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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2001 - 1/1/2001
Album Info:Photos my wife, Diane, has taken here and there, mostly on trips with me, but occasionally on her own. She is not a railfan per se, and often has a different vision of the scene than I do.
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Coal tower
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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Views:  312   Comments: 1
IC station
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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Views:  262   Comments: 1
Rolling up
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:  318   Comments: 0
Stacks and sky
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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Views:  192   Comments: 0
Darkside boxes
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:  204   Comments: 0
UP in the sky
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:  476   Comments: 1
Belles in the snow
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:  405   Comments: 0
A view from the bridge
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:  392   Comments: 0
Snowy path
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:  177   Comments: 0
Close up
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:  705   Comments: 0
Iconic Nebraska
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:  446   Comments: 4
Past the signal
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:  412   Comments: 0
Gorilla meets goliath
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:  406   Comments: 2
Out with the old, in with the new
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:  545   Comments: 0
Deadline
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:  684   Comments: 4
Dark side
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:  407   Comments: 5
Sunny side, too
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:  382   Comments: 2
Coming at us
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:  263   Comments: 2
Over the rail
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:  327   Comments: 1
Pacing
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:  249   Comments: 1
Over the top
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:  323   Comments: 2
From the car
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:  235   Comments: 0
Morning westbound
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:  181   Comments: 2
Yard shot
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:  291   Comments: 2
Short line at work
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:  303   Comments: 3
View from the bridge
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:  147   Comments: 2
Car grab
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:  199   Comments: 2
Shadow image
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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Views:  109   Comments: 1
Under a cloud
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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Views:  162   Comments: 2
Deep blue
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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Views:  173   Comments: 0
Early in the morning
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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Views:  194   Comments: 1
All quiet
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:  520   Comments: 0
Belt unit at the mill
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:  416   Comments: 2
Twilight on the high plains
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:  186   Comments: 1
Off in the trees
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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Views:  194   Comments: 2
Not high
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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Views:  233   Comments: 2
Going away
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
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Views:  197   Comments: 2
Splitting the boards
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
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Views:  260   Comments: 3
A little color
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:  127   Comments: 2
To the mill
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:  128   Comments: 3
Two types of power and canteens
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:  175   Comments: 1
Coming across
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:  153   Comments: 1
Close up
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:  146   Comments: 2
Grain DPU
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:  168   Comments: 1
Northbound gray
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
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Views:  53   Comments: 1
The DPU
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
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Views:  60   Comments: 1


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