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| Title: |
Q391 |
| Description: |
We were riding around Syracuse one day and saw this guy rolling west. We were in my wifes 2001 Stratus R/T, the 5 speed. She asked if I wanted to chase it. I told here there was almost no chance of catching up, given the track speed on the Water Level Route. Next thing, we were on the Thruway going 90 MPH. We beat him to Weedsport, just barely. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/2001 Upload Date: 10/26/2013 2:43:59 AM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4289(SD70M) UP 4331(SD70M) UP 9728(C44-9W) |
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507 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
This is not the 4449 you are looking for |
| Description: |
UP 4449 leads Q 112 east at Weedsport |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/2005 Upload Date: 11/11/2012 11:49:42 PM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4449(SD70M) UP 4330(SD70M) CSX 7349(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound in the gloom |
| Description: |
A westbound auto rack train holds at a siding near Newkirk NM, behind UP and CSX power. This is where shooting through bus windows really sucks. The light is bad to begin with, and the tinted windows only make it worse. The only thing saving this shot is that the train was sitting still. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:45:23 AM |
| Location: |
Newkirk, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4340(SD70M) CSX 3336(ET44AH) CSX 331(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
264 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound on the Nickel Plate |
| Description: |
I was able to get an hour or so to check out the action on a recent trip to Cleveland. East of town, the mains of the Nickel Plate(NS) and CSX(NYC) are adjacent most of the way to Buffalo. CSX runs many more trains, where NS might run 20 in a day. So its always a treat to get one there. NS did not disappoint, sending this 80 car auto rack train past. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2018 Upload Date: 6/12/2018 5:37:14 AM |
| Location: |
Wickliffe, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4353(SD70M) NS 8898(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
106 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Ferromex unit leads westbound UP train |
| Description: |
A Ferromex GE leads a pair of UP units west along K 32 west of Kansas City |
| Photo Date: |
5/7/2011 Upload Date: 5/19/2011 7:45:11 PM |
| Location: |
Edwardsville, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
FXE 4680(ES44AC) UP 4404(SD70M) UP 2416(SD60M) |
| Views: |
469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Odd meet |
| Description: |
In another one of those "whose railroad is this" shots, we see 930 with CN power approaching the camera, with coal train 8858 behind UP power waiting in the siding at CPF 587 in Afton |
| Photo Date: |
11/4/2005 Upload Date: 11/15/2012 2:20:30 AM |
| Location: |
Afton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CN 2544(C44-9W) CN 5429(SD50F) CSX 8667(SD50-2) UP 4411(SD70M) |
| Views: |
532 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sometimes odd stuff shows up |
| Description: |
The UP unit came in on NS; by this time, their power and BNSF were not much of a surprise. NYSW, however, did get some interesting visitors from other upstate short lines, since they did some repair work at Utica. Such is the case today, as in this VLIX C 420 in transit to somewhere at the Binghamton yard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/2004 Upload Date: 6/11/2017 3:59:45 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
VLIX 2064(C420) UP 4436(SD70M) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP power on work train |
| Description: |
NS was not shy about borrowing other roads power for even mundane assignments. A pair of BNSF units ran on a local for several months in the Tier, and there were times when a pair of UP units did the same. Here we see one on a stone train. Its a long way from stack trains in Nebraska!! Of note is the C 420 on the adjacent track in the NYSW yard, along with what looks like an F unit. NYSW handled a lot of units for other short lines and regionals, and a lot of interesting power showed up from time to time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/2004 Upload Date: 1/6/2013 4:17:29 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4436(SD70M) VLIX 2064(C420) |
| Views: |
593 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP power on Q 390 |
| Description: |
A reliable train for UP power is Q 390, the one time Conrail NPSE. Here it rolls 122 cars through Weedsport en route to Selkirk Yard |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2006 Upload Date: 11/4/2012 1:01:41 AM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8342(SD70ACe) UP 9361(C40-8W) UP 4461(SD70M) |
| Views: |
504 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
H01 |
| Description: |
The locals also got some interesting power from time to time. Todays H01 has a UP leader. |
| Photo Date: |
11/18/2002 Upload Date: 9/13/2013 1:53:53 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4472(SD70M) NS 8697(C40-8) |
| Views: |
328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Across the pond |
| Description: |
This dark side view of 13T from across the pond adjacent to Watson Blvd shows the variety that often turned up on this train. Not only a western visitor from UP, but also an older model, an SD 60. Today is a modest effort, only 24 cars heading for Allentown. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2006 Upload Date: 5/24/2018 4:00:58 AM |
| Location: |
Endwell, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9460(C40-9W) UP 4477(SD70M) NS 6606(SD60) |
| Views: |
363 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flags and elevators |
| Description: |
UP train with a pair of flag adorned units passes the elevator at Chouteau Okla on the former MKT |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2011 Upload Date: 1/20/2012 2:01:05 AM |
| Location: |
Chouteau, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5445(AC45CCTE) UP 4945(SD70M) UP 4483(SD70M) |
| Views: |
