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Title: |
KCS transfer |
Description: |
A KCS transfer behind an SW type on the New Orleans Public Belt. How did anyone ever see those engine numbers?? |
Photo Date: |
3/8/1984 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:27:13 AM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4211(NW2) |
Views: |
476 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Local working industry |
Description: |
An SW 1500 works an industry in Baton Rouge. I don't know what railroad is on the diamond. |
Photo Date: |
3/9/1984 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:28:22 AM |
Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4356(SW1500) |
Views: |
506 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Long day turns into night |
Description: |
A KCS SW works a local at one of the chemical plants in Baton Rouge as the sun sets. |
Photo Date: |
3/10/1984 Upload Date: 5/22/2014 4:45:55 AM |
Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4356(SW1500) |
Views: |
302 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Laying over |
Description: |
A pair of KCS units lays over at New Orleans. These units have the KCS herald on the cab, a great improvement over the plain white that was common at the time. |
Photo Date: |
3/10/1984 Upload Date: 5/22/2014 4:43:31 AM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
KCS 778(GP40) KCS 750(SD60) |
Views: |
502 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Power for KC |
Description: |
A Kansas City Power & Light train has arrived at Knoche yard, and will shortly head to the power plant, which is adjacent to the yard. U30C's were still fairly common then-I saw quite a few on BN coal trains. |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/14/2014 2:23:34 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 5344(U30C) BN 7063(SD40-2) |
Views: |
399 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Kansas City Power & Light |
Description: |
A KCPL train arrives at Knoche. The lead to the power plant is from the yard, and the train will shortly head in to unload. |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:34:50 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
BN 5551(C30-7) BN 5393(U30C) BN 7193(SD40-2) |
Views: |
475 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Knoche power |
Description: |
A mix of power sits at KCS Knoche yard. Also known as Joint Agency-it served KCS, MILW, DRGW-it was the Kansas City home of the Rio Grande, which came into KC via trackage rights over the ex MP from Pueblo. It was a good place to catch DRGW power. |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:41:53 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 3103(GP40-2) KCS 659(SD40-2) KCS 654(SD40-2) |
Views: |
646 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Rio Grande in KC |
Description: |
The KCS yard was home for the Rio Grande in KC, Here a couple of DRGW units mix with KCS power. |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:45:17 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 5361(SD40T-2) KCS 657(SD40-2) KCS 661(SD40-2) KCS 690(SD40-2) |
Views: |
954 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Tunnel motor |
Description: |
The other road to get tunnel motors was Rio Grande, which had plenty of them. One of their SD40T-2s sits at Knoche yard in KC |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:48:08 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
DRGW 5361(SD40T-2) DRGW 3103(GP40-2) |
Views: |
750 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS coal |
Description: |
KCS coal train ready to head south with a mix of KCS and BN power |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 2:37:59 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 636(SD40) BN 5514(C30-7) BN 5916(U30C) |
Views: |
800 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
NW 2 |
Description: |
KCS at that time still had quite a few end cab switchers on the roster. This one is working at Knoche. Check out those spark arrestors. |
Photo Date: |
2/18/1986 Upload Date: 11/12/2014 3:59:10 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4214(NW2) |
Views: |
548 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Blue Parkway arches |
Description: |
KCS 691 leads four other SD40-2s over Blue Parkway on the famous concrete arch bridge. This is old US 50. |
Photo Date: |
2/19/1986 Upload Date: 2/26/2011 2:49:32 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 691(SD40-2) KCS 620(SD40) KCS 654(SD40-2) |
Views: |
1280 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Coal with run through power |
Description: |
A southbound coal train has come off the BN and onto KCS for a trip south to Texas. It is just leaving Knoche Yard and heading through Airline Jct. |
Photo Date: |
2/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 1:39:26 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
EMDX 9023(SD60) BN 9240(SD60M) |
Views: |
467 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Local |
Description: |
A KCS switcher, one of their unremarked units, works at Airline Jct. |
