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KCS Train No. 54 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern train No. 54 was leaving New Orleans behind GP40-2 799, F7A slug 4060, and GP40-2 797. The 799 was built in August 1979 along with the 798, while the 797 came in February 1981 along with the 796. Between April and September 1981 the railroad ran slugs 4050 and 4060 into New Orleans between pairs of GP40-2’s, as shown here. While all four of the GP40-2’s were set up to power slugs, the slugs could only draw power from one end, so the second geep didn’t contribute any horsepower to the slug. The use of road slugs into New Orleans resumed in August 1982, between a GP40-2 and another geep. This continued through the end of 1990 when the arrival of SD60’s and used geeps enabled the railroad to retire its road slugs. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1981 Upload Date: 11/23/2020 10:39:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 797(GP40-2) KCS 4060(Road Slug) |
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338 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 797 |
| Description: |
All four KCS Slug mother GP40-2s and two of the three B unit slugs on the Tidewater Turn |
| Photo Date: |
12/31/1982 Upload Date: 2/27/2010 8:56:23 PM |
| Location: |
Newsome, TX |
| Author: |
Bob Courtney |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 797(GP40-2) |
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419 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS Train No. 54 |
| Description: |
It's 6 P.M. and a Southern Railway yard crew has just delivered train No. 54 to the KCS at Labarre Road in Metairie. The train originated at the L&N's Gentilly Yard, and the Southern handled it from L&N Jct. to here. The Southern crew will get on KCS No. 55, which is right behind the photographer, and bring it to their Oliver Yard. Today's 54 has GP40-2 797, F7B slug 4076, and GP38-2 4002 with 112 cars and 5,895 tons. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1983 Upload Date: 5/21/2009 5:50:46 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
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| Locomotives: |
KCS 797(GP40-2) |
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660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-2 797 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern GP40-2 797 was at WEST YARD, just outside of New Orleans, and was showing off the custom headlight treatment that it, sister 796 and SD50 units 704-713 were delivered with. The upper light was a strobe and was eventually removed. These units also had strobe lights on their cab roof. |
| Photo Date: |
10/6/1983 Upload Date: 5/21/2009 5:49:43 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 797(GP40-2) |
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569 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 797, 4077, and 4007 Lead No. 53 |
| Description: |
KCS GP40-2 797, KCS Road Slug 4077, and KCS GP38-2 4007 pause at Louisa Street on the CSX as the train nears its destination of CSX Gentilly Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
8/2/1987 Upload Date: 11/26/2017 5:59:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Christopher Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 797(GP40-2) KCS 4077(Road Slug) KCS 4007(GP38-2) |
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858 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
KCS 776 in need of a wash |
| Description: |
Jim P Brown photo |
| Photo Date: |
4/8/1988 Upload Date: 12/6/2023 7:02:47 AM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Jim P Brown |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 776(GP40) KCS 797(GP40-2) |
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64 Comments: 1 |
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