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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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302 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 |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
252 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
A favorite spot |
Description: |
My wife is a frequent companion on some of my train chasing expeditions, and sometimes will take a few shots as well. We were following this southbound TXUX coal train, and set up to get the shot on the Elk River at Ginger Blue. Diane nailed it pretty good, a nicely lit shot from the low water crossing to the west of the bridge. |
Photo Date: |
6/8/2007 Upload Date: 7/3/2016 5:05:16 AM |
Location: |
Ginger Blue, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6013(ES44AC) BNSF 8914(SD70MAC) TFM 1664(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
448 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
305 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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185 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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Views: |
195 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: |
434 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: |
376 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) |
Views: |
364 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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Views: |
171 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: |
681 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: |
430 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: |
394 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: |
389 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) |
Views: |
515 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: |
657 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
Straight on |
Description: |
This was a shot taken from the car as we waited at the US 62 crossing. We just missed beating the gates, and had to wait for the train to pass, but it yielded this nice shot of an angle I rarely take. The train is passing the HJ Baker feed mill. |
Photo Date: |
3/22/2014 Upload Date: 1/7/2021 5:35:33 AM |
Location: |
Westville, OK |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9882(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
104 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
377 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: |
346 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
You know where you are |
Description: |
A typical Santa Fe station sign adorns the end of the station/freight house at Holbrook Az. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:06:02 AM |
Location: |
Holbrook, AZ |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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Views: |
141 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pulling away |
Description: |
A BNSF local with a GP38-2/GP60B set of power pulls away from us as we go into an underpass. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:12:28 AM |
Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2376(GP38-2) BNSF 332(GP60B) |
Views: |
285 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Going under |
Description: |
Were about to go under the BNSF main at Winslow, as an eastbound local behind a GP 38 rolls overhead. Look at the number on the second unit. Its one of the 25 GP 60Bs the Santa Fe bought in the mid 90s for intermodal service. How the mighty have fallen. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:16:01 AM |
Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2376(GP38-2) |
Views: |
421 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Now theres a power set |
Description: |
A local heads east on the ex Santa Fe main behind a GP 38-2, and a unit that would have been an unlikely participant on a local a few years ago, a GP 60B. Wed have given chase, but the light was going, and we had a date at La Posada, the former Harvey House in town. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:19:30 AM |
Location: |
Winslow, AZ |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2376(GP38-2) BNSF 332(GP60B) |
Views: |
391 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Big train |
Description: |
We had pulled up onto a frontage road near El Malpais National Monument to check out the lava flows, when we saw this westbound stack approaching. Diane nailed it. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:24:16 AM |
Location: |
Acomita, NM |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 4468(C44-9W) BNSF 5504(C44-9W) BNSF 5522(C44-9W) |
Views: |
222 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Mountain view |
Description: |
We were going to stop to see a high school friend of mine who now lives near Belen, so got off I 40 at the exit for NM 6. We saw a train in the distance, which Diane was able to capture in this scenic going away shot. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:29:10 AM |
Location: |
Dalies, NM |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W) |
Views: |
205 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Power away |
Description: |
The power on the westbound stack train heads for the mountains. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:38:02 AM |
Location: |
Dalies, NM |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W) |
Views: |
205 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Long train running |
Description: |
A colorful string of containers rolls west behind a set of BNSF power, heading toward distant mountains and the ocean. |
Photo Date: |
4/5/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:35:15 AM |
Location: |
Dalies, NM |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W) |
Views: |
202 Comments: 1 |
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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: |
237 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 7592(ES44DC) BNSF 6638(ES44C4) |
Views: |
301 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: |
226 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: |
295 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: |
220 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: |
168 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: |
266 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: |
273 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Working local |
Description: |
We caught the A&M local that works Rogers in the afternoon, here at TRG metals, pulling a loaded gon full of scrap out. |
Photo Date: |
6/23/2015 Upload Date: 12/16/2018 4:56:40 AM |
Location: |
Rogers, AR |
Author: |
Diane Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
AM 42(C420) |
Views: |
275 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: |
114 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: |
180 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 |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
103 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 |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5274(C44-9W) CSX 5101(AC44CW) |
Views: |
149 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 |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
167 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 |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
179 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: |
502 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: |
393 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: |
174 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 |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
177 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 |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
214 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: |
BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
181 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: |
BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe) |
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