Photo Date: |
2/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 1:42:30 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4331(SW1500) |
Views: |
345 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Checking the line |
Description: |
Sperry car 128 rolls south through Airline Jct on its way to check the KCS. |
Photo Date: |
2/6/1996 Upload Date: 5/16/2014 1:45:18 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
SRS 128(Doodlebug) |
Views: |
419 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Showing the flag |
Description: |
KCS had recently acquired the Tex Mex. One of the KCS ex CN wide cab GPs sits at the engine house at Laredo |
Photo Date: |
4/11/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:20:17 PM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4712(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
474 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Tex Mex 858 |
Description: |
Tex Mex 858 sits at the Laredo yard |
Photo Date: |
4/11/1997 Upload Date: 4/23/2014 1:13:49 AM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TM 858(GP38) |
Views: |
666 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Tex Mex power |
Description: |
The few Tex Mex units would soon be scattered. I was lucky enough to catch these in the yard while on a trip to Laredo |
Photo Date: |
4/11/1997 Upload Date: 4/15/2014 11:21:36 PM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TM 868(GP35) |
Views: |
624 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS power at the Tex Mex shop |
Description: |
KCS 4712 at the shop in Laredo |
Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:02:47 AM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4712(GP40-2LW) KCS 4033(GP38-2) |
Views: |
527 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Tex Mex power |
Description: |
A few Tex Mex units were on hand at the Laredo shop this day. |
Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:03:41 AM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TM 858(GP38) KCS 4710(GP40-2LW) TM 867(GP38-2) |
Views: |
1165 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Tex Mex power |
Description: |
Tex Mex and KCS units at the Tex Mex Laredo shop |
Photo Date: |
4/15/1997 Upload Date: 6/23/2012 2:04:32 AM |
Location: |
Laredo, TX |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TM 867(GP38-2) KCS 4710(GP40-2LW) |
Views: |
931 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Switching the pigs |
Description: |
A pair of GP 40s switches a pig flat at the east end of Richland yard |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1997 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:25:47 AM |
Location: |
Richland, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4789(GP40-3) KCS 4791(GP40-3) |
Views: |
442 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS 647 |
Description: |
KCS 647 still in white heads west from Richland yard with mixed freight as seen from the US 49 embankment |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1997 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:20:26 AM |
Location: |
Richland, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 647(SD40-2) KCS 639(SD40-2) KCS 670(SD40-2) |
Views: |
1117 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Eastbound pigs |
Description: |
An eastbound stack train arrives at Richland behind a pair of gray units. The box is a 48 foot Thermacube domestic container. J B Hunt had approximately 3000 of them at that time. |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1997 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:21:53 AM |
Location: |
Richland, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 742(SD60) KCS 673(SD40-3) |
Views: |
1622 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Eastbound stack eases up to the yard |
Description: |
An eastbound stack train eases under US 49 approaching the Richland yard |
Photo Date: |
5/18/1997 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:24:11 AM |
Location: |
Richland, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 742(SD60) KCS 673(SD40-3) |
Views: |
515 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS Business train before the Belle |
Description: |
I caught the KCS business train at Knoche on Sunday while waiting on freight. The Choteau Trafficway was easy to get to, and I could park a bobtail tractor nearby, so I went train watching. Turned intot a good day. A coal train headed south on the KCS makes its way though the yard. |
Photo Date: |
1/17/1999 Upload Date: 3/15/2014 1:05:05 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 1(FP9A) KCS 3(F9B) KCS 2(FP9A) BN 5588(C30-7) |
Views: |
1391 Comments: 4 |
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Title: |
NAFTA unit |
Description: |
KCS painted one of its SD50s in this special scheme, here seen at Knoche Yard. Note the executive train on the right, and also the BN coal train approaching on one of the yard tracks. This was a good place for a truck driver laying over on a Sunday to watch the action. |
Photo Date: |
