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Viewing Album:  KCS Heavener Sub in Oklahoma
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/2011 - 7/11/2016
Album Info:Photos of trains on the KCS Heavener Sub in Oklahoma, mostly from Watts to Stilwell, but some other places as well.
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Last catch
Title:  Last catch
Description:  A southbound H train rolls around the curve at the north end of Stilwell as the light fades. Its the last shot I will take today.
Photo Date:  11/8/2008  Upload Date: 8/18/2016 4:51:05 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3930(SD70MAC) TFM 1615(SD70MAC)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
Working
Title:  Working
Description:  H KCSH works the south end of Watts yard in the late afternoon sun
Photo Date:  11/8/2008  Upload Date: 8/18/2016 4:04:42 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3930(SD70MAC) TFM 1615(SD70MAC)
Views:  355   Comments: 1
H train rolling in
Title:  H train rolling in
Description:  The H SHKC approaches the Watts yard with 95 cars late in the day, a cut of pulpwood racks head out.
Photo Date:  11/8/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:16:31 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4108(SD70ACe) KCS 4032(SD70ACe)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Not much left
Title:  Not much left
Description:  A 104 car southbound H train rolls past the crossing where the Rock Island Choctaw route once crossed the KCS. It is now the easternmost point on the Arkansas Oklahoma, which runs west from here to McAlester. East of here, the line is largely removed. There is a connecting track between the two roads, out of view to the right.
Photo Date:  11/9/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:23:03 AM
Location:  Howe, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4008(SD70ACe) KCS 4024(SD70ACe)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Working upgrade
Title:  Working upgrade
Description:  An empty corn syrup train drags up Rich Mountain, passing the home signal for the siding behind a set of Belles, in good fall color.
Photo Date:  11/9/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:29:21 AM
Location:  Page, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4114(SD70ACe) KCS 4047(SD70ACe) KCS 4057(SD70ACe)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
Through the trees
Title:  Through the trees
Description:  A northbound empty corn syrup train peeks through the fall color as it works up the mountain.
Photo Date:  11/9/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:32:01 AM
Location:  Page, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4114(SD70ACe) KCS 4047(SD70ACe) KCS 4057(SD70ACe)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Belle on the Rock
Title:  Belle on the Rock
Description:  Whats left of it....the DPU on the southbound H train sits on the AOK crossing, once the Rocks Choctaw route. Signals still protect the crossings on both routes, though I have to admit the signal on the Rock has more aesthetic appeal.
Photo Date:  11/9/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:26:11 AM
Location:  Howe, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4683(ES44AC)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Through town
Title:  Through town
Description:  An AEPX train rolls south, approaching the US 62 crossing. It has made its way through town, and now rolls for Baron and Stilwell.
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:33:59 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6602(AC44CW) KCS 4706(ES44AC)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
Passing the pasture
Title:  Passing the pasture
Description:  An AEPX coal train rolls 123 cars south just before reaching Westville, seen across a field often home to a herd of steer.
Photo Date:  12/6/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:36:26 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6602(AC44CW) KCS 4706(ES44AC)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
Get me to the church
Title:  Get me to the church
Description:  Southbound AEPX train rolls past the church at Baron, having passed automatic signal 249-1.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:38:55 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6614(AC44CW) UP 7508(AC45CCTE)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Down by the station
Title:  Down by the station
Description:  AEPX coal behind UP power rolls 125 cars past the Stilwell station, now a museum.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:41:38 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6614(AC44CW) UP 7508(AC45CCTE)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
North end
Title:  North end
Description:  The AEPX train rolls around the curve at the north end of Stilwell. Ill get another crack at him by the station, as he will meet a northbound empty train here.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:45:01 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6614(AC44CW) UP 7508(AC45CCTE)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
Along US 59
Title:  Along US 59
Description:  This spot several miles north of Stilwell on US 59 yielded a good view of the tracks, making this photo possible from roadside. In the seven years since I took this, the shrubbery has grown up near the tracks, and its not as good a location when the leaves are on tfe trees.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:29:21 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 199(AC44CW)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
Making hay
Title:  Making hay
Description:  The empty AEPX train rolls past baled hay on a farm north of Westville.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:39:23 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 199(AC44CW)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Meet and a pleasant surprise
Title:  Meet and a pleasant surprise
Description:  The AEPX train I had been chasing met a northbound empty train here, that train having an untouched SP unit trailing ahead of its 124 cars. Ten plus years after the merger, they were becoming harder and harder to find.