272 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CP salt train |
| Description: |
CP train 628, salt empties returning to a mine along Seneca Lake, sits next to the former D&H station in Binghamton NY. |
| Photo Date: |
1/30/2005 Upload Date: 2/27/2011 2:28:13 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4514(SD70M) NS 9211(C40-9W) NS 6754(SD60I) |
| Views: |
700 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to a meet |
| Description: |
Elsewhere in this album, we have UP 4340 west in a siding. Heres why he was waiting: this eastbound stack train. The framing on this is perfect. All I needed was a littl sun. |
| Photo Date: |
3/8/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 3:51:08 AM |
| Location: |
Newkirk, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4514(SD70M) UP 4525(SD70M) UP 4998(SD70M) |
| Views: |
183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Easy shot |
| Description: |
The former SP runs adjacent to I 10 in parts of New Mexico and Arizona, such as here. I caught this eastbound approaching me, so it was an easy shot. And I got a former home road unit leading too. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2015 Upload Date: 8/31/2018 4:35:34 AM |
| Location: |
Playas, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6153(AC44CW) UP 4525(SD70M) UP 4767(SD70M) |
| Views: |
187 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rivals meet |
| Description: |
A northbound BNSF train meets a southbound UP train on the ex MP at Grady Ark. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:20:08 AM |
| Location: |
Grady, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6008(ES44AC) BNSF 9693(SD70MAC) UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
275 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 4574 on the ex Mopac |
| Description: |
UP 4574 leads an NS unit south on the former MP at Grady Ark |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:38:37 AM |
| Location: |
Grady, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Covered with flowers |
| Description: |
Southbound UP train passes flowery scene south of Gould. The tracks here are adjacent to US 65, making for easy photos in the morning |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:24:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gould, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
159 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
South past the signals |
| Description: |
UP 4574 rolls out of Grady after meeting a northbound BNSF train |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:26:24 AM |
| Location: |
Grady, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DPU passes UP leader |
| Description: |
The DPU on the northbound BNSF train rolls past the head end of the waiting UP train. The BNSF unit is a coal service SD70M strayed from its usual habitat. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 7/5/2012 12:32:18 AM |
| Location: |
Grady, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4574(SD70M) NS 9408(C40-9W) BNSF 8830(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
241 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pile trestle |
| Description: |
Coming from the east, where just about everything is concrete or steel, I am fascinated by the number of wood pile trestles on the main lines here. An eastbound UP trains lead unit rolls across one with no sign of distress to the bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2008 Upload Date: 8/3/2016 4:52:11 AM |
| Location: |
Sallisaw, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4608(SD70M) |
| Views: |
184 Comments: 0 |
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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: |
143 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Empty grain running |
| Description: |
An eastbound empty grain train rolls east on the ex Rock Island |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:06:37 AM |
| Location: |
Cullison, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5134(SD70M) UP 4651(SD70M) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Long view |
| Description: |
The perspective on the empty grain train changes as a long lens shortens the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:11:00 AM |
| Location: |
Cullison, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5134(SD70M) UP 4651(SD70M) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Sunny face |
| Description: |
I saw this train approaching as I drove east on US 30, hoping Id be able to get to the crossing fast enough to get across and get a sun side shot. Not to be-slowpokes everywhere!! I did get this nice nose lit dark side shot. Not so bad, considering. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2016 Upload Date: 10/28/2016 2:23:58 AM |
| Location: |
Alda, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8081(AC45CCTE) UP 7764(AC45CCTE) UP 4673(SD70M) |
| Views: |
160 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big power for the spur |
| Description: |
Conrail never ran anything bigger than a GP 40 on the Vestal Spur, the remnant of the DLW main through Johnson City and a short distance into Vestal. Most of the traffic was coal for NYSEGs Goudy Station. NS did a major tie replacement and surfacing in late 2002, which improved conditions markedly, though they were using C40-8s there right from the start. Todays power is a western visitor, a UP SD 70MAC, a unit intended for more serious endeavors. Oh well-whatever gets the coal there. It has a cut for Goudy on the spur, rolling past another cut on the three pocket. |
| Photo Date: |
12/2/2005 Upload Date: 11/13/2017 5:31:47 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4715(SD70M) |
| Views: |
130 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Gone and back again |
| Description: |
This northbound 127 car train has a familiar face among the power. The second unit, once SP, shed by UP after the merger, is now back in action in familiar territory, this time in a least fleet. |
| Photo Date: |
7/27/2007 Upload Date: 7/4/2016 4:43:42 AM |
| Location: |
Talala, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4743(SD70M) GECX 8308(SD40T-2) UP 9533(C41-8W) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Unusual meet |
