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Viewing Album: Union Pacific Steam
By:
Tom Beckett
Dates:
11/15/2019 - 11/15/2019
Album Info:
Photos of UP steam power
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Title:
Arriving across the river
Description:
The 4014 crosses Hicks Creek as it slowly makes its way to the station.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:57:12 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
663
Comments:
4
Title:
Making the stop
Description:
UP 4014 rolls to a stop in front of the former Missouri Pacific station. A large crowd awaits, as was the case at all the stops I attended.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:09:44 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
353
Comments:
2
Title:
On display
Description:
UP 4014 has come to a stop at Ozark, and the local throng is now viewing the engine.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:11:29 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
410
Comments:
2
Title:
Down by the station
Description:
UP 4014 is still at the station, now seen from the Ark 23 bridge. The crowd is large. I was glad I didnt fight that madhouse to get a photo.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:21:02 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
561
Comments:
3
Title:
Clearing them out
Description:
UP 4014 blows steam out of the cylinders as he gets underway. The folks next to the station are getting a good cleaning!!
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:26:46 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
584
Comments:
2
Title:
Smoking!!
Description:
The train starts up, 4014 blowing a tall plume as it gets underway.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:28:01 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
547
Comments:
6
Title:
Down the river
Description:
The train has passed under the Ark 23 bridge and is now headed away from me down the Arkansas River valley. Next and last stop for the day will be Van Buren, 33 miles away.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:55:52 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
371
Comments:
2
Title:
Observing
Description:
Office car Kenefick brings up the rear as the train pulls away. It has a great view out the back, but today the action is all up front.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 5:01:19 AM
Location:
Ozark, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
364
Comments:
1
Title:
Alemite
Description:
The crew has the alemite gun hooked up, and is lubing the rods at the Van Buren service/overnight stop.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:25:51 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
412
Comments:
1
Title:
Up in the cab
Description:
A view of 4014s cab at Van Buren.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:41:49 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
370
Comments:
1
Title:
Blue flagged
Description:
The maintenance people are working on the engine now that it has arrived at its service stop in VanBuren. Each craft has a key in the flag. The engine cant be moved til they are all taken off.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:38:55 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
346
Comments:
1
Title:
A little history
Description:
This plaque is on the side of the tender near the gangway. It remarks that the engine was preserved by the R&LHS and on display in Pomona, Calif from 1962 to 2013.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:51:44 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
406
Comments:
1
Title:
Two 4014s
Description:
This Kenworth tractor was parked in the lot next to the UP trains resting place for the night. How bout that for a truck number!!
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:45:25 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
448
Comments:
1
Title:
Tied up
Description:
UP 4014 is in the siding at Van Buren while the locals come out to see the train and engine. UP police are keeping everyone off the main track while the crew finishes out their day as twlight falls.
Photo Date:
11/15/2019
Upload Date:
11/18/2019 4:18:22 AM
Location:
Van Buren, AR
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
676
Comments:
4
Title:
Jammed
Description:
The Wagoner stop posed some space issues, since the train was pulled up south of 5th St, a block from the diamond with the ex MKT, which we see in the foreground. It didnt leave a lot of room to park, and the streets are narrow as it is. We grabbed a shot and took off, wanting to beat him to Inola, a fairly straight shot for the train, but almost 30 miles by road.
Photo Date:
11/16/2019
Upload Date:
11/20/2019 4:44:17 AM
Location:
Wagoner, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
445
Comments:
1
Title:
Roadside
Description:
I was going to shoot the train down at Inola, but there is a line of poles between the road and the tracks. We went north on SH 88 toward Claremore, stopping near Tiawah for this shot.
Photo Date:
11/16/2019
Upload Date:
11/20/2019 4:40:04 AM
Location:
Tiawah, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
425
Comments:
1
Title:
At speed
Description:
UP 4014 makes good time as he rolls across the SH 88 overpass between Claremore and Oologah.
Photo Date:
11/16/2019
Upload Date:
11/20/2019 4:37:46 AM
Location:
Oologah, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
492
Comments:
3
Title:
Reflecting the sun
Description:
The 4014 rolls along US 169 near Talala, its train strung out behind in the late afternoon sun as it heads for its next stop in Nowata.
Photo Date:
11/16/2019
Upload Date:
11/20/2019 4:54:27 AM
Location:
Talala, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
491
Comments:
3
Title:
Big crowd
Description:
As with everywhere the train stopped on this trip, the crowd at Nowata was big, as just about the whole town turned out. I got this shot holding the camera over my head to get a slightly better angle. We quit the chase here, heading back to Tulsa for a good dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse.
