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Title: |
Flying the flag |
Description: |
This banner was hanging from a pole at the Belen station |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 1/9/2024 6:28:54 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
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47 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Early switching |
Description: |
When I arrived at the station around 0800, this SD 40-2 was working the yard. Time was, this was prime road power. now demoted to yard service. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:04:26 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1643(SD40-2) |
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67 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
At the station |
Description: |
The 1643 pulls its cut of cars up for headroom, posing by the Railrunner station sign. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:08:35 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1643(SD40-2) |
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56 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Full bird |
Description: |
Not a colonel, but the roadrunner with its tail stretched out on the trailing passenger cars as NMRX 106 waits to become train 704. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:12:09 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
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62 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Big bird |
Description: |
The roadrunner that is the mascot of the Railrunner service, and the New Mexico state bird is prominent on the side of the power. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:15:03 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Waiting |
Description: |
NMRX 106, about to be train 704, waits for departure at Belen as a freight rolls past. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:43:15 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
61 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Ready to go |
Description: |
The conductor checks the platform as the passenger train runs out the last minutes before departure. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:46:02 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
75 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Overhead |
Description: |
An overhead view of NMRX 106 from the Reinken Av overpass. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:01:17 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
50 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Mixed meet |
Description: |
A westbound stack goes out as the Railrunner train waits for time. I had hoped for more eastbounds off the Gallup Sub, but there was still a lot of freight traffic to see here. I have to come out on a weekday, when the days are longer-and warmer!! |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:38:36 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) BNSF 3965(ET44C4) BNSF 8120(ES44C4) BNSF 7858(ES44DC) BNSF 5030(C44-9W) |
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96 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Peeking out |
Description: |
The eastbound stack led by BNSF 8104 is rolling into the yard, while a westbound makes its way through Belen Jct to the Gallup Sub. We see the DPU on the westbound mixed freight between the stacks on the eastbound. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:31:21 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 3906(ET44C4) |
Views: |
46 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rear end meet |
Description: |
The tail of a westbound stack led by BNSF 3965 rolls past the waiting NMRX 106. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:56:50 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
66 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Albuquerque transfer |
Description: |
A transfer bringing in intermodal from the Albuquerque ramp rolls into Belen Jct off the El Paso Sub while the Railrunner waits for time. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 6:07:03 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Signal,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) BNSF 1841(SD40-2) BNSF 1918(SD40-2) |
Views: |
134 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Off to Albuquerque |
Description: |
Train 704 is now underway, making his way out to the El Paso Sub and Albuquerque, eventually Santa Fe. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:50:16 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
NMRX 106(MP36PH-3C) |
Views: |
62 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Ready to go |
Description: |
A westbound stack has his ditch lights on, and is starting to roll out of the fuel pad as an eastbound clears Belen Jct and heads into his fuel pad. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:10:32 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7704(ES44DC) BNSF 1643(SD40-2) |
Views: |
66 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Here we come |
Description: |
An eastbound stack rolls past the Belen station en route to Amarillo and points east. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:21:23 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8104(ES44C4) BNSF 7500(ES44DC) BNSF 6269(ES44AC) |
Views: |
75 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DPU east |
Description: |
BNSF 7811 takes up the rear on the eastbound stack led by BNSF 8104 that is entering the yard. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:13:58 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7811(ES44DC) |
Views: |
35 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Into the yard |
Description: |
The DPU disappears into the yard, trailing a stack train that will soon be tackling Abo Canyon. |
Photo Date: |
12/9/2023 Upload Date: 12/28/2023 6:12:33 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7811(ES44DC) |
Views: |
35 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Switching the stacks |
