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12/30/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1995 - 7/9/2016
Album Info:Photos of KCS trains on the Heavener Sub between Sulphur Springs and Gentry. Siloam Springs has its own page.
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Last light
Title:  Last light
Description:  Q KCSH passes the cemetery and a colorful tree in the last rays of sun.
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 11:06:15 PM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4032(SD70ACe) KCS 4706(ES44AC)
Views:  319   Comments: 2
Fall color
Title:  Fall color
Description:  Q KCSH passes a colorful oak tree in downtown Gravette
Photo Date:  11/3/2012  Upload Date: 11/3/2012 11:08:58 PM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4032(SD70ACe) KCS 4706(ES44AC)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  No, this is not the head end. This Flint Creek train ran 2x3, so this is the DPU pushing into the power plant spur with this attractive set of units on a gloomy day. This shot would not have been possible on a sunny day, the light would have been all wrong. The Heavener Sub main is to the left.
Photo Date:  2/16/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2013 10:44:03 PM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4781(ES44AC) KCS 4680(ES44AC) UP 5718(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Flint Creek coal
Title:  Flint Creek coal
Description:  A train bound for the SWEPCO Flingt Creek plant rolls slowly through Gentry, meeting an outbound empty train from the same plant.
Photo Date:  2/16/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2013 10:49:33 PM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5709(AC44CWCTE) UP 6177(AC44CW)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  An empty Flint Creek coal train rolls up the siding at Gentry where it will meet a loaded train for the same plant. SP units are all over today, as both trains have them.
Photo Date:  2/16/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2013 10:54:06 PM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5769(AC44CWCTE) UP 6243(AC44CW)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Empty coal
Title:  Empty coal
Description:  An empty Flint Creek train passes Curran Feed as it takes the siding at Gentry on a gloomy day in February.
Photo Date:  2/16/2013  Upload Date: 2/16/2013 10:58:17 PM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5769(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Local
Title:  Local
Description:  The local headed for Little Debbie-to switch, not load up on Oatmeal Creme Pies-rolls through town as it makes its way to the plant. A pair of gray GP 38s does the honors today.
Photo Date:  8/1/2014  Upload Date: 8/27/2014 2:29:29 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2018(GP38-2) KCS 2029(GP38-2)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Meet
Title:  Meet
Description:  Northbound TXUX train passes the head end of a southbound stone train at South Gentry.
Photo Date:  9/22/2014  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 3:37:36 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8784(SD70ACe) BNSF 9495(SD70MAC) UP 6052(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Going away meet
Title:  Going away meet
Description:  The DPU of a northbound empty TXUX train meets the power on a southbound stone train at South Gentry
Photo Date:  9/22/2014  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 3:35:51 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9902(SD70MAC) UP 6052(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Surprise
Title:  Surprise
Description:  This OLS unit was trailing on a stone train at Gentry.
Photo Date:  9/22/2014  Upload Date: 9/27/2014 3:34:28 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 708(SD50)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
Splitting them
Title:  Splitting them
Description:  Southbound stone train splits the signals at South Gentry as it heads for Siloam Springs to tie up.
Photo Date:  9/22/2014  Upload Date: 9/28/2014 2:48:23 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6052(AC44CWCTE) KCS 708(SD50)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Coal south
Title:  Coal south
Description:  A pair of BNSF units lead a southbound coal train at Dallas St in Gravette following a recent snow.
Photo Date:  2/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 4:00:17 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9224(SD70ACe) BNSF 6098(ES44AC)
Views:  213   Comments: 1
Coal train DPU
Title:  Coal train DPU
Description:  The DPU on the train with the BNSF power was a surprise, a pair of NS units along with a gray SD 70M
Photo Date:  2/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 4:07:13 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8764(C40-9) NS 8977(C40-9W) KCS 3905(SD70MAC)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
DPU and a milepost
Title:  DPU and a milepost
Description:  A northbound AEPX empty train rolls through Decatur, passing MP 217 and the approach signal for Dorsey siding.
Photo Date:  2/18/2015  Upload Date: 2/22/2015 4:11:18 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Winter,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8913(SD70AH)
Views:  186   Comments: 1
Last light
Title:  Last light
Description:  A northbound empty grain train catches the last rays of sun as it rolls over the top of the hill at Gravette. Two of the units, leader 3936, formerly TFM 1636, and trailing unit 4000, the SD70ACe class unit, are repaints into the Belle scheme.
