All told, there were 10 engines on this consist (I failed to get the numbers on a couple).
Well, here come a lot of engines!
Westbound M-VNKC pulls out of Mexico, MO with 14 units on a cloudy Saturday. The fpont five are working; the next seven are ex-CSX GEs headed to a dealer in Kansas City. There's a single KCS SW1500 trailing.
Three units lead the westbound MVNKC at Centralia MO in December 2017
Leading a westbound grain train over Osborne Road. Unit is now an SD70MACe.
KCS 3918 is the trailing(and most colorful) unit in the power lashup on this UP intermodal train.
KCS pool power on a UP intermodal freight rolls through Eugene, OR. There have been several KCS units in Eugene in the last month or so.
UP empty rail train WALPMR.
UP train MDMHN-28 eases to a stop at the compass north end of the yard at Herington so the conductor can line switches. They'll tie it down and soon a yard crew will go about their business of dividing the train up into cars for Wichita and also business for El Paso, TX. The train originated in Des Moines, Iowa.
UP train MDMHN-28 now crosses over just outside of Herington after meeting another eastbound autorack train
UP train MDMHN-28 clicks off the final few miles of its existence as it charges past the elevator at Latimer behind a Southern Belle SD70MAC with a friendly engineer on board.
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) passing through Lithia Springs, Ga. getting ready to meet Amtrak P019. 220 runs as I-DAAT ( Dallas, Tx. to Atlanta, Ga. ) via KCS
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) passing through a reverse s curve in Douglasville, Ga. 220 runs as I-DAAT ( Dallas, Tx. to Atlanta, Ga. ) via KCS
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) pulls out of the siding at Lithia Springs, Ga. after meeting Amtrak P019. 220 runs as I-DAAT ( Dallas, Tx. to Atlanta, Ga. ) via KCS
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) passing through Waco, Ga. 220 runs as I-DAAT ( Dallas, Tx. to Atlanta, Ga. ) via KCS
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) heading into the siding at Lithia Springs, Ga. for a meet with Amtrak P019 before proceeding on to Atlanta, Ga.
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 220 ( Meridian, Ms. to Atlanta, Ga. ) passing through Control Point Temple with a freshly repainted KCU Southern Belle SD70MAC leading an NS C40-8 & a KCS Grey SD70MAC, Ive always enjoyed catching these consists with every unit in a different paint scheme for a splash of color & in my opinion these units in the KCS Southern Belle scheme are hard to beat, especially fresh out of the paint shop. 220 runs as I-DAAT ( Dallas, Tx. to Atlanta+ Ga. ) via KCS
NS Southbound Intermodal Train 219 ( Atlanta, Ga. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Control Point Powderly on AGS #1 Main. 219 runs as I-ATDA ( Atlanta, Ga. to Dallas, Tx. ) via KCS
NS Northbound Freight Train 340 ( Meridian, Ms. to Birmingham, Al. ) passing through Woodlawn, Al. 340 runs as M-SHNS ( Shreveport, La. to Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. ) via KCS
NS Northbound Freight Train 340 ( Meridian, Ms. to Birmingham, Al. ) about to duck under Richard Arrington Overpass as they pass through Birmingham, Al. 340 runs as M-SHNS ( Shreveport, La. to Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. ) via KCS
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Woodlawn, Al. 339 runs as M-NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 passing through Woodlawn, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 departing Norris Yard as they pass through 20th Street in Irondale, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 passing through Woodlawn, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 (Birmingham, AL. to Meridian, MS.) passing through 27th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 (Birmingham, AL. to Meridian, MS.) passing through 14th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 (Birmingham, AL. to Meridian, MS.) passing through 14th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 (Birmingham, AL. to Meridian, MS.) passing through 27th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, AL.
NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through 14th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. 339 runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS
KCS Westbound Intermodal Train I- ATDA ( Atlanta, Ga. to Dallas, Tx. ) passing through Vicksburg, Ms.
KCS Westbound Intermodal Train I- ATDA ( Atlanta, Ga. to Dallas, Tx. ) splits the signals at the West End of Control Point West Bovay, La. I- ATDA runs as 219 via NS from Atlanta, Ga. to Meridian, Ms. where the train is interchanged to KCS
KCS and TFM SD70MACs lead a detour train south at Nahant.
CP's rainbow of power sits around Nahant Yard.
H-KCSH passes the Farmers Coop store on its way south
TFM 1623 leads H-KCSH past Shockeys Quarter Horse farm south of Watts
TFM 1623 leads H-KCSH over Ballard Creek south of Watts