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Signal and a storm |
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The clouds from a distant thunderstorm form the background for the home signal at CP Flint Creek, where the spur to SWEPCOs plant leaves the main. |
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6/27/2016 Upload Date: 7/7/2016 4:35:04 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Signal |
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| Title: |
Lunar |
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Not the B&O kind, the real thing. A slightly larger than half moon lingers over this set of flashers at the OK 25 crossing of the BNSF in Narcissa OK. |
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9/11/2016 Upload Date: 9/13/2016 3:43:07 AM |
| Location: |
Narcissa, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Scenic,Signal |
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| Title: |
They run on this |
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Very slowly. This is the ex MP line at Lake Village. In its most recent incarnation, it was the Delta Southern, which seems to have given up the ghost. There is an orange SW in their yard here, but buried deep enough that I could not get at it. The office in town has a storefront with North Louisiana & Arkansas on the window, so they are now the operators of the line, which extends from a connection with UP at Mc Gehee south to a connection with KCS at Tallulah LA. |
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9/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 5:20:30 AM |
| Location: |
Lake Village, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
NL&A yard |
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The North Louisiana & Arkansas yard at Lake Village. Some track work is in order. |
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9/25/2016 Upload Date: 10/10/2016 5:26:30 AM |
| Location: |
Lake Village, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
UP diamonds |
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Here in Wagoner, UP crosses itself on a diamond. The specifics are that this is the crossing of two predecessors. The MKT Choctaw Sub, which runs from Parsons Kan down to Texas, is the middle of the three tracks at the right of the photo. The diamond, in the center of the photo, is with the ex MP, which runs from KC to Van Buren and Little Rock Ark, via Coffeyville Kan. North of here, almost all the southbounds use the ex MKT, with Little Rock trains taking the connection at top. Northbounds use the MKT from Texas, taking the connection in the foreground, using the ex MP to reach KC. Wish I could have been here about 1980 or so. |
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9/2/2017 Upload Date: 9/8/2017 4:58:08 AM |
| Location: |
Wagoner, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Rail bonding |
| Description: |
The bond wire on the ex CN line up to Malbaie and eventually the Roberval & Saguenay, mostly used by the Train de Charlevoix, which we will be riding shortly. I dont recall seeing any signals on the line, though there may have been at some point. |
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10/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/12/2018 6:03:38 AM |
| Location: |
Baie-St-Paul, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
More bonding |
| Description: |
Another bond wire and angle bar on the Train de Charlevoix. |
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10/1/2017 Upload Date: 12/12/2018 6:07:04 AM |
| Location: |
Baie-St-Paul, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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51 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rail and road |
| Description: |
A look at the signals in Wickliffe OH on the ex NYC, now CSX Chicago Line. The new Darth Vader signals dont have the charm of the old NYC targets, or even the tri light clusters, but they get the job done. The crossing protection is for the E 305th St crossing. |
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6/4/2018 Upload Date: 6/13/2018 5:40:48 AM |
| Location: |
Wickliffe, OH |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Two to one, then split again |
| Description: |
The line from Bridgeport to Stevenson is double track from just north of the Tennessee River to this point. CSX owns the track, NS runs on trackage rights. This is the west end of double track at Stevenson. In the immediate foreground is the switch where the NS Memphis District diverges to head west. Im sure theres a reason they did it this way, but it seems to me it would have made more sense, and added some flexibility, to continue the westbound track and have a pair of crossovers. But, I dont run the place. |
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9/18/2018 Upload Date: 10/17/2018 4:04:10 AM |
| Location: |
Stevenson, AL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Track |
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62 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NASA gate |
| Description: |
I was coming out of the Canaveral National Seashore, when I came to a grade crossing-actually two close together. This is one of the gates to Cape Canaveral, where NASA launches the rockets. Track looks pretty good here. |
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9/21/2018 Upload Date: 10/17/2018 4:07:37 AM |
| Location: |
Cape Canaveral, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
More access |
| Description: |
This is the other crossing I saw on the way out of Canaveral NS. I can picture the gate open, and one of NASAs switchers coming out to interchange with the FEC. |
