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| Title: |
Coal tower |
| Description: |
We were on our way west through Illinois, when Diane was intrigued by this coaling tower in Decatur. If I recall, its on the Wabash. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2006 Upload Date: 2/15/2017 2:27:35 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur (NS Shops), IL |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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318 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC station |
| Description: |
This is the Illinois Central station at Decatur, looking good for its age. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2006 Upload Date: 2/15/2017 2:29:32 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, IL |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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265 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling up |
| Description: |
The Holiday Express rolls past the station at Noel to a stop as it arrives for the days festivities here. It was chilly, but sunny, making for a good day to tour the train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/7/2008 Upload Date: 3/16/2017 4:27:58 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2(FP9A) KCS 3(F9B) KCS 1(FP9A) |
| Views: |
322 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stacks and sky |
| Description: |
We were at Missouri Valley IA when a UP stack train rolled by. While I am more focused on motive power and operating concerns, Diane takes a more artistic approach, capturing the boxes and a beautiful sky. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:26:22 AM |
| Location: |
Missouri Valley, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
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195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Darkside boxes |
| Description: |
A darkside view of a UP stack train, again with a pretty sky. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:33:27 AM |
| Location: |
Missouri Valley, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Action |
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208 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP in the sky |
| Description: |
An eastbound UP stack train rolls past under a Kodachrome sky. |
| Photo Date: |
8/1/2009 Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:37:08 AM |
| Location: |
Missouri Valley, IA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4008(SD70M) UP 3778(SD70M) |
| Views: |
491 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Belles in the snow |
| Description: |
We were out on this snowy day chasing-which we did in NY all the time, since it snowed A LOT there, so no big deal to go out in the little bit of snow we get in Arkansas. One of the prizes that day was this southbound we caught near Sulphur Springs behind a pair of new Belles, which was a big deal at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2010 Upload Date: 3/16/2017 4:17:19 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4030(SD70ACe) KCS 4689(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A view from the bridge |
| Description: |
In this case, the US 59 bridge over the Illinois River. Not to bad for a shot taken through the open car window while I was standing outside getting the shot looking over the wall. Two SD 70ACe's have 75 empty grain hoppers in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2010 Upload Date: 3/16/2017 4:23:14 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4057(SD70ACe) KCS 4027(SD70ACe) |
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404 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Snowy path |
| Description: |
The KCS main looking north from the Ark 59 overpass shows a pair of rails cutting through the snow along Butler Creek. Pretty shot, even in the gloom. All we need now is a train. |
| Photo Date: |
1/31/2010 Upload Date: 3/16/2017 4:20:18 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Track |
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182 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
Close up of the herald Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado unit waiting out the weekend |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/2011 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:08:38 AM |
| Location: |
Wallace, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NKCR 5102(GP50) |
| Views: |
714 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Iconic Nebraska |
| Description: |
If there are two things that better say "Nebraska" better than Union Pacific and chimney rock, I cant think of them. Here we have both, in a shot Diane caught of an empty coal train waiting to pass through a work zone. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 2:23:05 AM |
| Location: |
Bayard, NE |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5751(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
451 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Past the signal |
| Description: |
A westbound coal train headed for Wyoming passes an automatic near Scottsbluff |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2011 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 2:46:28 AM |
| Location: |
Bayard, NE |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5843(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
419 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gorilla meets goliath |
| Description: |
The Watco unit painted for Pittburg State meets a much larger colleague at Pittsburg yard. |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2013 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:16:51 AM |
| Location: |
Pittsburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WAMX 3834(GP38-3) KCS 4057(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
414 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Out with the old, in with the new |
| Description: |
Alcos 34 and 46 sit on the dead line tracks as the bold new look of an SD70ACe sits ready for action. |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/2013 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:24:41 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AM 46(C420) AM 34(C424) AM 71(SD70ACe) |
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554 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Deadline |
| Description: |
At least a few of these Alcos have reached the end of the line, as seen at the Springdale shop |
| Photo Date: |
9/21/2013 Upload Date: 1/30/2014 3:20:14 AM |
| Location: |
Springdale, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
AM 34(C424) AM 46(C420) |
| Views: |
694 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Dark side |
| Description: |