| Description: |
31T rolls slowly through QD yard, meeting the Siemens Transcaer train, on hand for first responder training for local fire and police departments. NS is showing the flag on the Transcaer train, but it looks like its UPs flag. |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/2004 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 3:15:31 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4759(SD70M) CN 5348(SD40-2W) |
| Views: |
203 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Transcaer |
| Description: |
The Transcaer train, built by Siemens to train first responders, it visiting Binghamton today. Its powered by a UP unit, which I thought was odd. NS sent an office car train for their people, which had a pair of spanking new SD70M-2s, sadly, not the Fs. |
| Photo Date: |
6/30/2004 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 3:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4759(SD70M) |
| Views: |
153 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Exider train |
| Description: |
Another train that got UP power was the Siemens Exider train, which stopped at Binghamton in late June 2004. |
| Photo Date: |
7/13/2004 Upload Date: 1/6/2013 4:19:34 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4759(SD70M) |
| Views: |
287 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting at Gary |
| Description: |
I saw this guy from below the overpass, and was able to get up on the South Shore platform to get the shot. The ex NYC and Pennsy ran close to each other here-NS uses the NYC line, but thats the ex PRR station partly visible at far left. The Indiana Toll Road is in the foreground. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/2004 Upload Date: 11/5/2017 4:02:42 AM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4760(SD70M) UP 9035(C40-8) |
| Views: |
181 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Whos first |
| Description: |
I was in McAlester one day in late 2008 to find the UP was fleeting northbounds on the old MKT. Two of them stand ready to roll at the north end of town. They'll take to the old Missouri Pacific at Wagoner to reach Kansas City, as UP runs directionally north of there, southbounds using the MKT, northbounds the MP. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2008 Upload Date: 8/8/2016 3:51:48 AM |
| Location: |
McAlester, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8104(SD9043MAC) UP 4772(SD70M) |
| Views: |
372 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Oil south |
| Description: |
I had just come through downtown Muskogee-and just missed a southbound going past the yard-and was headed north on OK 16 toward Wagoner, when I saw headlights throught the trees. I ran back toward town, and got him at the next crossing. Not the most scenic, but the leader is clean and its an attractive power set. He had 103 cars, three of which were buffers. UP 5701 brought up the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/2019 Upload Date: 2/19/2019 4:23:20 AM |
| Location: |
Muskogee, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4780(SD70M) |
| Views: |
198 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
12T and a mix of power |
| Description: |
12T sits at Binghamton while a new crew gets ready to take its 47 cars west. The overhang is the former DLW station platform canopy. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/2004 Upload Date: 1/6/2013 4:22:33 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4791(SD70M) NS 6787(SD60M) NS 9311(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
12T with a flag |
| Description: |
The weather could have been better; it seems every time an interesting leader would show up, the weather would be horrible. This morning, its just foggy as 12T gets 46 cars underway out of Binghamton with a UP flag unit, something that was still somewhat of a novelty at the time, especially this far east. |
| Photo Date: |
7/28/2004 Upload Date: 6/5/2017 5:43:36 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4791(SD70M) NS 6787(SD60M) NS 9311(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Prairie skyscraper |
| Description: |
Grain elevators are often the tallest structures for a long way out on the prairie, hence the name. A westbound stack train rolls past an elevator near Greensburg Kan, on the ex Rock Island Golden State Route |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:17:43 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7779(AC45CCTE) UP 4799(SD70M) |
| Views: |
41 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stack power |
| Description: |
The head end power on the westbound stack |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:21:32 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7779(AC45CCTE) UP 4799(SD70M) |
| Views: |
26 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Kansas icon |
| Description: |
During our last trip to Denver, I had seen this spot east of Greensburg and wanted to get a shot of a train here. I got one last time, but now was hoping Id get another chance. Just as I thought Id miss it this trip, this westbound rolled out from behind an elevator a few miles east. Some days, you win one!! |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:25:22 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7779(AC45CCTE) UP 4799(SD70M) |
| Views: |
32 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ex SP unit |
| Description: |
And its clean!! UP has finally finished painting all its power in Armour Yellow, now that the last two CNW units have gone to the paint shop for the UP treatment. The ex SP GEs had been running around in patched UP reporting marks for years, and now all are repainted. There are two on this 123 car southbound on the ex MKT, hitting the diamond for the ex MP here at Wagoner. UPDATE: See Robert Jackson's comment below. I had read somewhere that UP had finally repainted all of its pre merger units in Armour Yellow. Apparently as of late March 2019, that is not the case. In any event, this one looks good in new paint. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2018 Upload Date: 2/5/2018 4:37:30 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6398(AC44CW) UP 4813(SD70M) UP 6481(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
