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Chicago & Alton |
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On our trip to Cleveland, we stopped to do something wed planned for a long time. No, not sit at Springfield and shoot Amtrak and UP trains, but tour the Frank Lloyd Wright Dana Thomas House, which is a block from the tracks, several blocks south of the station. The house is well worth the visit, and has the largest amount of original Wright art glass in existence-and the tour is free!! We had some time after before heading east, so went up to see what was going on. It turned out we were able to shoot St Louis bound train 305, but prior to that, we got some shots of the station itself, along with some panels about Abraham Lincolns funeral train. This is the main part of the building, with a second floor tower overlooking the tracks. |
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10/16/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 5:58:41 AM |
| Location: |
Springfield, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Wider view |
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A wider angle shows the station building and canopy. |
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10/16/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 6:01:49 AM |
| Location: |
Springfield, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Historical panel |
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An interpretive panel explaining Lincolns arrival at Springfield on the platform of the Amtrak station |
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10/16/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 6:05:07 AM |
| Location: |
Springfield, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Historic marker |
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A monument dedicated to the memory of the arrival of Lincolns funeral train on the platform of the Amtrak station. |
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10/16/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 6:08:25 AM |
| Location: |
Springfield, IL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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34 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Take a hike |
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We stopped in Peru Ind for dinner on our way to Cleveland recently, and found this lighted sign where the Nickel Plate Trail crossed old US 24(the new road, a four lane, bypasses the city to the north), the main drag though town, marked by this nicely done lighted sign of the NKP herald. |
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10/16/2023 Upload Date: 10/28/2023 6:44:05 AM |
| Location: |
Peru, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Night,Signal |
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24 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Monett mural |
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The folks in Monett, MO, a junction town on the Frisco Cherokee Sub-where it met the Sixth Sub, todays Arkansas & Missouri, the main line now BNSF, painted this mural on a downtown building. I think it was done in 2019-hence the engine number. There was an SLSF 2019, an E 8 named in Friscos series of thoroughbreds, in this case, Cavalcade. Nice to see it memorialized so prominently. |
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10/24/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 6:23:47 AM |
| Location: |
Monett, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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SLSF 2019(E8A) |
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44 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Streetside, Nov 2023 |
| Description: |
The KCS station at Stilwell OK, seen from the middle of adjacent US 59. |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/21/2023 5:10:14 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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35 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS station, south view, November 2023 |
| Description: |
A view of the south end of the station. |
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11/12/2023 Upload Date: 11/21/2023 5:17:37 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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37 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Still a pretty station |
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I was last here in April 2015. The station here has been an attractive photo prop for years, and it still is. The best part is, theres an overpass where NM 55 crosses over the tracks, and room to park, making it a great place to stop for an hour-which will probably net you 4 to 6 trains, the best view is of westbounds. BNSF uses the station as a base for MOW forces, and it's in good shape. |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 5:51:28 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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36 Comments: 1 |
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Were proud of both our lines |
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This billboard is at the edge of Vaughn alongside US54/60 on the west end of town. BNSF and UP cross here, an over/under arrangement to the west of town. I keep hoping one day to get a UP train on the old SP crossing under a BNSF train on the old Santa Fe. One of these days... |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 5:40:33 AM |
| Location: |
Vaughn, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Action |
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39 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Signs of the times |
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In this case, times past. An AT&SF sign along the main drag in Panhandle Texas, from another era. |
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12/12/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 5:28:15 AM |
| Location: |
Panhandle, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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29 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
AT&SF station, south side |
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Really a more southeast angle, since there was a long cut of covered hoppers blocking a straight on view. An eastbound stack train is imminent. |
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12/12/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 5:32:31 AM |
| Location: |
Panhandle, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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29 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
East end view |
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The east side of the station, showing the American and Texas flags |
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12/12/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 5:36:12 AM |
| Location: |
Panhandle, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger |
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23 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Loading to the left |
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This elevator at Eva OK was once served by the MKTs Wichita Falls & Northwestern, a long line extending from Wichita Falls Tex, to a connection with the Rock Island at Hooker, and the Santa Fe at Keyes, up in the panhandle. Here, it was the Beaver Meade & Englewood before becoming part of the MKT. Now, its part of nature, the line having been abandoned in the mid 1970s. The elevator here remains, however, now truck served. |
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4/28/2024 Upload Date: 5/13/2024 5:56:26 AM |
| Location: |
Eva, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Track |
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16 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The main passed here |
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A view looking at the main track side of the elevator, the track long ago shorn from the right of way. |
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4/28/2024 Upload Date: 5/13/2024 5:58:35 AM |
| Location: |
Eva, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Track |
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14 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lone elevator |
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This elevator was alongside the MKTs Beaver Meade & Englewood, a line that was abandoned in the mid 1970s. The main track passed to the right, with a loading track to the left. Don Hofsommer's book Katy Northwest describes the history of the line. |
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4/28/2024 Upload Date: 5/13/2024 6:00:42 AM |
| Location: |
Eva, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Track |
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20 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Union Station |
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Oklahoma City had two passenger stations, the Santa Fe station that is the northern end of the Heartland Flyer, downtown. The other station, now bereft of tracks, is south of downtown, tucked in between Scissortail Park and I 40, and once served the Frisco, MKT and Rock Island. Its in good shape, and can be seen easily from the Omni, where we stated recently in this view from our 16th floor room. |
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7/18/2024 Upload Date: 8/7/2024 4:49:38 AM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Union Station, wide view |
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A more expansive view of the station shows some of the ancillary buildings associated with the station. That's Interstate 40 in the background, on what would roughly be where the Rock's Choctaw Route sat. Scissortail Park is in the foreground. |
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7/18/2024 Upload Date: 8/7/2024 5:10:10 AM |
| Location: |
Oklahoma City, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Hometown proud |
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Ellis Kan was once a division point on the UPs Kansas Pacific line to Denver. The high school team here is the Railroaders, and is honored in this painting on a local elevator. |
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10/20/2024 Upload Date: 11/13/2024 5:32:27 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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Nicely restored |
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And currently in use by a local business, the former Santa Fe station in Fowler CO is looking pristine in this street view. Id shortly catch a grain train here. |
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10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:15:53 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station,Passenger |
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13 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Passenger side |
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A closer up look at the passenger end of the station, the west end of the building |
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10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:18:33 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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14 Comments: 1 |
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Freight house |
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The east end of the building was set up as a freight house, not uncommon for many of the smaller town stations that served a dual purpose. |
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10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:23:57 AM |
| Location: |
Fowler, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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12 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
There were tracks here once |
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I was returning home from the UP 4014 chase when I encountered this elevator, seemingly left alone in a field. As with most such structures, it was once rail served, in this case by a Santa Fe branch from Wichita to Englewood Kan. It obviously has not seen a train in a very long time. |
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10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/13/2024 5:23:16 AM |
| Location: |
Sitka, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Station |
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8 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP station |
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The Union Pacific station at Ellis Kan, nicely restored. |
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10/23/2024 Upload Date: 11/13/2024 5:27:40 AM |
| Location: |
Ellis, KS |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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15 Comments: 1 |
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