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| Title: |
Just waiting |
| Description: |
A westbound oil train is waiting in the siding at Verdigris in golden late day sun. Its sharing time with a Loram train, seen at left. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/2020 Upload Date: 1/20/2020 2:26:55 AM |
| Location: |
Verdigris, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8230(ES44C4) CP 9804(AC44CW) |
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239 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Grinding it out |
| Description: |
Or they will be on Monday. The Loram rail grinding train is in the yard, getting ready for Monday. |
| Photo Date: |
1/18/2020 Upload Date: 1/20/2020 2:30:20 AM |
| Location: |
Verdigris, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
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68 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound at Folsom |
| Description: |
In December 2023, I went to visit a good friend in Belen, NM. I didnt get to see much the first day out, but the second day of the trip was quite productive. I stayed at the Amarillo KOA, which is within sight of the Transcon. I saw a westbound holding, and went out to shoot the standing train. As I pulled up to the crossing, an eastbound was approaching, a pair of GEs with 46 stack platforms and 33 TOFC in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:19:56 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
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54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU rolling east |
| Description: |
The DPU on the eastbound in the previous shot rolls past me as it makes its way east, the orange nose catching the late day sun. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:51:51 AM |
| Location: |
Silio, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
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43 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Last light |
| Description: |
I went on through Mountainair, not seeing anything, and toward Scholle, at the top of Abo Canyon. This westbound was stopped at Kayser, along a cliff. There was a conveniently placed pull off, and I was able to get a decent shot. Id see two more once in the Rio Grande valley, but too dark by then to get a shot. This was a nice close to an interesting day. |
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12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 6:03:52 AM |
| Location: |
kayser, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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74 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Closer |
| Description: |
The eastbound is bearing down on me, and I shot a tele of it as it neared the crossing, two units and a lot of Amazon smiles coming at me. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:21:47 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
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43 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The westbound |
| Description: |
The westbound train at Folsom, stacks stretched to the horizon, about to be passed by the eastbound in the previous two shots. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:27:18 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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37 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Blowing past |
| Description: |
The eastbound gets up to track speed-70 MPH-as it meets the westbound. There must have been another eastbound in the picture, as the westbound stayed put. I was on a road with no shoulder, so could not stay there, and had to get a move on anyway. But it was a good start to the day. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:32:12 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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48 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Redemption |
| Description: |
I ran I 40 west to Santa Rosa, then US 54 to Vaughn, then west on US 60 to reach Belen. I shot five trains on UPs ex Rock Island/SP line, and missed one, then started in earnest on the BNSF. My first encounter was an eastbound near here, just east of Encino. I saw the train coming out from under the US 60 overpass at the bottom of the hill, fogetting that BNSF runs their trains like theyre being chased by a fire breathing dragon, and missed the shot by the time I got turned around to get to the spot I wanted. Five minuted later, this eastbound showed up, and I was able to get this shot across the steppes, with Pedernal Mountain in the distance. |
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12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:38:23 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
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108 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Wide open |
| Description: |
The same eastbound at Encino, this time in a wider angle view of its three units, 96 freight, and three stack platforms. The train is almost dwarfed by the landscape, showing why a long lens is an important tool in the west. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:07:00 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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118 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Westbound canned |
| Description: |
I saw several westbound trains that seemed to be stashed in sidings along the way, though the eastbounds came at me on a regular basis, unfortunately, right out of the sun most of the time. This grain train is waiting at Lucy. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:10:02 AM |
| Location: |
Lucy, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
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39 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another canned westbound |
| Description: |
Also at Lucy, just a little farther west, another grain train waiting out the eastbound parade. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:33:53 AM |
| Location: |
Lucy, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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53 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Out of the sun |
| Description: |
There is a small pull off with a historical marker along US 60 at Silio, where I stopped for a brief break. While there, an eastbound appeared out of the sinking sun with three units and 180 or so cars silhouetted against the landscape, which was now starting to show the mountainous terrain after miles of open plains. I'd spend til Monday morning with friends in Belen, then start my return. Photos from the two days in Belen are in the Two Mornings at Belen album. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:43:51 AM |
| Location: |
Silio, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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60 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The day begins |
| Description: |
I started back for home mid day on Dec 11, taking NM 47 to US 60. My first encounter was with a pair of trains at the NM 47 crossing, known as Sais. This westbound, with an eclectic mix of 60 freight, 39 stack platforms, 8 autoracks and two articulated racks, has just met a double move, a stack train with an oil train coupled up to the rear. I figured to catch him at the top of Abo Canyon. Not to be, I did get him at Mountainair, but othrwise, it was a futile chase. The Ferromex unit was a common sight on trains here. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:14:21 AM |
| Location: |
Sais, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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57 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Wide view |
| Description: |
The same train in a wider angle view, a much more panoramic look at the surrounding territory. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:33:52 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