I had stopped on the shoulder of I 40 to get a shot of these MLWs on the Grand Canyon Ry-I dont recommend this on a 75 MPH highway-Diane took the smart way out, and shot from the RV. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2015 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 5:42:44 AM |
| Location: |
Williams Junction, AZ |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GCRY 6776(FPA4) GCRY 6871(FPB4) |
| Views: |
424 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Sunny side, too |
| Description: |
She also was able to get the sun side of the power as I was pulling up. |
| Photo Date: |
4/4/2015 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 5:45:49 AM |
| Location: |
Williams Junction, AZ |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
GCRY 6776(FPA4) GCRY 6871(FPB4) |
| Views: |
391 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Coming at us |
| Description: |
We were rolling east on I 40, which is close enough most places west of Dalies to see some train action, and caught this westbound coal train near Gallup. Id driving, shes shooting. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2018 5:48:39 AM |
| Location: |
Gallup, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6907(ES44C4) BNSF 7162(ES44C4) BNSF 5785(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
280 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Over the rail |
| Description: |
Diane shot this westbound over the guard rail on I 40. Im doing 75 MPH, not the best time for me to be working a camera. Fortunately, she does a good job with me bouncing down the road. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2018 5:53:11 AM |
| Location: |
Prewitt, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7087(ES44C4) BNSF 6638(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
338 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pacing |
| Description: |
Diane shot past me to get this eastbound out the window of the RV. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2018 6:14:40 AM |
| Location: |
Acomita, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7250(ES44DC) BNSF 6831(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
263 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Over the top |
| Description: |
The eastbound wed been pacing now crosses over us. It will meet a westbound here very shortly. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/17/2018 6:17:28 AM |
| Location: |
Acomita, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7250(ES44DC) BNSF 6831(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
333 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
From the car |
| Description: |
On a trip to California in April 2015, we stopped to visit some old friends in Belen NM. It was decided wed go to dinner in Albuquerque, and took off in their car. We were riding in the back seat, when we caught up to this Rail Runner train at Los Lunas. Diane got it with her phone. Pretty good, Id say. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 8/14/2017 3:36:44 AM |
| Location: |
Los Lunas, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NMRX 103(MP36PH-3C) |
| Views: |
244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning westbound |
| Description: |
We had just left the KOA in Amarillo, which is close enough to the tracks you can see trains, when we encountered this westbound grain move near White Deer. View through the windshield as we rolled east on US 60. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2015 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 5:33:36 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5279(C44-9W) CSX 5101(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
188 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Yard shot |
| Description: |
We found these Trans Global Solutions units parked near Gallup. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2015 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 5:38:25 AM |
| Location: |
Gallup, NM |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
ECRX 8419(GP10) ECRX 1506(SW1500) |
| Views: |
297 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Short line at work |
| Description: |
A set of WATCO power works at Coffeyville Kan. Once a bustling railroad town, and a division point on the Mopac, it now has UP on the former MP, and WATCO running most of everything else thats left. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/2015 Upload Date: 12/18/2018 5:52:49 AM |
| Location: |
Coffeyville, KS |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
WAMX 503(Road Slug) WAMX 3529(GP35) |
| Views: |
309 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
View from the bridge |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, works at Pipelife Jetstream. Diane shot this from the car window with her phone. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2015 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 4:19:44 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 1914(GP38-2) KCS 2968(GP40-3) |
| Views: |
156 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Car grab |
| Description: |
Most of the time, when we go out, Im driving, and Diane takes grab shots as Im passing someplace. This time it was Watts on a gloomy day. She got this grab shot of an H train leader as we went past the north end of town. |
| Photo Date: |
6/29/2015 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 4:30:10 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4818(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
208 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Shadow image |
| Description: |
We caught a coal train, and had to cross the tracks to get the shot, then wait for it to pass. Diane got this shot of the crossbuck shadow on one of the coal cars. |
| Photo Date: |
7/3/2015 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 4:53:40 AM |
| Location: |
Anderson, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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112 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Under a cloud |
| Description: |
Fortunately, not one that is shadowing the train, but it does make a nice effect in the sky. A westbound grain train rolls past an elevator along US 60. |
| Photo Date: |
7/7/2015 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 5:05:39 AM |
| Location: |
Panhandle, TX |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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167 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Deep blue |
| Description: |
Diane caught this shot of the coaling tower on the ATSF west of the station, standing starkly against the deep blue of a Kansas sky. Its been there since 1928, doesnt look like its going anywhere any time soon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2016 3:53:28 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, KS |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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177 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Early in the morning |