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9/21/2018 Upload Date: 10/17/2018 4:09:21 AM |
| Location: |
Cape Canaveral, FL |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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93 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Broadway passed here |
| Description: |
First, the famous Pennsy incarnation, then later the Amtrak version, which I rode past here in 1978. Now, the signals are turned away, and its very likely the last passenger train has knocked down these automatics at 80 MPH. |
| Photo Date: |
4/21/2019 Upload Date: 8/3/2019 2:45:36 AM |
| Location: |
Monroeville, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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102 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Unusual sight |
| Description: |
The dodger, L 102, was working at the south end of the siding, and in the plant there, so both signals at the north end were lit. The switch was lined from the siding to the main, hence the approach indication, since the signal at 226-5, a couple miles north, was red. |
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10/28/2019 Upload Date: 11/5/2019 5:15:19 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Train coming |
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The signal is clear for the main track at CP South Stilwell. A southbound has entered the block, passing the home signal at North Stilwell, lighting up the board-the signals are approach lit. Hell be in view shortly. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2020 Upload Date: 5/15/2020 4:27:42 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Track |
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48 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Knocked down |
| Description: |
The southbound that had the clear signal a few minutes ago now recedes after passing the signal, its DPU pulling away from the now red signals. The signal on the main track, at right, will shortly go dark. |
| Photo Date: |
5/6/2020 Upload Date: 5/15/2020 4:34:44 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Action |
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KCSM 4669(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
New signal |
| Description: |
There appears to be an effort lately to move signals to places where they are easier for C&S crews to access them. There have been a number of signals moved in the last year or so, this one being one of the more recent, moved from a position about a quarter mile up the track to the north. The old location wasnt that hard to get to, but this one right next to a highway crossing is a lot easier. |
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5/6/2020 Upload Date: 5/15/2020 5:05:38 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Approach |
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An aspect not often seen, since the traffic on this line is not usually heavy enough that trains need to run on each others blocks. In this case, a grain train had gone south a few minutes earlier, and now the dodger was catching up, in the block, and so lighting up the signal here at Baron. This signal was relocated from a position about 1/2 mile north, in a place that was not convenient for a C&S crew to reach in a truck, and now is immediately south of a road crossing. The signal it replaced was installed only a few years ago. You'd think they'd have put it here in the first place. |
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5/6/2020 Upload Date: 5/15/2020 5:00:03 AM |
| Location: |
Baron, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
First flash |
| Description: |
The first of a series, the signal at Davidson Road in Siloam Springs was flashing yellow when I pulled up, approach medium. The indication tells the engineer to pass at medium speed, to approach the next signal at medium speed, defined as half of maximum authorized speed. Trains exceeding medium speed must reduce to medium. The next signal, Control Point North Siloam Springs, will display approach, or medium clear. |
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11/5/2020 Upload Date: 11/9/2020 4:33:49 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Back on |
| Description: |
The yellow has flashed on again, inidicating approach medium. This aspect will display as yellow over green on a two head signal, more common in the east. The next signal at CP North Siloam Springs, displays yellow, since the siding switch at South Siloam Springs is reversed, causing that signal to be red. The next southbound will meet a northbound at Siloam in about 20 minutes. |
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11/5/2020 Upload Date: 11/9/2020 4:48:53 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Dark signal |
| Description: |
The yellow has gone out momentarily as the signal flashes its approach medium display |
| Photo Date: |
11/5/2020 Upload Date: 11/9/2020 4:37:23 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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| Title: |
Snowy dusk |
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The "blue hour" is upon us after a day where seven inches of snow fell, and unusual occurrence here in the south. Nothing is moving through the north end of Siloam Springs siding on this cold Sunday evening. |
| Photo Date: |
12/13/2020 Upload Date: 12/25/2020 5:13:22 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Winter,Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Red board on the automatic |
| Description: |
You can see why, down the track. Theres a southbound mixed freight on this former MKT line, waiting to get into the small yard there at Pryor to make a set out on this Sunday afternoon. |