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35 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Yet another meet |
| Description: |
An eastbound with 106 stack platforms passes the westbound on the north track. I left shortly after this, and never caught the eastbound, all the way to Vaughn. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:37:20 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
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34 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Westbound and folly |
| Description: |
I ran across this westbound stack at Lucy, pulling off mostly deserted US 60 to get the shot. You can go a long way out here and not see anyone for a long time, yet for some reason known only to God and NMDOT, the road is posted 55 MPH. Idiocy!! |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:47:34 AM |
| Location: |
Lucy, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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32 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Long trains meet |
| Description: |
The westbound in the previous shot approaches as the combined stack and oil train heads for Abo Canyon. Id hang a few minutes to shoot the westbound, but the eastbound, as big as it was, would beat me to the top of the canyon at Scholle. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:38:00 AM |
| Location: |
Sais, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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50 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Stack west |
| Description: |
A close up view of a westbound stack passing the station at Mountainair. The long lens brings in the mountains in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:28:31 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
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44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coal waiting |
| Description: |
Back in Amarillo, I got out and was about to head east for home, but thought Id check out the "other" BNSF in town, the former Fort Worth & Denver, which, unlike the ex Santa Fe Transcon, sees a lot of coal. It does see some merchandise and intermodal traffic, but mostly a lot or Wyoming coal. This was one of several coal trains I caught there that morning, shuffling power for the run east on the FW&D. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:40:18 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9025(SD70ACe) BNSF 3740(ET44C4) BNSF 7832(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local power |
| Description: |
I saw a headlight in the distance, and pulled into the lot of an elevator to catch this pair of four motor units. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:36:35 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3102(GP50) BNSF 3027(GP40E) |
| Views: |
110 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Holding |
| Description: |
Now on the east side of White Deer, I catch up to the eastbound I saw at Pandhandle. Theyre holding for traffic ahead, which is holding for an MOW crew working on a switch. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:39:40 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3959(ET44C4) BNSF 4277(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
64 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
More eastbound traffic |
| Description: |
This was the first eastbound waiting, seen here in a nose on shot from a crossing off US 60. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:43:04 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
39 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Across the road |
| Description: |
The eastbound seen from across US 60 in a wide angle view. I'd see him again 24 miles later in Miami |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:44:05 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
45 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
High plains water |
| Description: |
Eastbound stack passes a water supply on the Texas high plains. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 5:37:56 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
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31 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Its actually a DPU |
| Description: |
The power on this grain train looks for all the world like its headed west, but its really the DPU on an eastbound, which Ill find out later. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 5:40:12 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7141(ES44C4) BNSF 5247(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
38 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Head end, and a foreign visitor |
| Description: |
The head end of the empty grain train sits short of a road crossing, waiting for MOW crews to work on a switch. A Ferrromex unit trails, not an uncommon sight on the BNSF |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 5:41:57 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6396(ES44AC) FXE 4049(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks and olil |
| Description: |
A westbound stack rolls along US 60, passing what looks like some kind of oil or gas processing facility. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 5:45:40 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6657(ES44C4) BNSF 7152(ES44C4) |
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49 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Here it comes |
| Description: |
East of Pampa, the tracks are away from the road for a little over 20 miles, as both highway and railroad go through a significant elevation change, around 500 feet. As the tracks drew back to the road, I caught the tail end of a westbound going around a nearby hillside a good distance below me. The view as I came into the valley Miami sits in was panoramic. If only....I was to be handsomely rewarded: six trains in the next hour. The first to show up was this westbound freight, with 109 cars and 5 auto racks trailing its three units. . I got him down low, then followed up the hill to the west to get an elevated view. |
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12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:00:19 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5982(ES44AC) BNSF 4394(C44-9W) BNSF 7752(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
53 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Surprise |
| Description: |
As I started to chase the westbound toward the hill, one of the eastbounds I had encountered earlier showed up, and I got a grab shot as I went past. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:08:17 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
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40 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cows may safely graze |
| Description: |
A typically pastoral Texas scene is laid out in front of me, as a small herd of cattle graze in the company of an ex Santa Fe reefer, and a high plains icon, the windmill, complete the scene. The cows seem unaware of the action unfolding near them, or the Bach cantata Im referencing as this scene plays out. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:13:47 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5982(ES44AC) BNSF 4394(C44-9W) BNSF 7752(ES44DC) |
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47 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
By the office |
| Description: |
The head end of an eastbound coal train waits just west of the office at the small yard on the east side of Amarillo. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:45:16 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5803(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
32 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU east |
| Description: |
