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| In Van Buren I also found a loaded unit coal train at the fueling station at South 28th Street on Jan. 2, 2013. |
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| There is one bad thing about living in Tahlequah, OK. There is NO railroad action! I decided to drive 25 miles to the Wagoner Hot Spot for some action. The first train was a southbound loaded unit coal train coming off the former MKT and heading to the former MP. |
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The last train that I shot was this SB near the downtown station on March 27, 2014. |
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| The first train was a northbound empty unit ethanol train. |
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| This south bound freight is seen between Gibson and Wagoner, OK on July 8, 2013. |
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| The last train before the steam train was another loaded unit coal train southbound on the former MKT. This time it was headed to the OG&E Muskogee Power Plant and this it took the former MP south in Wagoner, OK on Oct. 15, 2012. |
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| While shooting the another train, I heard this train blowing for the crossing at MLK in Muskogee, OK on July 29, 2013. |
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| Here are the lead units for the empty unit coal train on May 23, 2013. |
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| This UP train was a loaded unit coal train on June 7, 2014 in McAlester, OK. |
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| The DPU is then seen working hard up grade. |
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| I then returned to the UP tracks and caught this southbound train. |
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| On my way to the NRHS meeting in Springdale, I made my usual stop at the site of the former KCS passenger station in Siloam Springs, AR. I applied the 10 minute rule, wait 10 minutes, if no train is heard, leave. Within 8 minutes I hear the horn of an approaching train, this empty UP unit coal train. |
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| These units were the lead units on a unit coal train unloading at the OG&E Muskogee Power Plant on May 14, 2013. |
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| The next train was an empty unit coal train on April 26, 2014. |
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| I then heard that a loaded unit coal train was approaching from the north so I headed to Old Shawnee and caught the train coming under the Shawnee overpass. |
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| UP #5869 leads an empty grain train preparing to leave Van Buren, AR on Feb. 25, 2006. |
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| UP 5908 on a loaded coal train with another loaded coal train in the distance, Van Buren, AR, 11/19/05. |
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| On our way to Tulsa, we got stopped in Wagoner, OK by this empty unit coal train returning from the power plant at Ft. Gibson, OK. |
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| This loaded unit train is parked on the main line at the South 28th Street end of the yard. |
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| On my way to Pine Bluff, AR to attend the Train Show at the Arkansas Railroad Musuem, I caught this loaded unit coal train at Van Buren on April 5, 2013. |
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| On June 7, 2014 in McAlester, OK, the scanner announced that a northbound was approaching the interlocking and that the loaded unit coal train could not depart before the northbound got into the clear. The northbound is seen south of the interlocking, the former RI crossing is hid by the Carl Albert Street overpass. |  |
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| The DPUs stopped almost under the Washington Street overpass. |
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| The next train was a loaded unit coal train seen arriving at the yard office in North McAlester on June 7, 2014. |
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| The loaded unit coal train is then seen passing the stopped empty unit coal train in the siding. |
| This UP westbound was a general freight as seen at KC Union Station on Oct. 24, 2013. |
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| Loaded UP coal train eastbound at Blackland, AR 9/16/05. |
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| This train was waiting in a siding at Mayflower, AR on April 14, 2006. |
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| This power for a loaded unit coal train is seen at the refueling station at South 28th Street in Van Buren, AR on March 4, 2013. |
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| I got word early this morning that UP844 would be south bound on the MKT this afternoon on its way to Texas. I had a lunch meeting at Northeastern State University here in Tahlequah. As soon as I finished with that, I headed track side to the Wagoner Hot Spot! arriving at 1:45. The first train was a southbound on the former MKT heading to the former MP. |
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| On April 25, 2014, this damaged unit was in the area near where the MP roundhouse once stood in Jeff City. This unit hit something to cause the damage to the steps on the front of the engine. |
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| Here is the head end power of the coal train which was getting its DPUs refueled at Heavener, OK on Jan. 4, 2013. |
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| While we were stopped at Kirkwood, our train met a loaded unit coal train. |
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| With the poles all down, I went back to shooting my SLR camera, and I headed to the first crossing south of the pole line to shoot this southbound loaded unit coal train. The wires above the coal train are at the construction site where I had been on Jan. 29, 2014. |
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| I then headed back toward Tahlequah and home but caught the coal train at Watts and headed for the feed mill between Watts and Westville, OK. |