Description: |
Sunday morning found the same unit, BNSF 1643, with a cut of double stacks, which it was shoving into a yard track. Belen is not only a major class yard, but is also used for block swapping. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:18:44 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1643(SD40-2) |
Views: |
74 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Saw more of these than I expected. |
Description: |
I probably saw a half dozen of these diesels still in Warbonnet paint while on the New Mexico trip. This one is the trailing unit on an eastbound passing the Railrunner station. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:00:03 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 750(C44-9W) |
Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Mid DPU |
Description: |
A common practice on BNSF is to add a DPU about 2/3 of the way back in the train. This pair of GEs was doing the honors about 65 platforms deep in this westbound headed for the Gallup Sub. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:05:04 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4133(C44-9W) |
Views: |
55 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Passing at the junction |
Description: |
An eastbound stack is just clearing Belen Jct as this westbound comes out of the yard to head west. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:19:43 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7934(ES44C4) BNSF 3880(ET44C4) |
Views: |
54 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Almost there |
Description: |
The DPU on an eastbound freight has stopped just beyond the station at Belen. I was able to get a shot of the power, one of which is an NS unit, but not quite the one I wanted. The leader on this train was BNSF 6728 |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:49:34 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 6562(ES44C4) BNSF 5090(C44-9W) |
Views: |
52 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Just barely |
Description: |
The westbound that was coming out as BNSF 6728 was rolling in, led by BNSF 6864, is just barely visible between the stacks of the eastbound. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/22/2023 5:32:10 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
34 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rounding the curve |
Description: |
An eastbound stack rolls off the Gallup Sub, taking the sharp curve into Belen Jct. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:45:41 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4666(C44-9W) BNSF 7205(ES44DC) BNSF 4227(ES44C4) BNSF 6970(ES44C4) |
Views: |
72 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Coming in |
Description: |
An eastbound stack rolls into Belen Jct, and will head for a crew change, fuel and inspection before making its way up Abo canyon and on east. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/19/2023 5:57:56 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 4227(ES44C4) BNSF 6970(ES44C4) BNSF 4666(C44-9W) BNSF 7205(ES44DC) |
Views: |
76 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Belen Jct meet |
Description: |
A westbound is starting out for Gallup as an eastbound arrives on the near track. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/19/2023 6:52:31 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5865(ES44AC) BNSF 4221(ES44C4) BNSF 6886(ES44C4) BNSF 6947(ES44C4) |
Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Off the Gallup Sub |
Description: |
A four unit set of power swings off the Gallup Sub into Belen Jct, passing the Railrunner station, whose track is in the foreground. Theres a surprise behind the power, which well see in a minute. Behind the power are 29 autos, 3 articulated racks, and 109 freight. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/18/2023 6:26:21 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7403(ES44DC) BNSF 7707(ES44DC) BUGX 1552(SD9) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Slug mother |
Description: |
This ex BN SD 9 was the mother unit to the two slugs that followed it, arriving on an eastbound freight led by BNSF 3796. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:26:41 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BUGX 1552(SD9) |
Views: |
131 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Slug 1 |
Description: |
This slug was on an eastbound freight arriving at Belen. It was in the company of BUGX 1552, and SD 9, and another slug, ex Santa Fe unit 3970. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:23:14 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BUGX 1010(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
110 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Santa Fe slug |
Description: |
This Santa Fe unit was with the SD 9 and the first slug on an eastnbound. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:29:41 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BUGX 3970(Yard Slug) |
Views: |
106 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
The whole shebang |
Description: |
The two slugs and SD 9 are in tow behind the road power as the train enters the yard. BUGX is a reporting mark of Dieselmotive Co |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/21/2023 6:31:44 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BUGX 3970(Yard Slug) BUGX 1010(Yard Slug) BUGX 1552(SD9) |
Views: |
158 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Almost |
Description: |
The eastbound led by BNSF 3796 had a pair of GEs on the rear, one from BNSF, one from NS. The 141 car train stopped as it entered the yard, the DPU just not quite making it far enough for a decent shot. We see them from the bus turn around at the Railrunner station. |
Photo Date: |
12/10/2023 Upload Date: 12/29/2023 5:28:40 AM |
Location: |
Belen, NM |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5018(C44-9W) NS 4078(AC44C6M) |
Views: |
45 Comments: 1 |
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