficient chase of two trains. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:55:20 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4195(AC44C6M) KCSM 4528(AC44CW) BNSF 6379(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
134 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Mixing them up |
| Description: |
The DPU on the coal train is a mix of home road and foreign power; usually there are a pair of KCS units added to the 2x1 these trains arrive at Kansas City with. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/4/2023 5:52:54 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6379(ES44AC) KCSM 4528(AC44CW) NS 4195(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
136 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First by |
| Description: |
I had left my relatives home near Jasper Ga in quest of some rail action. My wife and some female relatives had gone on a girls trip to Pigeon Forge, so I was free to roam. I caught a southbound on the CSX line from Knoxville along US 411, then went over to Dalton on my way to Chattanooga. I stopped for a couple hours at Dalton to catch the action. The first train was a northbound move with 84 auto racks, 1 articulated rack, and 41 freight behind a single unit, though there would be a mid train DPU as well. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2024 Upload Date: 1/8/2025 5:50:47 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4196(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
33 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming and going |
| Description: |
The second train has a rear DPU, splitting the southbound home signals |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:24:03 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4232(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting of the horses |
| Description: |
The DPU on the northbound passes the head end of the autorack train. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:25:04 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7710(ES40DC) NS 4232(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
31 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DPU and a rodent |
| Description: |
The last rack is a CPKC painted autorack, complete with a beaver in the herald, in the company of an NS thoroughbred |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:27:23 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4248(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
34 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DPU away |
| Description: |
The DPU on the southbound gets pushing as the train gains speed passing the northbound home signal. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:28:20 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4248(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
28 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing away |
| Description: |
Actually, more like dragging at this point, since the train is heading down into the dip along Wolf Creek, and through Dorsey siding. Hell need them for the climb out, and Ill beat the train to Decatur with time to spare |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/2024 Upload Date: 8/25/2024 5:52:02 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4282(AC44C6M) CP 8200(AC4400CWM) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU from the car |
| Description: |
The DPU on the coal train, seen from the railfan chase vehicle |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/2024 Upload Date: 8/26/2024 6:17:47 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8200(AC4400CWM) NS 4282(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
84 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
261 and a DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the coal train passes the head end of the 261. |
| Photo Date: |
8/17/2024 Upload Date: 8/26/2024 6:26:22 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9379(ES44AC) NS 4282(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A long way from home, then a short trip |
| Description: |
Sometimes you think youre going to get a lot of railroad, but things dont quite work out that way. I was visiting family in Georgia, and had a couple of days while my wife and some of the gals went to Pigeon Forge, so I thought Id get up on the e Southern Rathole to check out the action. I got to Dayton Tenn, and saw that getting through town was going to be a challenge. And there was a southbound waiting to move after getting a signal. I chased to the next town, Bakewell, and to him passing the signal there with 78 freight, and 12 autoracks behind its two units. Id spend the day between here and Dayton. Saw 7 trains. The skies were gray all day, which sucked-I HATE when I go somewhere I never get to go, and the weather sucks, especially after the prediction was for 70 and sun. But, a bad day train watching..... |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:38:29 AM |
| Location: |
Bakewell, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4285(AC44C6M) NS 7691(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
43 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound stack |
| Description: |
The traffic mix here is mostly merchandise and intermodal, one of which is now rolling 67 stack platforms and 13 autos past the Manly Jail Works behind a single unit. |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2024 Upload Date: 1/9/2025 5:35:21 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4332(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
20 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caught one |
| Description: |
A trip to the Alabama Gulf coast for us involves running US 65 from Pine Bluff to Lake Village, much of which is next to UPs ex MP line from Little Rock to Alexandria LA. Once in a while we see something, as on the return trip, where we caught a southbound with NS power and 172 cars. Note the railfan chase vehicle at left. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 5:43:31 AM |
| Location: |
Gould, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4424(AC44C6M) UP 8527(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
93 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past the automatic |
| Description: |
I like lineside hardware, and by chance picked a spot with a signal. The train passes the automatic. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 5:48:15 AM |
| Location: |
Gould, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4424(AC44C6M) UP 8527(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
95 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southbound |
| Description: |
