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| Title: |
KCS F7A 70 |
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This KCS identified this F7A as engine number 70 (in the number boards) and unit number 70A (in tiny numerals near the rear), and it was the lead unit on Shreveport-Hope train No. 24. It was renumbered 4055 in April 1978 and rebuilt into a slug with the same number in June 1983. The B-unit was the 76C, one of three F7B's built in February 1951 with steam generators. It was the last of the three in operation and was out of service by the end of 1978, although it wasn't retired until September 1985 and sold for scrap until April 1987. The train's third unit was a GP30. The photographer was offered a cab ride to Hope and back, but his professional obligations prevented him from taking advantage of that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/1977 Upload Date: 2/6/2010 7:53:10 PM |
| Location: |
Minden, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 70(F7A) |
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1833 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
KCS Units |
| Description: |
Late on a February afternoon these four locomotives were on the turntable lead at Minden, Louisiana. GP7 4160 is a locally-assigned unit, while F7A 75 and GP30's 4107 and 4101 had come up from Alexandria on train No. 66 and would be returning south on No. 65. The 75 would be renumbered 4062 in April 1978, just 14 months away; and would be out of service by the end of 1982. The geeps lasted a little longer! |
| Photo Date: |
2/9/1977 Upload Date: 2/6/2010 7:53:38 PM |
| Location: |
Minden, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Locomotives: |
KCS 4160(GP7) KCS 75(F7A) |
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2017 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Northbound KCS |
| Description: |
On an unknown date around 1970 Kansas City Southern power was tying on to a northbound train in WEST YARD, just west of New Orleans. The locomotives were F7A number 90 with F3B units 50C, 30B and 57B. The little shelter on the right contained a control panel for throwing switches. (approximate date of photo) |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1975 Upload Date: 6/14/2020 5:07:33 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 90(F7A) |
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434 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Northbound Train |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were on a northbound train passing the SIGNOR team track just west (timetable north) of New Orleans. The grade crossing under construction in the foreground would become Clearview Parkway. Number 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1972 Upload Date: 10/14/2020 4:12:39 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 95(F7A) |
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602 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern F3A 95 and a pair of unidentified B-units were pulling a northbound train out of the railroad's West Yard and across Labarre Road. The 95 may have been unique in that it had red stripes, while most white units had yellow ones. At this location, the train was heading right into the afternoon sun. |
| Photo Date: |
2/18/1972 Upload Date: 12/3/2016 12:59:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 95(F7A) |
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843 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4057 |
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| Photo Date: |
8/10/1981 Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:29:37 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4057(F7A) |
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1138 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
KCS F7A 4058 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Souther F7A 4058 was at West Yard near New Orleans, with SD40X 703. The 4058 was the only powered cab unit with the lower part of its body painted black, which made the yellow reflective stripe really stand out. The other cab units painted like this were F7B 73B, F3A slug 4050, and F7A slugs 4055 and 4056. |
| Photo Date: |
12/3/1981 Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:38:19 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4058(F7A) |
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1027 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Through the Diesel Shop |
| Description: |
KCS F7A 4058 sits outside of the diesel shop at West Yard, just west of New Orleans. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1982 Upload Date: 6/12/2010 7:52:08 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Tom Blackwell |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4058(F7A) |
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984 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4059 |
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| Photo Date: |
10/9/1981 Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:41:37 PM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, TX |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4059(F7A) |
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1066 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Three F-Units |
| Description: |
By 1985, there weren't many yards on Class I railroads where one could still find active F-units. Here at Deramus Yard are F7A's 4059 (ex-73A and 73), 4054 (59D and 86) and 4064 (76D and 93). Also here were F-unit slugs 4050, 4055 and 4076. The Santa Fe geep barely visible between the 4054 and 4064 came in from Dallas on a run-through train. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1985 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 4:41:15 PM |
| Location: |
Shreveport, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4054(F7Au) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4064(F7A) |
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1276 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Five F-Units |
| Description: |