Photo Date:  12/28/2008  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 4:47:55 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6432(AC44CW) SP 199(AC44CW)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Southbound gray
Title:  Southbound gray
Description:  Before too much longer, most trains would have Belles leading. Now, its not that common to see a gray unit, leading or otherwise. Back then, I wbs thrilled to get a Belle. Looking back now, Im glad I caught the grays. This one has 73 cars of grain rolling south at Baron.
Photo Date:  1/11/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:21:17 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4025(SD70ACe) KCS 4695(ES44AC) KCS 3208(SD40-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
By the grain bins
Title:  By the grain bins
Description:  A southbound 125 car TXUX coal train passes grain bins from a small feed mill as it reaches downtown Westville.
Photo Date:  3/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 3:32:42 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6126(ES44AC) BNSF 9361(SD70ACe)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Mid train Belles
Title:  Mid train Belles
Description:  At the time, KCS added a pair of units at Pittsburg for the trip over the Heavener Sub, which has a lot of up and down in its profile. A pair of units was usually spotted about 85 cars deep in the train. Here is a pair of new units performing this duty on a TXUX train coming into Stilwell.
Photo Date:  3/22/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 2:26:48 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4036(SD70ACe) KCS 4128(SD70ACe)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
Grain loads
Title:  Grain loads
Description:  A pair of consecutively numbered Belles has a grain train in tow at Marble City.
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:39:05 AM
Location:  Marble City, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4043(SD70ACe) KCS 4044(SD70ACe)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
Pushing on down the line
Title:  Pushing on down the line
Description:  The DPU on this southbound pushes the H train's 103 cars past Stilwell and on toward Sallisaw.
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:46:01 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4589(AC44CW)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Pulling hard
Title:  Pulling hard
Description:  This 103 car H train rolls around the curve into the north end of Stilwell, its power pulling hard to keep things rolling, as the three trailing units are shut down, power from the Dodger being taken to Heavener for servicing over the weekend.
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:48:10 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4601(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW) KCS 2849(GP40-3) KCS 1910(GP38-2) KCS 2829(GP40-3)
Views:  580   Comments: 1
Station gray
Title:  Station gray
Description:  The H train slowly rolled through Stilwell, and I made all the lights and was able to beat him for the shot. Once in a while, I win one!!
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:55:06 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4601(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
TFM and a work train
Title:  TFM and a work train
Description:  This work train was stashed in the siding at Stilwell, awaiting a Monday call to duty.
Photo Date:  6/13/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:58:08 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1641(SD70MAC)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Rich color
Title:  Rich color
Description:  This trio of Belles pulls the light from the low late day sun, making the colors saturate on this 69 car H train just north of Westville.
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:41:52 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4120(SD70ACe) KCS 4031(SD70ACe)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
Breaking the silence
Title:  Breaking the silence
Description:  This southbound H train breaks the late afternoon silence of sleepy Westville.