Photo Date:  10/3/2015  Upload Date: 10/8/2015 1:52:13 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3936(SD70MAC) KCS 4794(ES44AC) KCS 4000(SD70ACe)
Views:  257   Comments: 1
Pushing the empties
Title:  Pushing the empties
Description:  Northbound empty trains dont always get a DPU. This AEPX train had one at Dorsey, making for a nice going away shot in the afternoon at MP 213
Photo Date:  10/4/2015  Upload Date: 10/24/2015 4:43:50 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6421(AC44CW)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Upgrade
Title:  Upgrade
Description:  An empty AEPX coal train drags 126 cars up the grade from Sleepy Hollow as it reaches the south end of Gentry siding.
Photo Date:  10/4/2015  Upload Date: 10/24/2015 4:37:53 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6663(AC44CW) UP 7060(AC4460CW) KCS 4595(AC44CW) KCS 3921(SD70MAC)
Views:  196   Comments: 1
Down in the hollow
Title:  Down in the hollow
Description:  This empty AEPX train rolls north after passing through Dorsey siding, down in the creek valley just south of Gravette.
Photo Date:  10/4/2015  Upload Date: 10/24/2015 4:41:32 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6663(AC44CW) UP 7060(AC4460CW) KCS 4595(AC44CW) KCS 3921(SD70MAC)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Out of the shadows
Title:  Out of the shadows
Description:  An empty oil train led by a CP ES44 rolls out of the shadows and into a brief moment of sun as the day wanes.
Photo Date:  10/11/2015  Upload Date: 10/12/2015 2:45:31 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8774(ES44AC) KCS 4121(SD70ACe) KCS 3939(SD70MAC)
Views:  219   Comments: 1
Q train in the hollow
Title:  Q train in the hollow
Description:  QNLKC rolls north just beyond the end of Dorsey siding, digging into the climb to Gravette. Interesting side note: I worked for JB Hunt at their Lowell Ark headquarters for several years. As everyone knows, they are a huge intermodal user. In the lobby, there is a display of model trains from the major rail partners. These consist of one or two units in HO scale, and some stack cars. This is the unit on the KCS display. The one on the wall is in the Belle scheme. Not so in real life!!
Photo Date:  12/3/2015  Upload Date: 12/18/2015 4:34:32 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4592(AC44CW) KCS 4797(ES44AC)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
Y City
Title:  Y City
Description:  Ironically, Y City Rd is not anywhere near the town of that name, which is down near Mena. But, we have an H train rolling south at Y City Rd in the late day sun. Hes still struggling to get his 100 plus cars over the rise just south of Decatur at MP 219.
Photo Date:  1/22/2016  Upload Date: 1/25/2016 3:47:30 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  InCab,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4853(ES44AC) KCS 2964(GP40-3)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
Mexican DPU
Title:  Mexican DPU
Description:  The H train had a DPU, which it often does. Today its a gray KCSM unit trailing&at Y City Rd.
Photo Date:  1/22/2016  Upload Date: 1/25/2016 3:49:18 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4535(AC44CW)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
H and an F
Title:  H and an F
Description:  H-KCSH rolls past the F unit on display at Decatur as it heads south.
Photo Date:  2/4/2016  Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:21:32 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC) KCS 73D(F7A)
Views:  545   Comments: 2
H train at the station
Title:  H train at the station
Description:  H KCSH rolls past the Decatur station, now a museum, on a late aftercoon.
Photo Date:  2/4/2016  Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:23:20 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC)
Views:  348   Comments: 2
Ffed store
Title:  Ffed store
Description:  The H train rolls past Curran Feed on Main St, the low afternoon sun lighting up the power.
