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| Title: |
Meet at the station |
| Description: |
The westbound stack in the previous photo is still passing the station as the mixed stack/oil train rolls east on the north track. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:01:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6929(ES44C4) BNSF 5433(C44-9W) BNSF 4075(C44-9W) BNSF 4662(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
8 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks and stacks |
| Description: |
The meeting stack trains make an interesting colorful scene as they pass the Mountainair station. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:04:51 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
9 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not exactly a DPU. |
| Description: |
This looks like a mid train DPU, but is actually the head end of the oil train coupled to the stacker. The first car is a buffer, then a long string of tanks. There are 117 stack platforms ahead of these two units, and 90 cars behind. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4617(C44-9W) BNSF 5531(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
10 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Now a DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the combined train rolls under my perch on the NM 55 overpass, giving the long train a push east. This was the last time Id get this close. As I mentioned about one of the trains on the trip out, BNSF runs these trains like theyre being chased by a fire breathing dragon. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:20:23 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3777(ET44C4) |
| Views: |
12 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
TOFC |
| Description: |
Despite the prevalence of stack trains, there are still a good number of TOFC/COFC moves on the Transon. One of them passes the station as it heads west with 62 cars in tow. |
| Photo Date: |
12/11/2023 Upload Date: 4/8/2024 6:24:44 AM |
| Location: |
Mountainair, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5767(ES44AC) BNSF 5543(ES44C4) BNSF 8076(ES44C4) BNSF 6902(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
14 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5317(C44-9W) BNSF 4112(C44-9W) BNSF 7075(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
14 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: |
34 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: |
53 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: |
26 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 4138(C44-9W) BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
19 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 4138(C44-9W) BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
26 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 |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4138(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
21 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: |
22 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: |
16 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) |
| Views: |
25 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. |
| Photo Date: |
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: |
29 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 4138(C44-9W) BNSF 5916(ES44AC) BNSF 6987(ES44C4) BNSF 6650(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
19 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) |
| Views: |
25 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: |
22 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: |
32 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: |
34 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: |
24 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: |
24 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: |
21 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: |
17 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: |
20 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: |
25 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: |
24 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: |
15 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: |
20 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: |
27 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: |
23 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: |
25 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) |
| Views: |
39 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: |
31 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: |
24 Comments: 1 |
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