Photo Date:  7/12/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:43:45 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4120(SD70ACe) KCS 4031(SD70ACe)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Empties and Grinsteins
Title:  Empties and Grinsteins
Description:  An empty TXUX train rolls north past a waiting southbound AEPX train at the north end of Watts. A pair of Grinstein SD70's bracket a "swoosh" SD70ACe as power for the 125 cars.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:18:02 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9807(SD70MAC) BNSF 9331(SD70ACe) BNSF 9589(SD70MAC)
Views:  289   Comments: 1
ECOs
Title:  ECOs
Description:  A set of four ECO rebuilds is headed south on the M train at Sallisaw, along with 85 freight and 18 stack platforms. They look sharp in spanking new paint.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 1:27:29 AM
Location:  Sallisaw, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 2501(GP22ECO) KCSM 2503(GP22ECO) KCSM 2502(GP22ECO) KCSM 2500(GP22ECO) KCS 3904(SD70MAC) KCS 4045(SD70ACe)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
Gray at mid train
Title:  Gray at mid train
Description:  A pair of gray units are providing the extra assistance today on this AEPX train, with UP power on each end.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:30:18 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4003(SD70ACe) KCS 4618(AC44CW)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Belle leading a surprise
Title:  Belle leading a surprise
Description:  A Belle painted SD70ACe leads a gray sister and a quartet of four axle ECO rebuilds south toward Mexico.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:00:32 AM
Location:  Sallisaw, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4045(SD70ACe) KCS 3904(SD70MAC) KCSM 2500(GP22ECO) KCSM 2502(GP22ECO) KCSM 2503(GP22ECO) KCSM 2501(GP22ECO)
Views:  595   Comments: 1
Lite power move
Title:  Lite power move
Description:  Sometimes, KCS would run a lite power move northbound, since the DPU's added to coal trains at Pittsburg would accumulate at Heavener. This one is making its way north after passing the Watts yard.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:31:43 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4055(SD70ACe) KCS 4007(SD70ACe)
Views:  320   Comments: 2
ECOs
Title:  ECOs
Description:  A pair of GP 22 ECOs is in tow on a southbound at Sallisaw. They are part of a group that is going to KCSM at Laredo.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 11/15/2017 5:15:28 AM
Location:  Sallisaw, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 2503(GP22ECO) KCSM 2501(GP22ECO)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
AEPX south
Title:  AEPX south
Description:  The typical pair of UP units lead this southbound loaded American Electric Power train entering Watts. It will meet an empty train from the other coal run on this line here shortly.
Photo Date:  7/18/2009  Upload Date: 8/29/2016 4:34:13 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  353   Comments: 1
Grain in the pasture
Title:  Grain in the pasture
Description:  A southbound grain train rolls past what is normally a cow pasture as it makes its way toward Heavener with 49 cars. These trains usually start out with 100, 80, or 75 cars, so this one has made some deliveries along the way.
Photo Date:  7/25/2009  Upload Date: 2/1/2017 2:02:34 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4117(SD70ACe) KCS 4693(ES44AC)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Grab shot
Title:  Grab shot
Description:  I grabbed this shot of a northbound train from the roadside as it approached Watts. Not the greatest shot, as I was more concerned with the southbound grain train it was meeting here.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:07:07 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4002(SD70ACe) KCS 4590(AC44CW)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
Feed the hungry
Title:  Feed the hungry
Description:  KCS is living out the message of the church in the background as it rolls 75 cars of grain south.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:15:03 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4613(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW)
Views:  214   Comments: 2
No feed for these horses
Title:  No feed for these horses
Description:  A southbound grain train rolls past Shockeys farm south of Watts, its sign advertising their quarter horses. The sign is down while US 59 is widened to four lanes. Hopefully it goes back up when the project is complete in a couple of months. It made a nice photo prop.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:17:13 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4613(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
Approaching town
Title:  Approaching town
Description:  The southbound grain train rolls around the curve as it hits the tangent through Stilwell. This shot is not possible now(Sep 2016) due to the shrubbery growing big enough to obscure the trains.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:20:03 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4613(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
Pastoral scene
Title:  Pastoral scene
Description:  This southbound grain train rolls past a pasture just north of Westville, seen from US 59.
Photo Date:  10/18/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:22:07 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4613(AC44CW) KCS 4597(AC44CW)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Late afternoon on the prairie
Title:  Late afternoon on the prairie
Description:  A southbound 80 car train of corn syrup rolls past the farmland typical of eastern Oklahoma.
