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KCS GP40-3 2811 |
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The late-afternoon winter sun was illuminating Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2811 as it was leaving the railroad’s WEST YARD just outside of New Orleans with a transfer run for the New Orleans Public Belt’s COTTON WAREHOUSE YARD. The locomotive had been built in June 1966 as Western Pacific GP40 3507 and was renumbered Union Pacific 656 in May 1984. It was retired in April 1993, was upgraded by Morrison-Knudsen into KCS GP40-3 4770 that November, and was subsequently renumbered 2811. The former New York Central lounge car on the right was privately owned. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:10:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2811(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-3 2854 |
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Kansas City Southern GP40-3 2854 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in August 1971 as B&O GP40 4041 and it was subsequently CSX 6616. It was upgraded by VMV as KCS GP40-3 4750 (2nd) in June 1994, and was later renumbered the 2854. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:05:41 PM |
| Location: |
Gulfport, MS |
| Author: |
WILLIAM LANG image |
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Roster |
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KCS 2854(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-2LW 2919 |
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Kansas City Southern GP40-2LW 2919 was parked at Gulfport, Mississippi. The locomotive had been built in September 1974 as Canadian National 9496. It was upgraded and fitted with dynamic brakes by the Livingston Rebuild Center in 1996 as KCS 4721, and was subsequently renumbered 2919. |
| Photo Date: |
12/26/2006 Upload Date: 5/15/2022 12:07:41 PM |
| Location: |
Gulfport, MS |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 2911(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
KCS No. 54 |
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Kansas City Southern train 54 was stopped at Marconi Drive in New Orleans. on the Norfolk Southern OUTER BELT. The train originated at the CSX GENTILLY YARD and operated over the NS for six miles to get to the KCS. The locomotives were GP40M-2 4767 along with SD60’s 739 and 732. The 4767 had been built as Western Pacific GP40 3503 and its number box looks odd because it originally had a Pyle-National single-beam headlight. |
| Photo Date: |
9/16/2001 Upload Date: 7/30/2019 9:43:07 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4767(GP40-3) |
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| Title: |
KCS Victims |
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KCS AC4400CW 2040 and GP40-2 4813 were receiving attention at the railroad’s West Yard in New Orleans so they could be sent to the BNSF for permanent repairs. These had been the second and third units on KCS New Orleans-Kansas City train 10 when they were sideswiped by ATSF C40-8W 902 on BNSF Memphis-Houston train H-MEMPTR at 3AM on 20 December 2000. The lead unit on KCS 10 was AC4400CW 2018 and it was not damaged.The accident took place on the IC on the west side of the New Orleans area at Orleans Junction, and was caused by the IC crew on H-MEMPTR running a red signal. KCS 10 was exercising trackage rights over the IC and was crossing over from the northbound to the southbound main when its trailing units were struck by the BNSF train. H-MEMPTR was detouring over the IC from Memphis to New Orleans because of weather-related problems on the UP in Arkansas, so the BNSF was responsible for the repairs. ATSF 902 ended up lying on its left side, BNSF SD40M-2 7302 was partially derailed, and NS C40-9W 9126 sustained some damage. |
| Photo Date: |
2/7/2001 Upload Date: 4/22/2017 1:39:51 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4813(GP40-3) KCS 2040(AC44CW) |
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