Photo Date:  2/4/2016  Upload Date: 2/15/2016 4:30:33 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4862(ES44AC) KCS 4866(ES44AC)
Views:  226   Comments: 2
Not as pretty
Title:  Not as pretty
Description:  Its still"a good shot. The creek next to Mt Olive Rd just north of Dorsey is showing the effects of an active winter. Not so much snow, but a lot of rain, which has washed out all the vegetation from the stream bed. Lets sex how green it gets this summer. An H train rolls north.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:44:33 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4806(ES44AC) KCS 4684(ES44AC) KCS 7009(SD50) KCS 4177(SD70ACe) KCS 4186(SD70ACe)
Views:  562   Comments: 2
Onso the main
Title:  Onso the main
Description:  This northbound H train is getting underway from a meet at Gentry, moving from the siding to the main after rolling by an AEPX coal train.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:45:52 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4806(ES44AC) KCS 4684(ES44AC) KCS 7009(SD50) KCS 4177(SD70ACe) KCS 4186(SD70ACe)
Views:  395   Comments: 1
H train signal
Title:  H train signal
Description:  The northbound H train rolls past the southbound home signal at N Gentry
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:48:55 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4806(ES44AC)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Still around
Title:  Still around
Description:  The trailing unit on the H train was an SD 50. Not many of these still kicking around, though its not uncommon to see them in work train service in the summer.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:50:47 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 7009(SD50)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Mexican DPU
Title:  Mexican DPU
Description:  The DPU on the AEPX coal train had a KCSM GE trailing.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:52:46 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4515(AC44CW) KCS 4111(SD70ACe) UP 7154(AC44CW)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
Also still around
Title:  Also still around
Description:  Another scheme thats getting really hard to see anymore is the TFM initials on the SD 70Ms, almost all of which are repainted as Belles, or at least KCS, and renumbered. The H train had this unretouched TFM unit as a DPU, seen north of Dorsey.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:55:57 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1633(SD70MAC)
Views:  104   Comments: 1
Coal!!
Title:  Coal!!
Description:  Since the coal downturn, there has been a drop in the number of these trains running on the KCS. I was happily surprised to see this southbound AEPX train at Gentry, where it will meet a northbound H train.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 4:58:13 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7005(AC44CW) UP 6024(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  301   Comments: 1
Meeting the H train
Title:  Meeting the H train
Description:  The AEPX train rolls through CP North Gentry as the H train waits in the siding.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 5:00:24 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7005(AC44CW) UP 6024(AC44CWCTE) KCS 4806(ES44AC)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
DPUs
Title:  DPUs
Description:  The distributed power on this AEPX train is a UP GE and a pair of KCS units. For a while, the DPUs were going mid train, about 85 cars deep. Today they are on the rear.
Photo Date:  4/3/2016  Upload Date: 4/7/2016 5:03:38 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7154(AC44CW) KCS 4111(SD70ACe) KCSM 4515(AC44CW)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Scenic northbound
Title:  Scenic northbound
Description:  This PAKC(Port Arthur-Kansas City. It was a short lived symbol) rolls north of Dorsey siding, in a scenic creekside setting.
Photo Date:  8/18/2016  Upload Date: 8/18/2016 4:47:30 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4700(ES44AC)
Views:  360   Comments: 5
Last shot of the day
Title:  Last shot of the day
Description:  I followed this train south from Noel, where it had met a northbound H train. This guy had 100 grain loads, and dragged the hill up from Sulphur Springs. In the ten or 12 minues I waited for him, the shadows advanced noticeably. By the time he would make Decatur, the light would be gone.
Photo Date:  10/27/2016  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 4:15:53 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4196(SD70ACe) ()
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Mexican DPU
Title:  Mexican DPU
Description:  The trailing unit on this DPU is a KCSM painted Belle. Their power runs interchangeably with the home road units, and seeing such an engine is not uncommon here.
Photo Date:  10/27/2016  Upload Date: 9/25/2018 3:32:38 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCSM 4664(ES44AC) KCS 4124(SD70ACe)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
Lucky catch
Title:  Lucky catch
Description:  I was driving north on Ark 59 and headed through Noel Mo, when I saw hoppers rolling south. I did a quick turn and ran, beating this train to the overpass just inside the Arkansas line. A 125 car TXUX train rolls south along Butler Creek at one of my favorite spots.
Photo Date:  10/30/2016  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:55:14 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6432(ES44AC)
Views:  194   Comments: 2
Splash of color
Title:  Splash of color
Description:  While the scenery along the Heavener Sub is pretty good, the area really doesnt have the colorful foliage of other parts of the country. Occasionally, I get a taste, such as this spray of color on a trackside tree as a southbound TXUX train passes.
