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7/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:4/14/2023 - 10/31/2023
Album Info:A post CP-KCS merger continuation of the original The Chase Is On album, after the April 14 2023 merger date. Mostly the Heavener Sub, but elsewhere too
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Through the switch
Title:  Through the switch
Description:  The DPU rolls into the siding as the crew on the grain train prepares to climb back on their train.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/22/2024 6:09:22 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6096(ES44AC) BNSF 8547(SD70ACe) KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  46   Comments: 3
Underway
Title:  Underway
Description:  The grain train, having now cooled its heels for over an hour, gets started through CP South Watts.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/22/2024 6:16:40 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Leaning to the curve
Title:  Leaning to the curve
Description:  The grain train, now getting some roll on, leans to the curve south of the siding switch.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/22/2024 6:19:14 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  23   Comments: 1
Now a red signal
Title:  Now a red signal
Description:  The signal that showed approach for the northbound is now at stop-and-proceed as the southbound occupies the block.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:08:54 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Rolling the hoppers
Title:  Rolling the hoppers
Description:  The southbound approaches the crossing at MP 239, its train stretched out behind.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:14:56 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Rolling through the curve
Title:  Rolling through the curve
Description:  The grain train takes the S curve at Chewie Rd, snaking on through.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:17:07 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Baled
Title:  Baled
Description:  The train rolls south past some hay bales north of Westville.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:23:41 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Red DPU
Title:  Red DPU
Description:  The DPU on this train is a pair of CP units, their red standing out in the low afternoon light.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 4:26:06 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8720(ES44AC) CP 7001(SD70ACU)
Views:  33   Comments: 1
Red diesels and dinner
Title:  Red diesels and dinner
Description:  The DPU, a pair of red CP units, passes a small herd of steer, today grazing in a pasture north of Westville, soon to be some tasty steaks.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:06:02 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8720(ES44AC) CP 7001(SD70ACU)
Views:  30   Comments: 1
Over the rise
Title:  Over the rise
Description:  Our grain train rolls over a short rise approaching "downtown" Baron.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:08:03 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 1
Gone to church
Title:  Gone to church
Description:  Well, it is Sunday.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:11:06 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Side by signal
Title:  Side by signal
Description:  The head end passes the automatic at MP 250.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:16:13 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
DPU on the creek
Title:  DPU on the creek
Description:  The DPU on the grain train rolls across Barren Fork Creek on the plate girder and through truss bridge.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:22:02 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8720(ES44AC) CP 7001(SD70ACU)
Views:  35   Comments: 1
Last shot
Title:  Last shot
Description:  Well, kinda. I was going to get him here, then run to get the train off the US 59 overpass, but the camera wouldnt fire. Turned out I was out of film-Id used up all the images on that SD card. Should have been checking!! Oh, well. There will be other days. Meanwhile, the train splits the signals at CP North Stilwell.
Photo Date:  2/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 5:32:57 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4802(ES44AC) KCSM 4734(ES44AC)
Views:  40   Comments: 1
Caught him
Title:  Caught him
Description:  I was outside working in the yard-the way a lot of these chases start-and heard a horn. Off I went, though not realizing I had a northbound as well, that had met this train at Siloam. He hit the detector north of town as I was getting underway. I ran through town, and beat it down 65 MPH US 59, catching what turned out to be this TXUX train headed for Texas as it passed some otherwise disinterested cattle.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 4:54:05 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW)
Views:  15   Comments: 1
Horsing around
Title:  Horsing around
Description:  The horses appear no more interested in the passing noise than their bovine companions as the southbound coal rolls past.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 4:57:45 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW)
Views:  20   Comments: 1
DPUs and cows
Title:  DPUs and cows
Description:  The DPU on the coal train rolls past the feeding cattle.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:01:13 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8557(SD70ACe) KCSM 4546(AC44CW) KCS 4681(ES44AC)
Views:  19   Comments: 1
DPU and cows, part 2
Title:  DPU and cows, part 2
Description:  The DPU has moved slightly south, now passing a bunch of hay bales, as several of the cows seem intrigued by my presence.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:12:29 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8557(SD70ACe) KCSM 4546(AC44CW) KCS 4681(ES44AC)
Views:  25   Comments: 1
Horsey DPU
Title:  Horsey DPU
Description:  The DPU now passes the horses, who are indifferent to much anything around them. But they make for a pretty picture.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:18:32 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8557(SD70ACe) KCSM 4546(AC44CW) KCS 4681(ES44AC)