This collection of locomotives at the Kansas City Southern's Deramus Yard included five F-units. From left to right are F7A slug 4055, F7A 4059, the front of GP40 754, the rear of F7A 4054, F7A 4064, F3A slug 4050, and an unidentified GP7. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1985 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:04:15 PM |
| Location: |
Shreveport, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug) |
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2003 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4061 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/9/1981 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:29:27 AM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, TX |
| Author: |
Todd Minsk |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4061(F7A) |
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636 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4061 |
| Description: |
KCS F9Am's 4061 and 4053 sit outs the west side of the West Yard diesel shop, along with SW7 4302. The two F-units were rebuilt by EMD in March 1956 after a head-on collision at Sulphur Springs, Texas; which certainly contributed to their longevity. In late 1982 and early 1983 the KCS kept a pair of F-units at New Orleans as emergency power. |
| Photo Date: |
9/2/1982 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:37:55 AM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4061(F7A) |
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1195 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS Slugs |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern yard slugs were not typically used at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans; but several of them were regularly kept at the yard in Baton Rouge, and these came to New Orleans for inspections and maintenance. Here were slugs 4257 and 4252 with F7A 4061 outside the diesel shop at West Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/18/1982 Upload Date: 10/23/2017 1:30:23 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4257(Yard Slug) KCS 4252(Yard Slug) KCS 4061(F7A) |
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670 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 55 |
| Description: |
It's 8 A.M. on a beautiful December morning along the Southern Railway's BACK BELT at Metairie Road, and we are greeted by the rare and wonderful sight of two Kansas City Southern F-units approaching with an eastbound train. The 4051 is a 3-porthole F3 built in 1947 and the 4061 is a 1951 F7 rebuilt with F9 side panels in 1956. This is KCS No. 55 and it will terminate at the Southern's Oliver Yard, on the east side of New Orleans. The train usually passes here in the late afternoon or early evening, so it is running about 12-16 hours late. In August 1982 the KCS began keeping a pair of F-units at New Orleans for situations just like this. The normal procedure was for the power that arrived on a southbound train to go out on that train's northbound counterpart, so the locomotives that arrived on No. 55 in the afternoon -- usually three geeps or a geep/slug/geep set -- would return north on No. 56 early the next day. Yesterday, No. 55 was running very late; so during the night the two F-units took No. 56 north until they met No. 55 and swapped trains. We dont know where the exchange took place, but the cab units went at least as far as Baton Rouge.Before the F-units arrived, the railroad would use a pair of locally-assigned SW1500s for this relief work; but this adversely affected the jobs that the switchers worked. Keeping a pair of elderly cab units here didn't tie up newer road power, and it allowed the switchers to handle their regular jobs without complications. The F-units were also used on heavy transfer runs. In March 1983 the schedule of one train -- No. 84 -- was changed so that there would always be a set of road power available in New Orleans, and the cab units were sent elsewhere. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/1982 Upload Date: 1/18/2010 7:37:22 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4051(F3A) KCS 4061(F7A) |
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2195 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
KCS Transfer Run |
| Description: |
In a really unusual move, KCS F3A 4051 and F9Am 4061 were powering an 80-car transfer run along the New Orleans Public Belt near South Carrollton Avenue. The train was on its way from the KCS's West Yard to the NOPB's Cotton Warehouse Yard with 17 box cars, 63 loaded C&NW hopper cars, and caboose 347. The two MP box cars were on their way home (via the NOPB); while the other box cars had drilling mud for Dresser Industries, along the Industrial Canal. These transfer runs typically ran with a switch engine, 10-20 cars, and no caboose. |
| Photo Date: |
12/23/1982 Upload Date: 4/2/2010 4:46:03 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4051(F3A) KCS 4061(F7A) |
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1186 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 647 |
| Description: |
SD40-2 647 and F7A 4062 being serviced at the West Yard engine terminal. Power combinations like this were common at the time. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1981 Upload Date: 5/21/2009 2:05:09 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 647(SD40-2) KCS 4062(F7A) |
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1142 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4063 |
| Description: |
KCS West Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
11/10/1981 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 12:44:12 AM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4063(F7A) |
| Views: |
841 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Two F-Units |
| Description: |
Amid a veritable sea of geeps and SD's, F7A 4064 and F3A slug 4050 were parked outside the diesel shop at Deramus Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/20/1985 Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:23:55 PM |
| Location: |
Shreveport, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4050(Road Slug) |
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1179 Comments: 1 |
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