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Waiting on a meet |
| Description: |
Wed come back from lunch to find there were two trains in Siloam, a dodger, and what looked like a combined 262/180, but not where we could get the head end of either train. We headed home to drop off the leftovers, and get a bathroom break, and came back into town. The 262 was moving, so we took off for Watts. Once there, we saw this northbound 261 train waiting. Hed meet the 262 and the dodger before going north. Waiting on other trains would become the order of the day. He met another southbound at Siloam, a coal train at Gentry, and two southbounds at Noel. I wondered if he would ever get to Pittsburg. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/28/2025 6:35:21 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4701(ES44AC) KCS 4799(ES44AC) KCS 4784(ES44AC) CP 8750(ES44AC) |
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5 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Surprise!! |
| Description: |
We pulled down to the crossing here at Mt Olive Rd, just north of Dorsey siding-the one place he didnt have a meet-and settled in, wanting to get the shot here with the creek high. Theres a crossing about a half mile to the south that you can usually hear them blowing for, but today for some reason, it didnt happen, and we got surprised. Still a decent shot. |
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5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 5:50:57 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4701(ES44AC) KCS 4799(ES44AC) KCS 4784(ES44AC) CP 8750(ES44AC) |
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12 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cleared out |
| Description: |
I dont know if the railroad did some clearing, or its just early enough in the season that the right of way isnt yet grown over, but it seems the trees are not encroaching on the shot as they did last year. The 4701 rolls north under the Ark 59 overpass. |
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5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 5:55:38 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4701(ES44AC) KCS 4799(ES44AC) KCS 4784(ES44AC) CP 8750(ES44AC) |
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11 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flood zone |
| Description: |
I usually get the shot of a northbound crossing Butler Creek here at Noel, but this was as close as I was getting today. Kingshighway low water crossing is at high water, and blocked off. The only shot was going away, as we see here. This was the last time wed see this train, as hed meet two grain trains here. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 5:59:55 AM |
| Location: |
Noel, MO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4701(ES44AC) KCS 4799(ES44AC) KCS 4784(ES44AC) CP 8750(ES44AC) |
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19 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Made it one more town |
| Description: |
But another wait is in the plan, as the northbound holds the main here at Gentry, waiting for a southbound coal train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2025 Upload Date: 5/29/2025 5:23:37 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4701(ES44AC) KCS 4799(ES44AC) KCS 4784(ES44AC) CP 8750(ES44AC) |
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10 Comments: 0 |
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