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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:  294   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  245   Comments: 1
A favorite spot
Title:  A favorite spot
Description:  My wife is a frequent companion on some of my train chasing expeditions, and sometimes will take a few shots as well. We were following this southbound TXUX coal train, and set up to get the shot on the Elk River at Ginger Blue. Diane nailed it pretty good, a nicely lit shot from the low water crossing to the west of the bridge.
Photo Date:  6/8/2007  Upload Date: 7/3/2016 5:05:16 AM
Location:  Ginger Blue, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6013(ES44AC) BNSF 8914(SD70MAC) TFM 1664(SD70MAC)
Views:  421   Comments: 2
Foaming hubby
Title:  Foaming hubby
Description:  Diane was behind me as we caught the meet of the southbound coal train and the northbound H train at McElhany, capturing me in action.
Photo Date:  6/8/2007  Upload Date: 7/3/2016 5:08:30 AM
Location:  McElhany, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6013(ES44AC) BNSF 8914(SD70MAC) TFM 1664(SD70MAC) NS 9269(C40-9W) TFM 1624(SD70MAC) TFM 1662(SD70MAC)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
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:  285   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:  176   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  189   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:  397   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:  339   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:  338   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:  166   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:  665   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:  423   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:  369   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:  370   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:  494   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:  633   Comments: 4
Straight on
Title:  Straight on
Description:  This was a shot taken from the car as we waited at the US 62 crossing. We just missed beating the gates, and had to wait for the train to pass, but it yielded this nice shot of an angle I rarely take. The train is passing the HJ Baker feed mill.
Photo Date:  3/22/2014  Upload Date: 1/7/2021 5:35:33 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9882(SD70MAC)
Views:  99   Comments: 2
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:  349   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:  328   Comments: 2
You know where you are
Title:  You know where you are
Description:  A typical Santa Fe station sign adorns the end of the station/freight house at Holbrook Az.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:06:02 AM
Location:  Holbrook, AZ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  135   Comments: 0
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  A BNSF local with a GP38-2/GP60B set of power pulls away from us as we go into an underpass.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:12:28 AM
Location:  Winslow, AZ
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2376(GP38-2) BNSF 332(GP60B)
Views:  262   Comments: 2
Going under
Title:  Going under
Description:  Were about to go under the BNSF main at Winslow, as an eastbound local behind a GP 38 rolls overhead. Look at the number on the second unit. Its one of the 25 GP 60Bs the Santa Fe bought in the mid 90s for intermodal service. How the mighty have fallen.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:16:01 AM
Location:  Winslow, AZ
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2376(GP38-2)
Views:  404   Comments: 2
Now theres a power set
Title:  Now theres a power set
Description:  A local heads east on the ex Santa Fe main behind a GP 38-2, and a unit that would have been an unlikely participant on a local a few years ago, a GP 60B. Wed have given chase, but the light was going, and we had a date at La Posada, the former Harvey House in town.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:19:30 AM
Location:  Winslow, AZ
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2376(GP38-2) BNSF 332(GP60B)
Views:  370   Comments: 2
Big train
Title:  Big train
Description:  We had pulled up onto a frontage road near El Malpais National Monument to check out the lava flows, when we saw this westbound stack approaching. Diane nailed it.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:24:16 AM
Location:  Acomita, NM
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 4468(C44-9W) BNSF 5504(C44-9W) BNSF 5522(C44-9W)
Views:  207   Comments: 2
Mountain view
Title:  Mountain view
Description:  We were going to stop to see a high school friend of mine who now lives near Belen, so got off I 40 at the exit for NM 6. We saw a train in the distance, which Diane was able to capture in this scenic going away shot.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:29:10 AM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W)
Views:  178   Comments: 2
Power away
Title:  Power away
Description:  The power on the westbound stack train heads for the mountains.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:38:02 AM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W)
Views:  187   Comments: 2
Long train running
Title:  Long train running
Description:  A colorful string of containers rolls west behind a set of BNSF power, heading toward distant mountains and the ocean.
Photo Date:  4/5/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 5:35:15 AM
Location:  Dalies, NM
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5308(C44-9W) BNSF 5409(C44-9W) BNSF 5345(C44-9W)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
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:  212   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 7592(ES44DC) BNSF 6638(ES44C4)
Views:  273   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:  200   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:  259   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:  204   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:  158   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:  244   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:  258   Comments: 3
Working local
Title:  Working local
Description:  We caught the A&M local that works Rogers in the afternoon, here at TRG metals, pulling a loaded gon full of scrap out.
Photo Date:  6/23/2015  Upload Date: 12/16/2018 4:56:40 AM
Location:  Rogers, AR
Author:  Diane Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AM 42(C420)
Views:  250   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:  86   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:  165   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   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
Locomotives:  BNSF 5274(C44-9W) CSX 5101(AC44CW)
Views:  143   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  162   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  173   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:  484   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:  372   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:  170   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
Locomotives:  BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe)
Views:  156   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
Locomotives:  BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe)
Views:  185   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
Locomotives:  BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe)
Views:  157   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
Locomotives:  BNSF 6305(ES44AC) BNSF 9195(SD70ACe)
Views:  216   Comments: 3


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