1/17/1999 Upload Date: 6/13/2012 12:40:31 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 2000(SD50) KCS 643(SD40-2) |
Views: |
1298 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Yard job |
Description: |
By the 1990s there were not many end cab switchers still around. KCS was using this one at Knoche |
Photo Date: |
1/17/1999 Upload Date: 3/8/2014 2:59:52 AM |
Location: |
Kansas City, MO |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4330(SW1500) |
Views: |
339 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Mid South power |
Description: |
A pair of Mid South units sit outside the yard at Alexandria |
Photo Date: |
9/25/1999 Upload Date: 1/29/2012 2:30:04 AM |
Location: |
Alexandria, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
MSRC 1014(GP10) MSRC 1080(GP10) |
Views: |
645 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Just before dark |
Description: |
I was heading north along US 59 south of Heavener when I saw this train going the other way. There was just enough light left when I got to Vandervoort to get him, a southbound M train with 23 freight, 21 stack platforms, and an interesting mix of power. |
Photo Date: |
1/10/2007 Upload Date: 2/4/2017 3:13:45 AM |
Location: |
Vandervoort, AR |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 6106(SD40T-2) NREX 8503(B39-8E) KCS 691(SD40-2) |
Views: |
380 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
TFM in Louisiana |
Description: |
A CXSH waits to yard south of Shreveport behind a pair of TFM units and one of KCS own. |
Photo Date: |
2/3/2007 Upload Date: 7/5/2016 3:48:08 AM |
Location: |
Bossier City, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
TFM 1430(SD40-2) TFM 1410(SD40-2) KCS 6601(SD40-3) |
Views: |
367 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
KCSM 4751 north |
Description: |
KCSM 4751 and two Belles along I 49. At the time catching three Belles as solo power was something of a novelty, so this was quite a catch. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/2010 Upload Date: 1/15/2011 12:50:05 AM |
Location: |
Shreveport, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCSM 4751(ES44AC) |
Views: |
340 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS 4056 |
Description: |
KCS 4056 works as a DPU on a westbound train of tank cars as seen from the US 49 overpass in Richland Miss. |
Photo Date: |
4/7/2012 Upload Date: 5/3/2012 1:36:05 AM |
Location: |
Richland, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4056(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
310 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
Just off the bridge |
Description: |
Westbound on the Speedway a few miles after clearing the Mississippi River bridge, notching out and getting up to speed |
Photo Date: |
7/1/2012 Upload Date: 7/4/2012 8:20:15 PM |
Location: |
Mound, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4768(ES44AC) KCS 4707(ES44AC) |
Views: |
335 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
West at Tallulah |
Description: |
A westbound train on the Speedway has just met an eastbound at Tallulah LA and is now rolling through town. |
Photo Date: |
7/1/2012 Upload Date: 7/4/2012 8:22:34 PM |
Location: |
Tallulah, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4768(ES44AC) KCS 4707(ES44AC) |
Views: |
241 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Heading for the bridge |
Description: |
A westbound on the Speedway is not making a lot of speed as it exits the tunnel under the Mississippi welcome center in Vicksburg and starts over the Mississippsi River |
Photo Date: |
7/1/2012 Upload Date: 7/4/2012 8:36:31 PM |
Location: |
Vicksburg, MS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4768(ES44AC) KCS 4707(ES44AC) |
Views: |
344 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Eastbound with NS power |
Description: |
KCS partners with NS east of Meridian Miss, so its not uncommon to see NS power all the way to Dallas. Here an eastbound behind a pair of horses rolls toward a meet with a westbound. The leader is a former Conrail unit. |
Photo Date: |
7/1/2012 Upload Date: 7/4/2012 8:24:37 PM |
Location: |
Tallulah, LA |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
NS 8443(C40-8W) NS 9911(C40-9W) |
Views: |
175 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Leaving town |
Description: |
The grain train that met the Watco PSU unit at the yard gets out of town as the sun gets low. |
Photo Date: |
5/11/2013 Upload Date: 2/28/2018 4:20:28 AM |
Location: |
Pittsburg, KS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4057(SD70ACe) KCS 4796(ES44AC) |
Views: |
236 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Colorful meet |
Description: |
A southbound grain train behind two Belles meets the Watco local, working at the KCS Pittsburg yard with one of the units specially painted for Pittsburg State U. |
Photo Date: |
5/11/2013 Upload Date: 2/28/2018 4:18:34 AM |
Location: |
Pittsburg, KS |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Yard,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4057(SD70ACe) KCS 4796(ES44AC) WAMX 3834(GP38-3) |
Views: |
296 Comments: 4 |
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