379 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Clean unit |
| Description: |
The trailing unit on this southbound looks to have been recently repainted. Looks good!! |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2018 Upload Date: 2/5/2018 4:44:29 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6481(AC44CW) UP 4813(SD70M) UP 6398(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Widecabs north |
| Description: |
The ex MP from Little Rock to Alexandria LA can be a busy line. I followed it from Pine Bluff to McGehee on trips to Mobile, and almost always saw something. This trip, it was a 125 car northbound behind a set of widecabs, typical of modern railroading. |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/2007 Upload Date: 6/28/2016 4:24:11 AM |
| Location: |
Tamo, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9370(C40-8W) UP 4890(SD70M) UP 9674(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
460 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
13T with a western visitor |
| Description: |
Western power showed up fairly routinely on 13T, todays train is no exception, with a UP unit splitting a pair of the usual NS widecabs waiting at BDs eastbound home signal. |
| Photo Date: |
11/23/2004 Upload Date: 11/25/2012 3:16:51 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Yard,Signal,Action |
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NS 9371(C40-9W) UP 4892(SD70M) NS 8908(C40-9W) |
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552 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Catching the light |
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I first saw this vantage point about 20 years ago when I was a driver for JB Hunt. Parking a 53 foot trailer on an overpass to shoot a train photo is not really a good idea, and I lived in NY at the time, so never was able to get back there to shoot trains. Now that I live within 90 minutes of this location, I can get there, but I find the trees have grown up, making what was an open shot pretty limited. I came across this southbound on the ex MKT and decided Id go for it anyway, trees or not. I was able to catch the train with some nose lighting, so not a total waste of time. Ill have to get here earlier in the day and see how it looks with the sun high enough to get over the trees. |
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11/13/2016 Upload Date: 11/15/2016 3:04:23 AM |
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Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7604(AC45CCTE) UP 4913(SD70M) |
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156 Comments: 1 |
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Not what youd have expected.... |
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back in the 70s. Where once the MKT and Rock Island crossed, now its UP and short line Arkansas & Oklahoma, the successor on the segment of the Choctaw Route from Howe to McAlester, with an operation in OKC as well. At least the AOK unit looks almost authentic. |
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8/1/2008 Upload Date: 8/8/2016 4:28:43 AM |
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McAlester, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
AOK 4061(B23-7) UP 7711(AC45CCTE) UP 4945(SD70M) |
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295 Comments: 0 |
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Western power, headed home |
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A pair of UP units and a CSX C40-8 lead this 130 platform Q109 past the OnTrak station, having just passed CP 291. |
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3/15/2006 Upload Date: 9/14/2016 4:29:14 AM |
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Syracuse (Carousel Mall), NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4946(SD70M) UP 9262(C40-8) |
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190 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Hiding out |
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This SD 70 was spotted to the east of the Ozark station. I didnt go over to check the details, but it looked like maybe UP had stationed a "protect" engine in case anything happened to the 4014. Seen from across the Arkansas River, hiding in the trees. |
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11/15/2019 Upload Date: 11/22/2019 4:46:43 AM |
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Ozark, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5006(SD70M) |
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144 Comments: 1 |
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Southbound on the ex Mopac |
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A southbound with some classic power and yet another NS GE rolls toward Little Rock on the ex MP. The second unit should feel right at home. It was originally a MP unit |
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6/26/2000 Upload Date: 2/10/2014 1:20:26 AM |
| Location: |
Walnut Ridge, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9163(C40-8) UP 5031(SD70M) NS 9109(C40-9W) |
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427 Comments: 1 |
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Q 390 |
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Ever reliable for UP power, Q 390 rolls east under Oakland Rd |
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5/19/2004 Upload Date: 1/10/2013 1:15:02 AM |
| Location: |
Weedsport, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9541(C41-8W) UP 5054(SD70M) UP 9523(C41-8W) |
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436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Long line |
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Unit trains, because of their uniform car type, are always a good subject for a telephoto shot. This is a look down the long line-106 cars-of a southbound oil train on the ex MP. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/2019 Upload Date: 2/19/2019 5:14:56 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6627(AC44CW) UP 5083(SD70M) UP 6071(AC44CWCTE) UP 5711(AC44CWCTE) |
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228 Comments: 1 |
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