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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train called the signal at North Gentry, then announced itself by blowing for the crossing. As it came around the bend, the lead unit turned out to be the SD70ACe class unit. It was originally gray, now repainted into the Belle scheme. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 5:25:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4811(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
111 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
By the mill |
| Description: |
The southbound grain train rolls its 102 cars past the feed mill in Siloam Springs. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 5:34:26 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4000(SD70ACe) KCS 4811(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
161 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
Northbound empty grain train going away at Davidson Rd. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/18/2021 5:46:38 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4143(SD70ACe) KCS 4016(SD70ACe) KCS 4055(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
124 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Rolling out of the sun |
| Description: |
And on to Kansas City. The empty grain train approaches the southbound signal at Davidson Rd as it works its way north to another load of grain for Mexico. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2021 Upload Date: 10/21/2021 4:16:14 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4143(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
107 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Caught him |
| Description: |
I had just gotten home from recycling-right by the tracks-when I heard a horn. This is a running joke between my wife and me: we always seem to hear a train within five minutes of returning home, no matter where weve been, or if weve been following the tracks the whole time we were out. I dropped the bins in the garage and headed out, knowing from the direction of the horn that it was a northbound. As I crested the hill into town, I heard the detectorf at Davidson Rd go off, and knew I had to hurry. As it turned out the train was being run into the siding at Gentry, and was holding there. Oh, good, a meet, I thought. I went to Main St and shot the head end as it waited at the site of the old station. Thats Ark 12 in the distance, Well see some shots from there later in the set. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:00:53 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9009(SD70ACe) KCS 4575(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
103 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long line |
| Description: |
A head on view shows the long line of coal hoppers stretched out toward the Ark 12 overpass and CP South Gentry, glinting in the late afternoon sun. Of note, trailing unit KCS 4575 was once a "NAFTA" unit, with a special paint job. It was painted into the Belle scheme in 2013 |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:10:28 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9009(SD70ACe) KCS 4575(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
86 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stretched out |
| Description: |
The coal train seen from the Ark 12 overpass, the head end now around the curve to the north, approaching CP N Gentry. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:16:04 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling into the siding |
| Description: |
When I got to Gentry, the train was pulled up in the siding. Its now moving slowly through, the rear stretched through the switch at the south end of the siding. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:29:06 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
34 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU into the siding. |
| Description: |
The DPU on the coal train swings into the siding, seen from the Ark 12 overpass. It would turn out there was to be no meet. I had left my scanner in the car, so did not hear any conversation with the dispatcher, so no idea why he had the train run through the siding here. The next southbound Im aware of didnt hit Siloam til several hours later, so must have met this guy at McElhany or Dalby. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:34:57 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9634(SD70MAC) BNSF 5751(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grinstein close up |
| Description: |
As the train made its way through the siding, it stopped a few times, one of which had the leader on the DPU just peeking out from the Ark 12 bridge. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 5:56:50 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9634(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
77 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pulling away |
| Description: |
The coal train recedes toward CP N Gentry, rolling past some old buildings in town. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 6:03:15 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9634(SD70MAC) BNSF 5751(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
96 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Straight on |
| Description: |
A head on tele shot of the coal train as it rolls away from the camera. Unit trails make a striking photo in this angle. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 6:07:41 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5751(ES44AC) BNSF 9634(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
91 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Downtown |
| Description: |
The coal train is leaving the siding, the DPU passing the trailers at Currans Feed Store as it pulls away. |
| Photo Date: |
3/25/2022 Upload Date: 3/27/2022 6:11:25 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5751(ES44AC) BNSF 9634(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
76 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Good timing |
| Description: |
We were heading out with the intention of a day out in Missouri when we caught this northbound empty grain train leaving Siloam Springs. We caught it at Gentry, seen here from the Ark 12 overpass as it takes the siding with 30 cars and spanking clean power. Bulbasaur(on the concrete bridge wall to the right of the leader) seems to have faded a bit since his arrival several years ago. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2022 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 6:06:41 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8201(AC4400CWM) KCS 5012(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
135 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling to a meet |
| Description: |
The northbound train rolls toward the north end of the siding, where it will meet a southbound coal train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2022 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 6:15:21 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8201(AC4400CWM) KCS 5012(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
142 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going away |
| Description: |
The empty grain train rolls away from the Ark 59S crossing, with a "merger mix" of power. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2022 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 6:22:26 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8201(AC4400CWM) KCS 5012(ET44AC) |
| Views: |
129 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Grain DPU |
| Description: |
The northbound empty train, despite being only 30 cars, had a DPU, which was also a set of spanking clean KCS and CP power, here at the Ark 59S crossing north of town. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/2022 Upload Date: 9/25/2022 6:34:15 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 5001(ET44AC) CP 7002(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
166 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
First train |
| Description: |
My wife got me a Canon T8i for Christmas, to replace a failing T1i-its a dozen years old, and probably obsolete by now(unlike my Nikkormats, which are 60 years old, and still work just fine. Too bad no more Kodachrome). So I took it out hoping to catch something, usually theres a southbound Q train in the afternoon. The Q train never materialized, but this empty grain train finally did, just as the light was going. I caught it at Y City Rd in Decatur, with enough sun to get some glint. So, this is my first train shot with the new camera. Looks like it performed well in iffy conditions. A trio of diesels, including an NS GE, roll 105 cars north |
| Photo Date: |
1/4/2023 Upload Date: 1/11/2023 5:38:22 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
103 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Getting ready |
| Description: |
A light power set is on the Swepco spur, getting ready to go north. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:23:16 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4866(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
50 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Lined up |
| Description: |
The lite power move is lined from the spur to the main, and will be underway shortly with at least seven units. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:26:32 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4866(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
57 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Just caught him |
| Description: |
After we saw the light power move, we came out to take a ride in the sun, stopping at nearby Crystal Lake to do some bird watching and enjoy the 60 degree day. As we were heading back to Ark 59, we saw a southbound rolling past. A quick dash into Decatur got me ahead of the train, but just enough to jump and get a grab shot. So we have BNSF 6359 leading a 125 car TXUX train, and a nice shot of a light pole with an F unit behind it, |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:32:12 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A) |
| Views: |
104 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pulling hard |
| Description: |
Theres a shot but steep grade for southbounds through Decatur, and it was easy to beat the train down to Y City Rd for this shot of him topping the grade, and passing signal 219-1 and 2. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:36:07 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
63 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Long shadow |
| Description: |
The TXUX train rolls into the sun at Floyd Moore Rd, the nose lit while the train throws a long shadow in the fading light. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:40:43 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
51 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 220 |
| Description: |
The coal train passes MP 220 as it approaches Floyd Moore Rd in late afternoon golden sun |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:47:00 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6359(ES44AC) BNSF 6076(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
57 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Going north |
| Description: |
We chased the coal train down into Gentry, only to be stymied by 5 PM traffic. As I looked in hopes of catching a glimpse of the DPU on the coal train, and noticed there was a northbound in the siding. I ran up to Y City Road in hopes there would be enough sun to get a passable shot. It was hit and miss, but it sorta worked, with three units on this northbound 49 car M SHKC. |
| Photo Date: |
1/27/2023 Upload Date: 1/31/2023 5:55:01 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4012(SD70ACe) KCSM 4523(AC44CW) KCSM 4665(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
119 Comments: 1 |
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