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Blowin in the wind |
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One of the main features of the high plains is the wind, which was strong, and you feel it constantly, especially in an RV. Its blowing the 4014s smoke as the train passes the signal and a lone cottonwood at McAllaster. Note the lineside pole at far left, with four stripes. UP marks its poles, where they still exist, with up to four stripes, each marking a quarter mile. This one is at a milepost, having four. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:42:07 AM |
| Location: |
McAllaster, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Wide open |
| Description: |
Now away from the interstate, the line crosses the high plains, and, aside from the road(and the marker for buried cable), is about the only sign of mankind in this remote country |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:38:54 AM |
| Location: |
Winona, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Framed |
| Description: |
West of Oakley, the tracks follow US 40 closely, making pan shots easy. I took this one out the window of the RV as I passed the head end, framed by my passenger side window. The sun gleams on the engine, the clouds now behind us. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:36:15 AM |
| Location: |
Winona, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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| Title: |
And a buggy, too |
| Description: |
The caboose on the 4014s train rolls past the signal. Time to get a move on west. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:30:07 AM |
| Location: |
Oakley, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
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| Title: |
Passing the signal |
| Description: |
The 4014 smokes as it passes the signal at the west end of Oakley. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:28:54 AM |
| Location: |
Oakley, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Another town, another elevator |
| Description: |
There was a brief stop at Oakley, where theres a small yard. There was construction downtown, and access was difficult, especially for someone driving a Winnebago, as I was. I took up a position at the west end of town, near a typically tall elevator. The clouds had been building since Grainfield, and now were pretty heavy, making for a dark scene. Theyd clear by the time we got to Sharon Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:23:48 AM |
| Location: |
Oakley, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 9625(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Getting a roll on |
| Description: |
The 4014 rolls west, gaining speed as it heads for Grinnell and west. |
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10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Smoke box and flags |
| Description: |
The smokebox and lead truck of the 4014, adorned with the Kansas state flag. The engine flew the flag of each state it was in while it was there. |
| Photo Date: |
10/20/2024 Upload Date: 12/24/2024 6:13:58 AM |
| Location: |
Grainfield, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) |
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| Title: |
Waiting for the new crew |
| Description: |
NY 10 is pulled up into Bevier St yard awaiting a new crew for the final leg to Jersey. Conrail will not let the D&H/NYSW stacks change crews on their main, so they have to pull into either the D&H yard at East Binghamton, or onto the Buffalo Runner and the Utica Branch. When the new crew is on, they will back the train out onto CR at QD, then head east. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/1988 Upload Date: 9/30/2553 2:57:13 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom#Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
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NYSW 3614(SD45) NYSW 6500(SD45) NYSW 6509(SD45) NYSW 6366(SD45) |
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| Title: |
South station |
| Description: |
MBTA FP10 1152 and neutered RDCs sit out the midday at South Station in Boston |
| Photo Date: |
2/25/1981 Upload Date: 2/9/4703 2:35:33 AM |
| Location: |
Boston South Station, MA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
MBTA 1152(FP10) |
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