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| While crossing the tracks on MLK, I noticed a train on the mainline north of that crossing. I repositioned myself at the east side of the blocked Broadway crossing and got these shots of the southbound vehicle train with this "patched" former SP unit with UP heralds on the locomotive "cheeks" in Muskogee, OK on Feb. 6, 2014. |
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| This eastbound loaded unit coal train is working hard as it approaches Union Staation. |
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| The next train was a northbound from the former MKT taking the connection to the former MP. |
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| A westbound stack train is seen in the bottoms at Jeff City on April 26, 2014. |
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| I was lazy so I shot the DPU from the drivers seat. However, the reflection in the mirror makes for an interesting image. |
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| We then headed for I-540 through south Van Buren and discovered these units on an empty unit coal train at the South 28th Street crossing . |
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| The cab of the engine was parked in the shadow of the Court Street overpass in Muskogee, OK on July 29, 2013. |
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| The next action was an empty unit coal train which had been at the Flint Creek SWEPCO power plant at Gentry, AR, the town just south of my site on Jan. 19, 2014. |
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| Kenny Young, this one is for you. Note the second unit is an un-patched SP on this loaded unit coal train on the line to Alliance, NE on Aug. 17, 2011. |
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| On Feb. 17, 2014, this unit is the DPU of a loaded coal train at the fueling station near the Main Street crossing. |
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| A pair of GE AC4400s, led by UP #6468 and assisted by ex-SP, patched UP #6325, lead a coal train east past the park June 18, 2006. |
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| Another SB is seen near the former Cotton Belt shops in Pine Bluff on March 27, 2014. |
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UP AC4400 #6535 leads a loaded coal train slowly out of Global Three yard on track 2 as another loaded coal train on track 2 overtakes and passes. The train on the near track, track 2, has two units on the front while the train on track 1 has one unit on the front and one unit as a DPU. Note in the going away shot the lead loco of the coal train on track 1 over the top of the hoppers. In the third frame the train on track 1 takes the lead. In the last frame, note the DPU over the top of the loaded cars in the foreground. |
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| The next train was a southbound grain train at Broadway crossing in Muskogee, OK on Nov. 7, 2013. |
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| UP still uses AC4400s on its coal trains such as this one led by #6562 on June 18, 2006. |
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An empty unit coal train is seen leaving Van Buren and crossing the A&M. |
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| A westbound freight is seen exiting the Mississippi River bridge at Clinton, IA on July 21, 2001. |
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| Here is the southbound loaded unit coal train passing our site on Jan. 29, 2014. |
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| UP 6719 leads a westbound merchandise train through Worthen siding AR 8/11/05. |
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| The loaded UP coal train pulls down the mainline in Van Buren on its eastbound journey on June 24, 2011. |
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| A loaded unit coal train is seen approaching Broadway in Muskogee on Nov. 7, 2013. |
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| UP AC4400 #6813 on an empty coal train at Van Buren, AR 6/8/05. |
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| The next train was another southbound on the MKT which continued on the former MKT. This time it was a loaded unit coal train in Wagoner, OK on Oct. 15, 2012. |
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| This empty unit coal train was parked at the refueling station at Main Street in Van Buren. |
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| This unit is the DPU for an empty unit coal train and is parked at the site of the former passenger station in Heavener, OK on May 23, 2013. |
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| This westbound empty coal train is approaching the BNSF crossing on June 14, 2005. |
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| An eastbound coal train is between Van Buren and Alma, AR on Feb. 25, 2006. |
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| This loaded unit coal train is seen entering the west end of the yard at Jeff City on APril 26, 2014. |
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| On June 7, 2014, in McAlester I discovered this UP loaded unit grain train parked at the south end of the yard. |
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| The DPU was found in North McAlester near the yard office. |
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| The loaded unit grain train is seen starting to move south. |
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| The DPU then appears. |
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| This train is seen passing the former MKT yard in Muskogee, OK on June 14, 2013. |
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| The DPU was found in North McAlester, OK near the yard office on June 7, 2014. |
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| East of Conway, we spotted a loaded unit coal train so we got off I40 at Mayflower. We headed to the crossing near the south switch. After a few minutes, the scanner announced a train passing the south switch at Mayflower. That train turned out to be a loaded rock train. It met the loaded unit coal train on July 17, 2011. |
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