Photo Date:  10/30/2016  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:58:19 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6432(ES44AC)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Pushing it along
Title:  Pushing it along
Description:  We see the DPUs on the southbound TXUX train as they pass under the Ark 59 bridge, along with some fall color.
Photo Date:  10/30/2016  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 4:00:03 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9354(SD70ACe) KCS 4809(ES44AC) KCS 4800(ES44AC)
Views:  247   Comments: 2
Pulling away
Title:  Pulling away
Description:  The DPUs on the TXUX train roll south away from the overpass through a tunnel of trees. The units are starting to work, as the head end is now downtown and digging into the grade up to Gravette.
Photo Date:  10/30/2016  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 4:01:15 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4800(ES44AC) KCS 4809(ES44AC) BNSF 9354(SD70ACe)
Views:  233   Comments: 1
Glint of last sun
Title:  Glint of last sun
Description:  I was able to get just a little sun on the dodger as it passed Floyd Moore Rd north of Gentry, about the last place I could get any sun, catching the reflection of the last rays of the day.
Photo Date:  1/31/2017  Upload Date: 2/15/2017 1:55:01 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 1915(GP38-2)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
Better angle
Title:  Better angle
Description:  The dodger rolls north in this going away shot, with much better sun angle than the oncoming view. Were at Floyd Moore Rd with 11 cars.
Photo Date:  1/31/2017  Upload Date: 2/15/2017 1:57:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2019(GP38-2) KCS 2827(GP40-3) KCS 1915(GP38-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
Found one!!
Title:  Found one!!
Description:  A northbound empty grain train captures a Bulbasaur as it passes under the Ark 12 overpass, rolling 100 cars north to KC.
Photo Date:  4/6/2017  Upload Date: 4/8/2017 4:52:48 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7823(ES44DC) KCS 4123(SD70ACe) KCS 4788(ES44AC) KCS 4164(SD70ACe) KCS 3907(SD70MAC)
Views:  260   Comments: 2
Grain under the bridge
Title:  Grain under the bridge
Description:  A soutbound grain train rolls under the Ark 12 overpass behind a pair of Belles.
Photo Date:  8/27/2017  Upload Date: 9/6/2017 4:51:44 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4819(ES44AC) KCS 4853(ES44AC)
Views:  239   Comments: 4
Lucky moment
Title:  Lucky moment
Description:  I was driving home from Missouri one afternoon and saw this empty grain train just as I was coming into Gravette, nnd was able to get around to the sun side to get the shot.
Photo Date:  11/19/2017  Upload Date: 12/9/2017 3:48:06 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4143(SD70ACe) KCS 4057(SD70ACe)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Oil train DPUs
Title:  Oil train DPUs
Description:  I caught a 110 car oil train at Decatur with these CP units working as the DPU, capping off a NAFTA consist. How so?? The leader was a KCSM gray GE, followed by a couple of the US assigned units, though one of those was former TFM. Everybody can play!!
Photo Date:  1/12/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:28:27 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 9729(AC44CW) CP 8895(ES44AC)
Views:  222   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The oil train is rolling south away from my perch on the Ark 12 overpass, the exhaust from the DPUs making the string of tanks shimmer in the late afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  1/12/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:31:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9729(AC44CW) CP 8895(ES44AC)
Views:  236   Comments: 1
Dodger in the pink
Title:  Dodger in the pink
Description:  I heard the radio say the dodger was going to Gentry to change ends, so I waited, figuring I could at least see it, if not get a photo. There was still enough light in the sky to work a silhouette. To my great delight, the sky had picked up a swath of pink from the now departed sun hitting a cloud, giving this unusual scene. Three units have 11 cars in tow.
Photo Date:  1/12/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:34:54 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2850(GP40-3) KCS 2911(GP40-2LW) KCS 2835(GP40-3)
Views:  579   Comments: 2
In the year 3939
Title:  In the year 3939
Description:  Apologies to Zager & Evans....I couldnt resist the shot of a repeating engine number, seen on a southbound oil train.
Photo Date:  1/12/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 5:36:49 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3939(SD70MAC)
Views:  247   Comments: 1


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