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KCS Train No. 53 |
Description: |
Kansas City Southern train 53 - running as Extra 657 South - was crossing the entrance to the Airline Drive-In Theater about a mile from its destination at New Orleans' WEST YARD. The second unit was F9Am 4053, and when this photo was taken, F-units and older geeps had recently began running with SD's on the line into New Orleans. I was told this was a fuel conservation measure, but it also released SD's for use elsewhere on the railroad. Before long, the usual power became a trio of newer geeps or a GP-slug-GP set. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/1981 Upload Date: 10/17/2020 5:00:14 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 4053(F9AM) KCS 657(SD40-2) |
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288 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
KCS No. 53 |
Description: |
Kansas City Southern train 53 - running as Extra 657 South - was crossing the entrance to the Airline Drive-In Theater about a mile from its destination at New Orleans' West Yard. The second unit was F9Am 4053, and when this photo was taken, F-units and older geeps had recently began running with SD's on the line into New Orleans. I was told this was a fuel conservation measure, but it also released SD's for use elsewhere on the railroad. Before long, the usual power became a trio of newer geeps or a GP-slug-GP set. |
Photo Date: |
11/8/1981 Upload Date: 3/11/2017 12:33:44 PM |
Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 657(SD40-2) KCS 4053(F9AM) |
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648 Comments: 0 |
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KCS Train No. 9 |
Description: |
Kansas City Southern No. 9, the intermodal train between Kansas City and New Orleans, was coming off of the Bonnet Carre Spillway trestle about 20 miles from its destination at WEST YARD, behind SD40-2 657 and SD40M-2 units 614 and 624. After HURRICANE KATRINA in 2005, the the KCS closed its intermodal ramp at New Orleans. |
Photo Date: |
8/21/1995 Upload Date: 4/21/2018 5:14:27 PM |
Location: |
Norco, LA |
Author: |
BILL LANG photo |
Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
Locomotives: |
KCS 657(SD40-2) KCS 614(SD40-3) KCS 624(SD40-3) |
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783 Comments: 0 |
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