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| Title: |
The bells of St Marys |
| Description: |
Our westbound stacker waits in the company of St Marys Catholic Church. Its prayers will be answered shortly as an eastbound comes by, allowing it to once again proceed west. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 2/28/2019 6:00:10 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
106 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Into the sun |
| Description: |
I caught this guy at Monett, and chased him to Racine. Here he is approaching the KCS diamond in Neosho, passing the home signal at the west end of Jeff. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 4:57:59 AM |
| Location: |
Neosho, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Gate down |
| Description: |
The crossing at the end of the siding, Lime Kiln Rd, crosses at an oblique angle, so the gate falls perpendicular to the road, and not exactly parallel to the tracks. So I caught it in this shot of the westbound passing the eastbound home signal. Oh well....this is what TRP calls "close but no cigar." |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:02:16 AM |
| Location: |
Neosho, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
124 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Framed |
| Description: |
The scraggly oak next to the road is in a perfect position to frame this eastbound stack at Falcon Rd in Racine. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:04:33 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6560(ES44C4) BNSF 3823(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
152 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks in the sun |
| Description: |
An eastbound stack reflects the late day light as it approaches Falcon Rd with 64 platforms. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:05:58 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6560(ES44C4) BNSF 3823(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
150 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the boards |
| Description: |
An eastbound stack rolls between the signals at the east end of Racine, gaining speed after completing a meet. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:42:31 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6560(ES44C4) BNSF 3823(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
158 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The sun came out |
| Description: |
A westbound freight rolls into the afternoon sun as it heads toward Tulsa. The sun was playing games with me, and I got dinked as the train approached me. See next photo. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:15:36 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7848(ES44DC) BNSF 3998(ET44C4) NS 7561(ES40DC) |
| Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dinked |
| Description: |
This westbound showed up shortly after the stacker led by BNSF 4680 left. By this time, the sun was playing hide and seek with me, and I got the cloudy end of the stick as the train rolled up on me. The sun would come out thirty seconds later. Timing is everything. 89 cars go west. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:19:11 AM |
| Location: |
Racine, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7848(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
84 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks under the signal |
| Description: |
An eastbound 97 platform stack train rolls under the westbound home signal at Pierce City. In a moment hell meet a westbound. I miss the old two headed searchlights. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:21:55 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8325(ES44C4) BNSF 5318(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
135 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
East meets west |
| Description: |
The eastbound stack meets the westbound stack in what was the station area in town, now mostly an empty lot. The eastbound is almost done with its cross country trip, the westbound just getting into the meat of it. Hell be a lot farther west in several hours. Maybe not Amarillo by morning, but maybe overnight. BNSF doesnt waste any time with these trains. |
| Photo Date: |
2/23/2019 Upload Date: 3/1/2019 5:26:36 AM |
| Location: |
Pierce City, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8325(ES44C4) BNSF 5318(C44-9W) BNSF 4680(C44-9W) BNSF 5238(C44-9W) BNSF 6260(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
190 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Oil |
| Description: |
Oil has become big business since the Bakken field in North Dakota started shipping it in large quantities, and unit trains are now common heading for the "chemical coast" along the Gulf in Texas and Louisiana. This train originated on CP, note the trailing unit, and is heading toward Tulsa on the Cherokee Sub. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/27/2019 5:02:27 AM |
| Location: |
Fairland, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4370(C44-9W) CP 9360(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
136 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
For the birds |
| Description: |
An eastbound autorack train has startled a group of cattle egrets near Afton. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/27/2019 5:05:04 AM |
| Location: |
Afton, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8379(ES44C4) BNSF 7974(ES44C4) BNSF 4983(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
134 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Grab shot |
| Description: |
Not the best, but I wasnt very far ahead of him. Eastbound rack train rolls through downtown Fairland. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/27/2019 5:07:57 AM |
| Location: |
Fairland, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8379(ES44C4) BNSF 7974(ES44C4) BNSF 4983(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
139 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
River crossing |
| Description: |
The eastbound racks cross the Neosho River in appropriately named Twin Bridges State Park. Its a scenic shot, but the light is wrong most of the time. Might work for an eastbound early on a summer morning, otherwise, its dark side almost all the time. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/27/2019 5:14:14 AM |
| Location: |
Fairland, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8379(ES44C4) BNSF 7974(ES44C4) BNSF 4983(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
144 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oil DPU |
| Description: |