Views:  33   Comments: 2
MP 252
Title:  MP 252
Description:  The coal train rolls past MP 252, just to the left of the train. I was hoping to find some Branford pear trees, which are in glorious bloom right now, but it seems there are no flowering trees near the tracks. Oh well.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:29:03 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW)
Views:  19   Comments: 1
Flowers and coal
Title:  Flowers and coal
Description:  I did find one tree in bloom, next to the Farmers Coop in Stilwell. The coal train passes.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:34:53 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW)
Views:  56   Comments: 1
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  I got down to Cave Springs to find an empty TXUX train in the siding, waiting on the southbound, its BNSF DPU visible in the shadows in the distance.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:46:16 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9210(SD70ACe)
Views:  15   Comments: 1
Impending meet
Title:  Impending meet
Description:  A wider view of South Cave Springs shows the northbound home signal at red over red, the switch lined for the main, and the headlight of the southbound coming over the rise as the northbound waits.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:48:13 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9210(SD70ACe)
Views:  14   Comments: 1
The meet
Title:  The meet
Description:  The southbound loaded train rolls into the sun, passing the end of the waiting northbound, and the southbound home signal.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:50:06 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW) BNSF 9210(SD70ACe)
Views:  45   Comments: 1
Home signal and a milepost
Title:  Home signal and a milepost
Description:  The southbound train passes the northbound home signal, and MP 269. The northbound will start rolling shortly, but I wont see him again.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:53:25 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5924(ES44AC) KCSM 4543(AC44CW) BNSF 9210(SD70ACe)
Views:  25   Comments: 1
DPU flashes past
Title:  DPU flashes past
Description:  The DPU on the coal train blasts by as it heads for Bunch and points south
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 5:58:05 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8557(SD70ACe) KCSM 4546(AC44CW) KCS 4681(ES44AC)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Into the shadows
Title:  Into the shadows
Description:  The DPU rolls into the shadows created by the tunnel of trees on this late Saturday afternoon on its way south. Meanwhile, the northbound is slowly pulling away toward Stilwell. It will hold south of town as another TXUX train followed by the 262, hold north of town, where the northbound will meet both. The light will go before they are in position for a photo. Such is the life of a railfan on a chase.
Photo Date:  3/2/2024  Upload Date: 3/5/2024 6:03:04 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4681(ES44AC) KCSM 4546(AC44CW) BNSF 8557(SD70ACe)
Views:  29   Comments: 1
Hay!!
Title:  Hay!!
Description:  Id gone out to put air in the tires on my wifes 2001 Stratus R/T(the five speed) and went up to Davidson Rd to check the signal. While I was there, the radio burped, and the next thing I saw, the signal had gone red southbound. Good sign, I thought. It was; the 181 was rolling north toward me behind the now common mix of CP and KCS power, seen across a field of hay bales.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 5:15:07 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  31   Comments: 1
Flowers and the trees
Title:  Flowers and the trees
Description:  The leader crosses Davidson Rd, with Bradford pears at a nearby farm in full bloom.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 5:30:33 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM)
Views:  43   Comments: 1
Anticipation
Title:  Anticipation
Description:  I went up to Y City Rd south of Decatur for the next shot, a better angle that Gentry for a northbound this time of day. The automatic showed clear. Hell be rolling on through Dorsey.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 5:39:29 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  20   Comments: 1
Taking the signal
Title:  Taking the signal
Description:  The 181 rolls up with 47 stack platforms at 14 autoracks in tow. Hell roll right on through, and Ill see him again at Gravette
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 5:47:15 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  33   Comments: 2
Knocked dpwm
Title:  Knocked dpwm
Description:  The 181s trailing rack recedes toward Decatur, passing the now red signal 219-2.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 6:03:05 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Past the old siding
Title:  Past the old siding
Description:  There was once a siding here for a lumber yard. The red target of the switchstand is just ahead of the lead unit as it heads north,
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 5:52:16 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
Ready for a northbound
Title:  Ready for a northbound
Description:  The signal at MP 204 shows stop and proceed, the northbound now in the block just to the south, seen from the Ark 59 overpass.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 6:12:41 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  23   Comments: 1
Passing the automatic
Title:  Passing the automatic
Description:  The 181 rolls toward my position on the bridge, its train stretched out around the curve to the south.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/12/2024 6:29:22 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  36   Comments: 1
To the curve
Title:  To the curve
Description:  The 181 rolls under me at the Ark 59 bridge, the train stretched out into the curve north of town.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/14/2024 5:01:35 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Butlers Bluff
Title:  Butlers Bluff