Next up was this southbound NS train of 108 freight and two autoracks behind a pair of GEs |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2024 Upload Date: 1/9/2025 5:21:05 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4447(AC44C6M) NS 4861(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
35 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back to Dayton |
| Description: |
Dayton was a good place to sit: an easi;y checked signal, and good sight lines for a southbound, and bathrooms nearby, important for an old guy on diuretics. It proved to be a fruitful day. When I got back from the first chase, this southbound was sitting at the north end of town. The signal must have just cleared, as he started moving just as I took up my position. A pair of GE's lead 103 freight and 43 auto racks south. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:43:33 AM |
| Location: |
Dayton, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4841(AC44C6M) NS 4600(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
35 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
By the signal |
| Description: |
The southbound sits at the signal in Sale Creek, waiting on a northbound |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:46:25 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4841(AC44C6M) NS 4600(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
40 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking close |
| Description: |
A tele shot of the southbound brings in the trees, which still have some lingering color at this latitude in late November |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:49:10 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4841(AC44C6M) NS 4600(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
38 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting one |
| Description: |
The auto rack train was holding for what turned out to be a couple of northbounds. Heres the first one, coming on hard with 80 cars. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:19:27 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4610(AC44C6M) NS 4795(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
41 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
Away shot of the DPU on the southbound NS train |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2024 Upload Date: 1/9/2025 5:26:57 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4649(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing along |
| Description: |
The DPU on the NS train gives it a push south |
| Photo Date: |
11/24/2024 Upload Date: 1/9/2025 5:24:05 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4649(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
18 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Meeting two |
| Description: |
The second northbound rolls up on my position. Single unit trains seem to be more common here than where I live on the KCS. This one has 114 cars, but a DPU on the rear too. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/4/2025 5:22:57 AM |
| Location: |
Sale Creek, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4675(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
South end meet |
| Description: |
The head end of the coal train has arrived at CP South Watts, where it will sit for a little bit, as there is another train to meet. The DPU on the 261 is about to pull away. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2024 Upload Date: 5/19/2024 6:34:12 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4733(ES44AC) NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCSM 4650(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
68 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling him by |
| Description: |
The crew of the coal train is on the ground to give the 181 a roll by as it meets them at CP South Watts. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2024 Upload Date: 5/20/2024 6:04:31 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCSM 4733(ES44AC) CP 8019(AC4400CWM) NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCS 4839(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
73 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling along |
| Description: |
The coal train, now able to proceed, rolls south along the sweeping curve near MP 239, its cars stretched through the curve. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2024 Upload Date: 5/20/2024 6:19:27 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCSM 4733(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
60 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Good place for an engine with a horse on it |
| Description: |
The TXUX train passes the farm on CR 690, its NS horse passing by a quick lunch of hay, neatly stacked next to the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2024 Upload Date: 5/20/2024 6:25:17 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCSM 4733(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pastoral scene |
| Description: |
The wide view here shows some of the surrounding farm and the bucolic splendor of the area. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2024 Upload Date: 5/20/2024 6:28:27 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCSM 4733(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
55 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The DPU |
| Description: |
My wife likes NS units, largely for the herald with the horse. This train was unusual, in that we dont get a lot of horsies here, and hardly at all on coal trains. Its pulling away south of Decatur, passing the defect detector at MP 218.4 |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/2024 Upload Date: 5/24/2024 5:45:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4689(AC44C6M) KCSM 4733(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Why the southbound was sitting |
| Description: |
The southbound was waiting on this northbound, which snuck up on me at Sale Creek, and I missed the shot there. Here it is approaching the siding at South Dayton, some color still in the trees here. 105 freight and 13 racks are in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:51:31 AM |
| Location: |
Dayton, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4825(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coming out |
| Description: |
There was a stand of trees just south of the south siding switch at Dayton. The northbound rolls out from the woods and past the signal. |
| Photo Date: |
11/25/2024 Upload Date: 1/3/2025 5:56:35 AM |
| Location: |
Dayton, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4825(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
31 Comments: 0 |
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