The rear of the oil train had a single GE, as CP had sent the train 1x1. Going away at Fairland. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2019 Upload Date: 9/27/2019 5:10:13 AM |
| Location: |
Fairland, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9369(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
91 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Gaining on him |
| Description: |
I was driving north on Wis 35 trying to catch this westbound sand train that had passed me in Prairie du Chien, and had about caught him. I dont get to this part of Wisconsin but every couple of years, so of course the weather is dismal. We see a pair of GEs across one of the many side channels of the Mississippi, one still in warbonnet in a view from the side window of my Winnebago. Interestingly, the BNSF 777 is not the first unit of that number I have seen here. I shot SOO 777 across the river leading west in June 1987. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/2019 Upload Date: 11/5/2019 4:39:24 AM |
| Location: |
De Soto, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5852(ES44AC) BNSF 777(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
175 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Caught him |
| Description: |
I was trying to get a shot across the water, but this was the best I could go, given that I was coming to a speed restriction on the road, so took this. Nice place to watch and photograph trains, but I need to come here when the weather is better, and I can spend some time. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/2019 Upload Date: 11/5/2019 4:42:39 AM |
| Location: |
Genoa, WI |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5852(ES44AC) BNSF 777(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
172 Comments: 0 |
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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) |
| Views: |
175 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 |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
60 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Highway hijinks |
| Description: |
I was heading north on I 35 near Valley View, Tex, where the tracks are adjacent to the interstate. I saw this southbound coming toward me, grabbed the camera, held it up and fired. Came out pretty well, Id say!! |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2020 Upload Date: 3/10/2020 4:51:47 AM |
| Location: |
Valley View, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9157(SD70ACe) BNSF 8480(SD70ACe) BNSF 9619(SD70MAC) KCSM 4559(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Old relics |
| Description: |
An eastbound train rolls past what was once a Frisco customer, cut off from the main line, judging by the disconnected track in the foreground. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/2021 Upload Date: 3/30/2021 5:46:46 AM |
| Location: |
Chelsea, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6129(ES44AC) BNSF 9379(SD70ACe) BNSF 5848(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
77 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Better angle |
| Description: |
Youll see why when you look at the next photo. We were out for a day trip since the weather was so nice-sun, mid 70s, and we have the RV dewinterized, so were not restricted in our travels to how far we can go, but still get back for a bathroom, not a small consideration for two people past 60. We rolled into Vinita to see a southbound rolling on the UP. I decided to check the BNSF, since a lot of times there will be a train waiting, if theres one on the diamond. Sure enough, there was an eastbound stack train. I pulled in behind a gas station for the shot at the diamond. That shot was lackluster, but the going away shot here was better lit, and not obstructed. Have to remember that for next time.... |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/2021 Upload Date: 3/30/2021 5:51:45 AM |
| Location: |
Vinita, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 5031(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
118 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Clutter |
| Description: |
I wanted to get the shot of the stack train crossing the ex MKT, but the shot there for an eastbound in the afternoon is a bad angle. I was thinking Id work it so I could at least get the power and some train, but its so cluttered there, its just impossible, and I didnt have time to scout another view. Would have been great in the morning, or for a westbound, since I could have shot it nose on as he hit the crossing. Oh well. |
| Photo Date: |
3/28/2021 Upload Date: 3/30/2021 5:54:33 AM |
| Location: |
Vinita, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7708(ES44DC) BNSF 5031(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Anticipation |
| Description: |
This is the control point where the BNSF Transcon goes to one of its few remaining single track sections, to cross the Cimarron River near Waynoka. We have an eastbound!! |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:45:29 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Here he comes |
| Description: |
An eastbound stack approaches the home signal here at Noel, and will go blasting on through on this Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:46:40 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7908(ES44DC) BNSF 6615(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
39 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Blowing past |
| Description: |
The stack train roll past my position at speed. |
| Photo Date: |
11/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:48:29 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7908(ES44DC) BNSF 6615(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
44 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Waiting |
| Description: |
This is the first of four shots of this westbound stack train, waiting east of the Madison Av crossing in Tulsa. We had dropped the RV off at Camping World for some work, and were riding through town, admiring all the Art Deco style buildings there, and decided to check out Union Depot. We crossed the tracks downtown, and saw this train holding back a ways, so went to check it out. NS 4132 leads a long string of double stacks. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2022 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:17:41 AM |
| Location: |
Tulsa, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4132(AC44C6M) BNSF 3846(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
56 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The first meet |
| Description: |
The train at right is the first of two eastbounds the stack would hold for, seen passing on its way out of town. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2022 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:18:36 AM |