Photo Date:  10/24/2009  Upload Date: 9/2/2016 4:50:32 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4588(AC44CW) KCS 4050(SD70ACe)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
Climbing
Title:  Climbing
Description:  This northbound H train is climbing to the Arkansas River bridge on this long fill. The two four motor units will be dropped at Watts for the dodger.
Photo Date:  11/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:08:54 AM
Location:  Spiro, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4009(SD70ACe)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
On the bridge
Title:  On the bridge
Description:  The northbund H train rolls across the Arkansas River on this deck girder bridge. I had not been to this location prior to this visit, and was not aware of what kind of structure would be there. I have to admit, its a good sized bridge, and obviously serves its purpose, but its not the most photogenic bridge Ive ever seen.
Photo Date:  11/14/2009  Upload Date: 9/6/2016 4:11:55 AM
Location:  Spiro, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4009(SD70ACe)
Views:  246   Comments: 2
Fading light
Title:  Fading light
Description:  Ill chase til the light is gone, which is about what Ive done this afternoon with this 80 car southbound train of corn syrup.
Photo Date:  11/22/2009  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:10:10 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4588(AC44CW) KCS 4050(SD70ACe)
Views:  318   Comments: 1
Empties north
Title:  Empties north
Description:  An empty TXUX train crosses the Illinois River, forwarding its hoppers back to Wyoming for more coal to Texas.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 9/2/2016 4:53:27 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4610(AC44CW) BNSF 8856(SD70MAC)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
Working toward the hill
Title:  Working toward the hill
Description:  An empty TXUX coal train rolls over the Illinois River, and will shortly attack the grade out of the valley into Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  12/5/2009  Upload Date: 9/5/2017 4:14:10 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4610(AC44CW) BNSF 8856(SD70MAC)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
Not kissing this frog
Title:  Not kissing this frog
Description:  The southbound H train passes some track hardware as it rolls 95 cars and the power from the dodger it picked up at Watts, through Baron.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:09:26 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4121(SD70ACe) KCS 4052(SD70ACe) KCS 2034(GP38-2) KCS 1912(GP38-2)
Views:  473   Comments: 2
Wave to Santa
Title:  Wave to Santa
Description:  The southbound H train meets the Holiday Express north of the Stilwell station. Its not exactly a Christmas type scene!!
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:16:05 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4121(SD70ACe) KCS 4052(SD70ACe) KCS 2034(GP38-2) KCS 1912(GP38-2) KCS 1(FP9A) KCS 3(F9B)
Views:  516   Comments: 2
Slowing to meet Santa
Title:  Slowing to meet Santa
Description:  Not exactly the toy department at Macys, though. The southbound H train comes around the 30 MPH curve into Stilwell, where it will meet the Holdiay Express, on its way to Siloam, north of the station.
Photo Date:  12/12/2009  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 5:13:43 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4121(SD70ACe) KCS 4052(SD70ACe) KCS 2034(GP38-2) KCS 1912(GP38-2)
Views:  526   Comments: 1
Northbound empty grain
Title:  Northbound empty grain
Description:  Empty grain with a Belle leading crosses the Illinois River at Watts Ok
Photo Date:  1/31/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 9:18:18 PM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4057(SD70ACe) KCS 4027(SD70ACe)
Views:  497   Comments: 1
Grain train south of Baron OK
Title:  Grain train south of Baron OK
Description:  KCS 4030 peeks through the trees at a private crossing along US 59
Photo Date:  1/31/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 9:20:06 PM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4030(SD70ACe) KCS 4689(ES44AC)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
Grain train south of Stilwell OK
Title:  Grain train south of Stilwell OK
Description:  KCS 4030 leads southbound grain south of Stilwell OK
Photo Date:  1/31/2010  Upload Date: 1/23/2011 9:21:20 PM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4030(SD70ACe) KCS 4689(ES44AC)
Views:  365   Comments: 0

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