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| Title: |
Light side |
| Description: |
An angle change results in a view of the sun lit side of the train as it waits to meet a northbound. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:43:54 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
518 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU |
| Description: |
The DPU on the waiting coal train sits south of the 7th St crossing, a Grinstein SD 70 up against the train, which also has a pair of KCS units to assist. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:45:23 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9650(SD70MAC) KCSM 4658(ES44AC) KCS 4169(SD70ACe) |
| Views: |
653 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
From the crossing |
| Description: |
A rear view of the DPU on the coal train, taken from the 7th St crossing. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:46:37 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4169(SD70ACe) KCSM 4658(ES44AC) BNSF 9650(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
635 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coming home |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, pauses by the Watts yard office before yarding his train. I heard the train blowing for the crossings in Siloam Springs, headed down here to see this view. It would be the first of three trains this afternoon, though the next one would be a while. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 4:56:11 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2950(GP40-3) KCS 2019(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
700 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Long wait |
| Description: |
After the better part of an hour, finally this southbound Texas Gulf Utilities train showed, seen here coming off the Illinois River bridge, approaching the north switch for Watts siding. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:06:00 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
436 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Splitting the boards |
| Description: |
The coal train rolls 124 cars through the home signals at CP North Watts. The wait has been long enough that they are now in shadow. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:10:24 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9200(SD70ACe) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
455 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Round the curve |
| Description: |
I caught up with the coal train just south of the yard office, getting this shot of it coming around the sweeping curve at MP 237, the second unit, a Grinstein SD 70, now in view. Id see two of these now hard to find units today(actually three, the second coal train had one that had been repainted.) |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:14:50 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
407 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
View from above |
| Description: |
I had enough time to get down toward MP 239, where there area couple of road cuts that were done when US 59 was widened to four lane several years ago. One of them isnt that hard to climb, and I can still move OK, mostly, for a 64 year old fat guy. So up I went, getting this shot from up above. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:23:02 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
427 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling by the mill |
| Description: |
A shot I like to do in Westville is at the HJ Baker feed mill downtown. The coal train passes the silos as it heads south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:25:55 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6200(ES44AC) BNSF 9669(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
421 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
DPU |
| Description: |
Coal trains all have DPUs, so I moved north of the feed mill to get this shot of the three rear units as they pushed south. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:29:45 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4123(SD70ACe) KCS 4838(ES44AC) BNSF 6040(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
561 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Another one |
| Description: |
I decided to head home after chasing the TXUX train to Westville, since there wasnt likely to be another train for a while. To my surprise, I heard a train in the trees just north of Watts, so I did a quick turn around to catch him rolling up to the yard office. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:33:21 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
530 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Holding, dark side |
| Description: |
The coal train was to hold for a northbound, which was going to be a while, since the previous southbound was probably not yet to Stilwell, the next possible meet point. I got this shot of it from the shoulder of US 59, getting the nose in sun, the rest of the train in a dark side contrast as it waited at CP South Watts. Note the switch lined for the siding. The northbound will likely work here, accessing the yard from the siding. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/6/2023 5:39:50 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8585(SD70ACe) BNSF 9716(SD70MAC) |
| Views: |
555 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Chance encounter |
| Description: |
We were on our way back from visiting grandkids in Tahlequah, coming home via US 62 to Westville and US 59 north. A few miles north of Westville, we ran up against this southbound grain train, which I caught here at CR 690. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/2025 Upload Date: 12/27/2025 6:26:04 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9818(AC44CW) CP 7034(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
66 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cows |
| Description: |
The head end passes a small herd of cows, who are mostly disinterested in the trains passing. They do make for an enhancement of the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/2025 Upload Date: 12/27/2025 6:27:43 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 9818(AC44CW) CP 7034(SD70ACU) |
| Views: |
21 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pushing along |
| Description: |
The DPU on the grain move assists it south. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/2025 Upload Date: 12/27/2025 6:28:25 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CP 8827(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
17 Comments: 0 |
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