Photo Date:
11/16/2019
Upload Date:
11/20/2019 4:25:55 AM
Location:
Nowata, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 8824(SD70AH)
Views:
486
Comments:
3
Title:
Overhead view
Description:
I had taken the Winnebago as a chase vehicle, given that the Covid pandemic has taken on new life in the past six weeks, and this would give me a fridge and a bathroom that I didnt have to share with the rest of the world. It also made for a good place to shoot photos from. I used the ladder on the back of the RV to get this shot from the roof, getting a commanding view of the 4014 and the entire train.
Photo Date:
8/12/2021
Upload Date:
8/17/2021 5:59:16 AM
Location:
McAlester, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 4015(SD70M)
Views:
355
Comments:
1
Title:
Straight on
Description:
The 4014 seen straight on from the Stonewall Av crossing, the automatic signal gt stop, protecting the engine as it sits at the station. His day was done here, and I had an almost three hour trip home. Day is done.
Photo Date:
8/12/2021
Upload Date:
8/17/2021 6:01:14 AM
Location:
McAlester, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
191
Comments:
2
Title:
On display
Description:
I went out to follow UP 4014 on its 2024 tour, catching up to it at Muskogee, where it had Okmulgee Av blocked completely
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
10/18/2024 6:31:07 AM
Location:
Muskogee, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
119
Comments:
2
Title:
On the way
Description:
After the street shot downtown, I went up to the Arkansas River bridge and set up. Its a good shot, with the railing on the old highway bridge here enforcing a strict photo line. It was one of only a few unobstructed views all day.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
10/18/2024 6:35:44 AM
Location:
Muskogee, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
248
Comments:
2
Title:
Helping out
Description:
UP typically sends a diesel as back up-you need to have some insurance against tying up the railroad when operating 80 year old equipment-in this case, a freshly painted GE. The last time the 4014 was here, the assist was provided by SD 70MAC 4015. This unit would stay with the 4014 all the way to Cheyenne.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
10/18/2024 6:40:17 AM
Location:
Muskogee, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Bridge,Action
Locomotives:
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
262
Comments:
2
Title:
Another shot along the highway
Description:
There was a freight stopped ahead of the 4014, so progress was slow, but it did allow for some relaxed chasing, and I was able to pick spots along the way, such as this spot along SR 88.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 4:40:49 AM
Location:
Tiawah, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
80
Comments:
1
Title:
Panned
Description:
The 4014 passing me as it rolls slowly north
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 4:42:41 AM
Location:
Tiawah, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
117
Comments:
1
Title:
Over the Frisco
Description:
The 4014 is at a walk as it makes its way through the crowd at Claremore, passing the home signal for the BNSF ex Frisco crossing in Claremore. It did its public stop on the other side of town, playing to a huge crowd.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 4:46:17 AM
Location:
Claremore, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
Views:
108
Comments:
1
Title:
Wider view
Description:
A wider view at the same location shows more of the train, stretched out across the BNSF diamond
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 4:49:09 AM
Location:
Claremore, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
235
Comments:
1
Title:
Through the trees
Description:
One of the less appealing things about the ex MP route was the lack of overpasses, and that there were a number of places that were hemmed in by trees, a situation I would largely not have to deal with on a subsequent chase a week or so later in Kansas. Approaching a crossing north of Nowata.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:02:51 AM
Location:
Nowata, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
237
Comments:
1
Title:
Open field
Description:
The 4014 rolls toward a crossing near Delaware, giving a good look at the train in late afternoon light.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:05:07 AM
Location:
Delaware, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
133
Comments:
1
Title:
Steam engine and protect power
Description:
This going away shot at Delaware shows the 4014 and its protect power, along with its canteens.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:09:42 AM
Location:
Delaware, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
231
Comments:
1
Title:
Support
Description:
The 4014 is a little farther along, and we now see the protect engine and tool cars as the engine picks up speed headed north
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:15:27 AM
Location:
Delaware, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
236
Comments:
1
Title:
The whole show
Description:
The whole train is now in view as the 4014 rolls toward Coffeyville.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:20:03 AM
Location:
Delaware, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
215
Comments:
1
Title:
Lincoln
Description:
Obs Lincoln brings up the rear
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:21:01 AM
Location:
Delaware, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
Views:
84
Comments:
1
Title:
By the signals
Description:
The 4014 passes the automatics at Lenapah in my last shot of the day. As the train passed, the motorcade of chasers caught up, and I decided I didnt want to get bogged down in the mess. This was a fitting end to the day.
Photo Date:
10/14/2024
Upload Date:
11/12/2024 5:23:38 AM
Location:
Lenapah, OK
Author:
Tom Beckett
Categories:
Scenic,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
UP 4014(4-8-8-4)
UP 9625(C44-9W)
Views:
246
Comments:
2
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