| Location: |
Tulsa, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4132(AC44C6M) BNSF 3846(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
59 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Thoroughbred |
| Description: |
The leader of the stack train has a race horse on the nose, but at the moment is not doing much racing. He waits for the second of two eastbounds. We didnt stick around, as we had a date with an Indian restaurant on Lewis Av, and got this shot as we crossed over the tracks. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2022 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:22:47 AM |
| Location: |
Tulsa, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4132(AC44C6M) |
| Views: |
54 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Stacks to infinity |
| Description: |
A view of the sunny side of the train shows stacked containers right out of sight as the eastbound pulls away. |
| Photo Date: |
10/18/2022 Upload Date: 10/20/2022 4:26:32 AM |
| Location: |
Tulsa, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4132(AC44C6M) BNSF 3846(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
64 Comments: 2 |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
32 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6187(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
35 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. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 6:03:52 AM |
| Location: |
kayser, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4017(C44-9W) BNSF 6915(ES44C4) BNSF 6984(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
38 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
24 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7960(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
23 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7960(ES44C4) BNSF 6930(ES44C4) BNSF 4467(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
29 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. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 4:38:23 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7985(ES44C4) BNSF 6855(ES44C4) BNSF 5517(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
38 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7985(ES44C4) BNSF 6855(ES44C4) BNSF 5517(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
28 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4600(C44-9W) BNSF 7407(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
28 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3916(ET44C4) BNSF 8501(SD70ACe) BNSF 7216(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
26 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. |
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12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 5:43:51 AM |
| Location: |
Silio, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7996(ES44C4) BNSF 5038(C44-9W) BNSF 6145(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
The day begins |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6133(ES44AC) FXE 4657(ES44AC) BNSF 6208(ES44AC) |
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21 Comments: 1 |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5317(C44-9W) BNSF 4112(C44-9W) BNSF 7075(ES44C4) |
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9 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3267(ES44C4) BNSF 4160(C44-9W) BNSF 4736(C44-9W) |
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10 Comments: 1 |
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Westbound and folly |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9216(SD70ACe) BNSF 8023(ES44C4) CP 8831(ES44AC) BNSF 5471(C44-9W) |
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10 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Got ahead of me |
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The DPU on an eastbound rolls away from me east of Encino. I was trying to catch the head end, to no avail, but did get a shot of the Warbonnet on the rear. Theres a pull off on this hill, that I will spend an hour at next time I come this way. |
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12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/9/2024 5:40:01 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 759(C44-9W) BNSF 6688(ES44C4) |
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7 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling toward Pedernal Mountain |
| Description: |
A westbound showed while I was climbing the hill out of Encino on US 60, which is four lane with a median there. By the time I could get turned around, I wasnt able to get the shot of the train coming at me. I did get this going away shot as the train rolls west toward Belen, with Pedernal Mountain in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/9/2024 5:49:20 AM |
| Location: |
Encino, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6677(ES44C4) BNSF 8245(ES44C4) |
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11 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long trains meet |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3777(ET44C4) |
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13 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Meet in the sage |
| Description: |
Once at the top of the grade in Scholle, US 60 follows the Transcon essentially within sight all the way to Vaughn, though the trains have a way of showing up at difficult spots. I was driving a Winnebago, which limited my flexibility in being able to change directions, so sometimes had to take a shot Id not have done otherwise. This is the meet of the combined stack/oil train, with BNSF 6929 at right, and a westbound behind bnsf 5721. This was the closest I got to passing the eastbound. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:51:50 AM |
| Location: |
Scholle, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5721(ES44AC) BNSF 3884(ET44C4) BNSF 8012(ES44C4) BNSF 6929(ES44C4) BNSF 5433(C44-9W) |
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10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Spent an hour here |
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Next time, Ill stay longer. The station here is a Santa Fe classic, and is in good shape, as it is used by BNSF MOW crews as a base of operations. Its also a wonderful photo prop, as we see with this westbound stack train |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 5:56:47 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7785(ES44DC) BNSF 5288(C44-9W) |
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10 Comments: 2 |
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