Theres a road that runs parallel to the yard where these coal trains are staged, making photography a simple matter. The other end of the train in the previous shot is about a mile west, with a set of DPUs ready to push toward Ft Worth with a train of Fayette Power Project gons. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/14/2024 6:47:14 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9257(SD70ACe) BNSF 6025(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
65 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Local |
| Description: |
A six car westbound local, led by an unidentifiable Warbonnet, is dwarfed by the landscape. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:15:09 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1661(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First train, revisited |
| Description: |
The first train I saw on the road today, an eastbound stack I shot at Panhandle, now makes an appearance approaching Miami, seen from an overlook on US 60 to the west of Miami. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:23:47 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3959(ET44C4) BNSF 4277(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
59 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bottom of the hill |
| Description: |
I chased the stack to the bottom of the hill, getting him on the big curve leading into town. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:28:25 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3959(ET44C4) BNSF 4277(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ethanol west |
| Description: |
Next up was a westbound ethanol train. It was going to pass in front of the eastbound stack, so I shot it down in the valley, and chased to the top of the hill. Trailing the power are 126 tanks and a three unit DPU |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:37:50 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7628(ES44DC) BNSF 7147(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
36 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Ethanol west, from on high |
| Description: |
The westbound ethanol train, seen from up on the hill, ignored by a small herd of steer. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/16/2024 6:41:36 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7628(ES44DC) BNSF 7147(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
34 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing uphill |
| Description: |
The ethanol trains DPU has its work in hand as it pushes the 126 tanks into the grade going west out of Miami |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/17/2024 4:41:52 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6518(ES44C4) BNSF 7367(ES44DC) BNSF 4389(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
53 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Panhandle panorama |
| Description: |
Following the ethanol train was a merchandise train, seen here stretched through a long curve as it heads west. Its meeting an eastbound stack, seen in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/17/2024 5:24:00 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6572(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
34 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Meet down below |
| Description: |
The eastbound grain train meets the westbound down below in the valley as the parade continues. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/17/2024 4:52:19 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7452(ES44DC) FXE 4655(ES44AC) BNSF 6572(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
59 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Eastbound grain |
| Description: |
Now down in the valley, we see the eastbound grain move approaching Miami. It was quite an hour here at a very scenic location with a lot of trains. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/17/2024 5:05:44 AM |
| Location: |
Miami, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7452(ES44DC) FXE 4655(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
49 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Last grab |
| Description: |
The last shot Id get on the trip was near Shattuck OK, of this intermodal going west. The light was going, and I had to get a move on. I did see three near Moreland, and Ill have to take a trip to the Waynoka-Alva-Little Sahara area when the weather is warmer and the days longer. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/17/2024 5:08:47 AM |
| Location: |
Shattuck, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7098(ES44C4) BNSF 7197(ES44C4) BNSF 8274(ES44C4) BNSF 5336(C44-9W) BNSF 3900(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
60 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Lined up |
| Description: |
A road crossing to the west of the small yard shows two loaded coal trains waiting to head east toward Fort Worth and onward. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 5:54:01 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9046(SD70ACe) BNSF 9257(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on an eastbound coal train seen from a distance |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 5:59:26 AM |
| Location: |
Amarillo, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9098(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
48 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling east |
| Description: |
Both me and the trains. I started for home, wanting to get a train coming past the attractive station here in Panhandle. A quick fuel stop, then check the signal, to find it cleared for an eastbound, which showed shortly after. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:04:09 AM |
| Location: |
Panhandle, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3959(ET44C4) BNSF 4277(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
60 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
They aint all scenic wonders |
| Description: |
One of the great things about taking US 60 east out of Amarillo is that the road follows the tracks, within sight, pretty much all the way to Pampa. Its not always terribly scenic, but you do see a lot of trains. Mostly, I just pull to the side and grab a shot, since chasing is out of the question, even with the Texas 75 MPH speed limit. This westbound was splitting the signals at Cuyler, five units leading. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:22:24 AM |
| Location: |
Cuyler, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7171(ES44C4) BNSF 4673(C44-9W) BNSF 5620(AC44CW) BNSF 4053(C44-9W) |
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82 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Roadside |
| Description: |
More roadside fun. Another westbound rolled past at White Deer, with 86 stack platforms behind four units. White Deers elevator is in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:29:03 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6535(ES44C4) BNSF 6595(ES44C4) BNSF 7640(ES44DC) BNSF 7344(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
72 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Closer view |
| Description: |
The westbound draws nearer, splitting the signals, a large group of JB Hunt and Amazon boxes in tow, seen across US 60. |
| Photo Date: |
12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 6:32:57 AM |
| Location: |
White Deer, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6535(ES44C4) BNSF 6595(ES44C4) BNSF 7640(ES44DC) BNSF 7344(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
67 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Joint Line coal |
| Description: |
I had finished my chase of UP 4014 the day before, and was now starting home after spending a couple hours on the RTD in the morning. As I approached Castle Rock, I saw this coal train over on the Joint Line, and got off to get a couple of shots. It was holding at a signal, so easy pickings here. |
| Photo Date: |
10/22/2024 Upload Date: 11/16/2024 5:26:35 AM |
| Location: |
Castle Rock, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5922(ES44AC) BNSF 8450(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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