| Description: |
We were going from Quivira NWR to the wetlands at Cheyenne Bottoms to watch migratory bird, and passed through Great Bend. Diane got a shot of the ex ATSF station there in early light. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2016 3:50:56 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, KS |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station |
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200 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All quiet |
| Description: |
The Great Bend station is quiet on a Sunday morning, with the Watco power outside waiting for Mondays action. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2016 3:59:07 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, KS |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KO 3937(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
528 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Belt unit at the mill |
| Description: |
An ex Belt Railway of Chicago geep sits at a grain elevator far from its original home in a second life. |
| Photo Date: |
10/17/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:03:23 AM |
| Location: |
Kearney, NE |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
BRC 471(GP9) |
| Views: |
423 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Twilight on the high plains |
| Description: |
We were headed for Amarillo recently, rolling along US 60 as the sun got lower and lower. Diane grabbed this out the window of our RV as we met this eastbound. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2018 Upload Date: 4/12/2018 4:34:37 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6148(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
193 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Off in the trees |
| Description: |
A southbound TXUX train rolls away from the Ark 59 overpass toward a green board through a canopy of foliage. Fall here is usually lackluster compared to the color we were used to in the northeast. This year was, by Ozark standards, stunning. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 5:14:08 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
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197 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Not high |
| Description: |
A southbound TXUX train rolls through the high car detector north of Goodman. Nothing on this train will set it off. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 5:15:53 AM |
| Location: |
Goodman, MO |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
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238 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
Southbound TXUX train rolling toward downtown Goodman, in a blast of orange. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 5:22:40 AM |
| Location: |
Goodman, MO |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
201 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the boards |
| Description: |
Southbound TXUX coal train splits the signals at McElhany |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 5:24:49 AM |
| Location: |
McElhany, MO |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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265 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
A little color |
| Description: |
And not just the power. The DPU on an empty TXUX train rolls toward some fall foliage south of Anderson. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 5:04:51 AM |
| Location: |
Anderson, MO |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6223(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
136 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
To the mill |
| Description: |
The smpty trains DPUs roll toward the feed mill at Anderson. |
| Photo Date: |
10/28/2018 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 5:14:44 AM |
| Location: |
Anderson, MO |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3932(SD70M) BNSF 6223(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
139 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Two types of power and canteens |
| Description: |
As we rolled into Claremore, the train was on display along the road south of downtown. From the car, Diane caught the diesel protect engine, the canteens, and the 4014 herself. Quite an array, and the flags really make the scene. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/2019 Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:06:23 AM |
| Location: |
Claremore, OK |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH) |
| Views: |
180 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming across |
| Description: |
The 4014 slowly rolls across the ex Frisco now BNSF Cherokee Sub, now headed for its next stop at Nowata |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/2019 Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:11:31 AM |
| Location: |
Claremore, OK |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH) |
| Views: |
158 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Close up |
| Description: |
The 4014 draws by, and we got a closer look, even with the large crowd. |
| Photo Date: |
11/16/2019 Upload Date: 12/13/2020 5:35:22 AM |
| Location: |
Claremore, OK |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Steam,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4014(4-8-8-4) UP 8824(SD70AH) |
| Views: |
152 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Grain DPU |
| Description: |
Wed been chasing a northbound empty grain train, two units up front, and these two as a DPU on the rear. He stopped at Gentry to meet a southbound, and I pulled in off Main St to get the shot, Diane got it with her phone from the car, a sparkling clean set of KCS and CP power. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2022 Upload Date: 9/24/2022 6:13:57 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5001(ET44AC) CP 7002(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
176 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound gray |
| Description: |
We has just finished breakfast in Gentry-at Miss Marys, which has a view of the tracks-when this empty TXUX train went north. We gave chase, and Diane got coming and going shots. Heres the oncoming northbound at a grade crossing south of Decatur. |
| Photo Date: |
5/15/2024 Upload Date: 5/24/2024 5:36:24 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Diane Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| 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: |
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65 Comments: 1 |
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