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3/28/2021 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:28:36 AM |
| Location: |
Pryor, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Insulated joints |
| Description: |
The blocks protected by signals are kept apart by insulated joints, so that trains will not show occupancy til they have crossed into the new block. Here we see automatic signal 465-8 and its insulated joint, which UP has made easy to see by painting it white. |
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3/28/2021 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:31:17 AM |
| Location: |
Pryor, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Track |
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| Title: |
Just in case you werent sure |
| Description: |
This message was stenciled on the rail of UPs ex MKT track at a crossing just north of Pryor. Its the only track in the area. Not sure why they would need to put that there. |
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3/28/2021 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:43:04 AM |
| Location: |
Pryor, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Now its dark |
| Description: |
The sequence for approach medium is flashing yellow at Davidson Rd-see the next photo. The signal at North Siloam Springs will be displaying approach, as there is a northbound taking the siding there. When hes clear, this signal will turn to high green once the south end of the siding at Siloam is normalled and cleared. |
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4/2/2021 Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:59:46 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Crossing sign |
| Description: |
This is the standard railroad crossing highway warning sign, seen on Main St in Gentry, warning of the KCS crossing a block ahead. AHTD is the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, now ARDOT, which erected the sign. |
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4/2/2021 Upload Date: 4/19/2021 5:21:01 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Signal |
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| Title: |
Red and green |
| Description: |
The signals at CP North Siloam Springs are set, an empty grain train now approaching the green signal on the siding, and red for the main. |
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5/23/2021 Upload Date: 5/28/2021 5:41:47 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Approach |
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I was chasing a southbound grain train, and stopped to check the signal at CP North Gentry. I was pleased to see an approach indication, as it meant the switch at South Gentry was lined against him, meaning a meet. A northbound Q train was taking the siding as I was taking this shot. |
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6/24/2021 Upload Date: 6/28/2021 5:12:50 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Crossing ID sign |
| Description: |
This crossing ID sign was at Mt Olive Rd in Gravette, just north of Dorsey siding on the KCS. Note the phone number has worn off. |
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5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/5/2023 6:36:50 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Signal |
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| Title: |
Crossing sign |
| Description: |
This crossing ID sign was at CP North Watts on the KCS. |
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5/2/2023 Upload Date: 5/5/2023 6:32:53 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,Signal |
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| Title: |
Restricting, No 1 |
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I heard a northbound coming up from Watts, and stopped to check the signal at South Siloam Springs. It was red over red, with the bottom head flashing, a restricting signal. The train-it turned out to the the 181-was going to take the signal for a southbound grain move. |
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2/18/2024 Upload Date: 2/21/2024 3:41:51 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Restricting No 2 |
| Description: |
The red over dark aspect of the restricting signal |
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2/18/2024 Upload Date: 2/21/2024 3:43:22 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Action |
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| Title: |
Restricting No 3 |
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Were back to red over red. As I pulled away, I heard the 181 calling the signal, about the same time the southbound was getting his info from the detector up at Davidson Rd. I decided to get the southbound from the US 412 overpass, and didnt get the 181, which had KCSM 4539 for a leader. Should have chased him to Gentry; the grain train would wait 45 minutes at Watts for a northbound empty coal move. |
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2/18/2024 Upload Date: 2/21/2024 3:46:33 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal,Action |
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| Title: |
CP Westville |
| Description: |
There is no interlocking connected to this signal, and Im not sure why such a signal would exist. Yet, here it is, south of the US 62 crossing in Westville. |
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2/18/2024 Upload Date: 2/21/2024 3:51:41 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Signal |
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