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| Title: |
Kansas icon |
| Description: |
During our last trip to Denver, I had seen this spot east of Greensburg and wanted to get a shot of a train here. I got one last time, but now was hoping Id get another chance. Just as I thought Id miss it this trip, this westbound rolled out from behind an elevator a few miles east. Some days, you win one!! |
| Photo Date: |
3/20/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 6:25:22 AM |
| Location: |
Greensburg, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7779(AC45CCTE) UP 4799(SD70M) |
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56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Caught one |
| Description: |
A trip to the Alabama Gulf coast for us involves running US 65 from Pine Bluff to Lake Village, much of which is next to UPs ex MP line from Little Rock to Alexandria LA. Once in a while we see something, as on the return trip, where we caught a southbound with NS power and 172 cars. Note the railfan chase vehicle at left. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 5:43:31 AM |
| Location: |
Gould, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4424(AC44C6M) UP 8527(SD70ACe) |
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75 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past the automatic |
| Description: |
I like lineside hardware, and by chance picked a spot with a signal. The train passes the automatic. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2023 Upload Date: 4/28/2023 5:48:15 AM |
| Location: |
Gould, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4424(AC44C6M) UP 8527(SD70ACe) |
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80 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Not much happening |
| Description: |
I went to see friends in Belen NM during December 2023, driving out from Arkansas. OF course, I had to stop in Tucumcari, hopefullly to see something passing the ex Rock/SP station there. Unfortunately, not much going on, just a couple of trains canned in the yard, among them this westbound. Id see more later, including a meet between here and Santa Rosa. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:40:49 AM |
| Location: |
Tucumcari, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7345(AC45CCTE) UP 5416(AC45CCTE) UP 8949(SD70AH) |
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87 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPU west |
| Description: |
I came up on a westbound grain train that was holding in a siding at Los Tanos, with a single unit DPU on the rear. This is a close up look at the power. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:02:49 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7999(AC45CCTE) |
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57 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long train |
| Description: |
I didnt get a car count-its hard to count a long train of similar looking cars while riding down the interstate at 75 MPH-but it was a good sized train, with a GE bringing up the rear. The only reason I could stop and wait for the meet was that I was parked on the I 40 ramp |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:06:18 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7999(AC45CCTE) |
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38 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Finally the eastbound |
| Description: |
When I stopped to get the shot of the DPU, I saw a headlight in the distance. Oh good, a meet, I thought, as the eastbound approached. I was expecting the eastbound to be moving with some dispatch, but he must have taken ten minutes to get there. Finally he arrived, a stack train behind a trio of GEs |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:43:05 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H) UP 7999(AC45CCTE) |
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81 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Three GEs |
| Description: |
Three GEs lead the eastbound stack, a long train of 205 platforms, with another GE 132 platforms deep in the train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:53:48 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5616(AC44CWCTE) UP 5935(AC44CWCTE) UP 8244(ES44AC-H) |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stack DPU |
| Description: |
This GE was 132 platforms deep in the stack train. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 5:57:31 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7258(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
42 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Head end |
| Description: |
The head end power of the grain train sits at the west end of the siding. Shot from the shoulder of I 40. Dont try this on the road!! |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:03:27 AM |
| Location: |
Los Tanos, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5391(AC45CCTE) UP 2694(ET44AH) |
| Views: |
65 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound |
| Description: |
When I got down to Vaughn, there were two trains facing off, one eastbound, one west. This is the eastbound, led by UP 6335, seen from across the BNSF near their station. The coveted shot here is at the crossing, where BNSF passes over UP. I didnt have time to wait out a meet. Maybe next time. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:12:29 AM |
| Location: |
Vaughn, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6335(AC44CW) UP 5356(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grain west |
| Description: |
A westbound grain train on the Golden State Route waits to head west. The traffic on the UP had picked up since I left Tucumcari, but it was getting late, and I still needed to make Belen by dark. There would be a number of shots I got on the BNSF, but would liked to have spent more time on the UP, as there were several spots that I wanted to shoot. Maybe next trip... |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 6:15:38 AM |
| Location: |
Vaughn, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8314(SD70ACe) UP 6145(AC44CW) |
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84 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ten years, one million miles, whichever comes first |
| Description: |
I found this amusing, that they would stencil this on an SD 70. Probably out by now, those units are 20 plus years old. This one was on a northbound ahead of the 4014 special. Must be a beast taking it back to the dealer!! |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/2024 Upload Date: 10/31/2024 6:12:01 AM |
| Location: |
Claremore, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4039(SD70M) |
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20 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Samson of the Plains marker |
| Description: |
Theres a historical marker in the small parking area just off US 54 at the bridge, explaining the local history, and how the 1200 foot long structure came to be built. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:04:56 AM |
| Location: |
Kismet, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
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20 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
What I was waiting for |
| Description: |
Ive been here a number of times over the last 30 years, shot a train here once, in cruddy light. The conditions were better, would have been ideal if they hadnt set off the second unit at the last siding. Solo power leads 156 stack platforms across the viaduct. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:18:15 AM |
| Location: |
Kismet, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Giving it a push |
| Description: |
There was a mid train DPU 85 platforms deep, seen here on the bridge, the engine dwarfed by the huge viaduct. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:22:07 AM |
| Location: |
Kismet, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 2576(ET44AH) |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Kansas icon |
| Description: |
The stack train is now at Plains, seen here in a long lens view that brings in one of the classic structures of the high plains, the local elevator. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:24:49 AM |
| Location: |
Plains, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5917(AC44CWCTE) |
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29 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stack DPU |
| Description: |
The mid train DPU on the stack. Its not needed so much here, as the gradient is gentle for the most part, but on the old SP part of the route, west of Tucumcari, the line tops out well over 6000 feet elevation. |
| Photo Date: |
10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/3/2024 5:28:59 AM |
| Location: |
Plains, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 2576(ET44AH) |
| Views: |
23 Comments: 0 |
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