Description:  The 181 rolls under the rock formation just south of Noel, known as Butlers Bluff as it makes its way north. In passenger days, KCS used this location for publicity photos, about 1/2 mile to the south, where the bluff is more visible high above the train.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/14/2024 5:22:13 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  28   Comments: 1
Along the creek
Title:  Along the creek
Description:  The 181 rolls along Butler Creek.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/14/2024 5:28:18 AM
Location:  Noel, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8119(AC4400CWM) KCS 5014(ET44AC)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Straggler
Title:  Straggler
Description:  After shooting the 181 at Noel, I headed back home. The Heritage unit app said there was a coal train with a gray KCSM GE, but the report had it in Poteau several hours earlier, and I figured it either got past me, or it was stuck in Watts for a new crew To my surprise, I saw the signal at 219-2 showed clear, and I waited the five or so minutes for it to show, here at Y City Rd, just after the sun dipped below the trees.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/14/2024 5:33:33 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  UP 6670(AC44CW) CP 8019(AC4400CWM) KCSM 4517(AC44CW) UP 5559(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  38   Comments: 1
Lucky catch
Title:  Lucky catch
Description:  Some days you live right...wed gone to the local rock and gem show at the Siloam Springs armory. As we came out, I could hear a northbound takikng the siding for a meet. We went up to Tahlequah St to get the southbound, and hopefully the meet. As we crossed the tracks at Lincoln St, there was another fan. This is unusual. I can count on my fingers the fans I see chasing this line, so something was up. What was up was this southbound oil train, led by the Support the Troops unit.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/26/2024 6:23:03 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  48   Comments: 2
Meet the coal
Title:  Meet the coal
Description:  The oil train blows past the northbound coal train, with a set of UP power.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/26/2024 6:24:12 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7886(AC45CCTE) CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  44   Comments: 1
Barely beat him
Title:  Barely beat him
Description:  After shooting the train at Siloam, we stopped by the house to grab drinks and a pit stop, and off we went. For some reason, a lot of people think running 10 MPH under the speed limit on a dry day with little traffic is just fine. I found one of them on the way to Summers on Ark 59. Usually I can beat a train to Westbville, but not when some bonehead is going 45 MPH on a road that has a lot of curves and few passing zones. The train was on the crossing when we got there, and I beat it to Baron, getting this somewhat shady photo on the Barren Fork Creek bridge.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:03:16 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
A little hustle
Title:  A little hustle
Description:  After getting the shot on Barren Fork, I hustled down to the next county road crossing, and shot the oil train as he approached the crossing there. Finally ahead!!
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:15:54 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
County barn
Title:  County barn
Description:  From Baron south to Stilwell isnt fast running for southbounds, and I was able to get to the north end of town before him, catching him passing the Adair County barn.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:20:46 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  25   Comments: 1
SR 51
Title:  SR 51
Description:  The dispatcher had told the oil train hed meet the 181 at Stilwell. The 181 was already waiting in the siding when we got there, so we set up where we could shoot the meet. Were in a parking lot off US 59 as the action unfolds.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:33:34 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  22   Comments: 1
Waiting
Title:  Waiting
Description:  The 181, with the same power set it had a week earlier, waits as the oil train approaches.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:39:50 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4873(ES44AC) CP 7008(SD70ACU)
Views:  26   Comments: 1
Face to face
Title:  Face to face
Description:  The Support the Troops unit faces off with the Belle leading the 181. I wanted to get a broadside shot of the two units; unfortunately, they met witha pole partly blocking the view. So it goes...
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:47:48 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) KCS 4873(ES44AC)
Views:  24   Comments: 1
Station and a pole
Title:  Station and a pole
Description:  The distance from the meet to the station wasnt quite far enough for me to get a good lead on the train, but I did manage to get a shot off as it passed the station-and a pesky light pole
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:55:38 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  19   Comments: 1
Straight for us
Title:  Straight for us
Description:  I beat feet down to Cave Springs, beating the train there handily. Its 15 or so road miles from Stilwell via SR 100 and a county road to the tracks, but only about 10 for the tracks. The railroad does some winding around in the hills and dales, so if you dont waste any time, you can get this shot of the southbound stretched out on the main, about to pass the southbound home signals.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 4:58:55 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU) BNSF 5940(ES44AC)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
Northbound signal
Title:  Northbound signal
Description:  The oil train rolls past the northbound home signal, and the race is on again.
Photo Date:  4/13/2024  Upload Date: 4/27/2024 5:03:05 AM
Location:  Cave Springs, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 7023(SD70ACU)
Views:  23   Comments: 1


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