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Tourist info |
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Quite a few communities were able to prevail upon local railroads for a caboose when they were being phased out 25 years ago. Many wound up in parks, some, such as this one, became local tourist information centers. This ex Santa Fe car was performing that task at Medicine Lodge. |
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10/17/2015 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 2:14:22 AM |
| Location: |
Medicine Lodge, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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123 Comments: 1 |
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F and caboose display |
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The city of Decatur has turned its KCS station into a museum, with a good display of artifacts and equipment inside and out. The anchor for this is this F 7 and caboose. |
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2/4/2016 Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:53:05 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Station |
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KCS 73D(F7A) |
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527 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pacific in the park |
| Description: |
This Santa Fe pacific was in a park in Great Bend Kan. Looks good for being off the road 60 years. |
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10/15/2016 Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:27:29 AM |
| Location: |
Great Bend, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
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ATSF 3416(4-6-2) |
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532 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Builders plate |
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Thebuilders plate on the Glover Machine Works engine. |
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3/23/2017 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:40:14 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Steam |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Industrial power |
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This steam engine was built in 1916 by local Marietta company Glover Machine Works, an enterprise that is still un business today, though no longer making steam engines. It is on a section of panel track under a canopy next to the Marietta A&W station. |
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3/23/2017 Upload Date: 4/4/2017 4:26:19 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Steam |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Historical marker |
| Description: |
This is the sign describing the Glover Machine Works engine on display at Marietta. |
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4/14/2017 Upload Date: 5/1/2017 4:11:23 AM |
| Location: |
Marietta, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crescent City |
| Description: |
Southern Railway sleeper Crescent City is on display at the station in Dalton GA. Work is ongoing to restore the car to it original configuration. |
| Photo Date: |
9/17/2018 Upload Date: 1/2/2019 4:51:33 AM |
| Location: |
Dalton, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Passenger |
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165 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Historic display |
| Description: |
The station at Bridgeport AL has been lovingly restored and turned into a museum. Out front near the parking lot, this SW type and a caboose are on permanent display. The WHOE reporting marks are for Walking Horse & Eastern. |
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9/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/16/2018 6:06:00 AM |
| Location: |
Bridgeport, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
WHOE 1186(SW9) |
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284 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
If its a train, is it Rail B&B?? |
| Description: |
This Chessie caboose is now privately owned, and sits across from the CSX line at Folkston, and is available to rent. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:46:24 AM |
| Location: |
Folkston, GA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Small display |
| Description: |
This GE industrial unit and L&N painted caboose are on display east of the Stevenson station. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:51:52 AM |
| Location: |
Stevenson, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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93 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SAL caboose |
| Description: |
This SAL car is on display at the ex SAL, now Amtrak, station in Palatka. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:54:59 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAL trucks |
| Description: |
Detail view of the truck on the SAL caboose on display at Palatka. The stamping gives away the ownership. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 5:59:27 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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34 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wonder how old |
| Description: |
The patent number on this switchstand is just shy of 2,000,000. I wonder what year that would place it in?? Im guessing close to the turn of the century-the last one. |
| Photo Date: |
9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:05:42 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster |
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37 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old hardware |
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This switchstand was also part of the displayed equipment at Palatka. What a difference compared to the ergonomic switchstands today. |
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9/20/2018 Upload Date: 10/18/2018 6:02:58 AM |
| Location: |
Palatka, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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38 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Home town heritage |
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Many places make some effort to show their railroad history, whether it be a steam engine in a park, a restored station, or just some equipment on a siding. Needles had a siding full of equipment, but I was on a "geezer" tour, and didnt have time during this meal break to go check out the whole display. I was able to get this shot of a nicely painted ATSF box from the McDonalds parking lot. Oh well.... |
| Photo Date: |
3/10/2019 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 4:58:36 AM |
| Location: |
Needles, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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49 Comments: 0 |
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Stranded in the desert |
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Retired box cars make great storage units, and many have found their way off the rails and into some interesting places over the years. Seems like most of the classic cars-Santa Fe reefers come to mind-have disappeared, probably just due to age. A new fleet has come to replace them such as this Pacific Fruit Express car in reefer yellow, somewhere in the Mojave Desert, seen from a tour bus on I 40. |
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3/10/2019 Upload Date: 9/28/2019 4:58:49 AM |
| Location: |
Daggett, CA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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84 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another 765 |
| Description: |
In this case, its an EJ&E engine. The NKP version of this number is still out plying the rails. This one has run its last mile, and is on display in downtown Gary. |
| Photo Date: |
4/25/2019 Upload Date: 8/4/2019 5:05:51 AM |
| Location: |
Gary, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
EJE 765(2-8-2) |
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256 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Afternoon light |
| Description: |
I drive past this unit often, and its such a part of the landscape that I dont always pay a lot of attention. I was stalking L 102, the Watts based dodger that works most days to Simmons in Decatur, then turns back south, working Little Debbie in Gentry on the way. The light was gorgeous, so I had to get a photo of the "stuffed and mounted" F 7 while I waited for the local to pass, itself in a red/yellow/black scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2019 Upload Date: 9/28/2019 4:49:44 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
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261 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out in the cold |
| Description: |
The F 7 on display at Decatur sits cold and lonely in the snow following a hard week of winter weather. It was -12 here three days earlier. |
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2/18/2021 Upload Date: 2/22/2021 6:24:34 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 73D(F7A) |
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206 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Storage unit |
| Description: |
Or, how we did things before PODs. This car has been on this property as long as I can remember-Ive lived in town for 16 years-but only recently did the home owner clear off the brush to reveal enough of the car to merit a photo. Hard to tell what road it was from-the paint is faded to almost gone-but it may have been CNW. In a yard along Country Club Rd. |
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11/3/2022 Upload Date: 11/9/2022 5:46:21 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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37 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pennsy power?? |
| Description: |
Doesnt look like it, but the type face on the number looks like it could be. We stopped near Mansfield for gas and a Mc Donalds tea off I 71, and saw this up on the hill behind the Mc Donalds, carrying a banner for the diner it was in front of. Any ideas on what the heritage of this engine is, please comment. |
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10/22/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:43:07 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 917(4-4-2) |
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61 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Close up view |
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A closer view of the steam engine behind the Mc Donalds in Mansfield. The RRPA system identifies the Pennsy engine with this number as a 4-4-2, but I can clearly see there are at least six driving wheels, and it may be a 2-8-0. I suspect the number may not be the engine's actual number, or it's not a PRR engine, which I suspect is the case. The fall color in the background is absolutely authentic!! |
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10/22/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:47:55 AM |
| Location: |
Mansfield, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
PRR 917(4-4-2) |
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66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yard box |
| Description: |
Boxcars have been used as storage units as long as there have been box cars. This one is in a yard in Siloam Springs. Ive shot it before, from a more end-on angle. The sun was good this day for a broadside view of this ex CNW 60 foot box. Too bad the car number is eroded off. |
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11/8/2023 Upload Date: 11/19/2023 4:08:12 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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25 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Finally a car number!! |
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Ive been tracking this ex CNW box car being used as a storage shed at a house in town, hoping to one day get a car number. Finally, someone did some brush cutting and yard clean up, and I have my answer. |
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4/24/2024 Upload Date: 6/6/2024 5:25:17 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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23 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
End view |
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The end of the box car in the yard at Siloam Springs. Old corrugated steel, a classic freight car look. Of note, a previous car number appears to be partly evident at the right top of the car, and does not match the number on the side. |
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4/24/2024 Upload Date: 6/6/2024 5:26:36 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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21 Comments: 1 |
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