Kansas City Southern (KCS) 661 - EMD SD40-2

Nov. 1996 - Ohio Rd. Plano Tx. - KCS 661 EMD SD40-2 Serial # 73657-1 Built 1/1974 (Same Loco T-94-27)

not many EMD grey KCS left at all, these are in the dead line

KCS Train 101 - Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS Sovthbound Run

KCS 661 Rebuild

The lighting wasnt great, but this was too good not to post. KCS SD70ACe 4006 & SD40-2 #661 at High Oak

Matching KCS Grey SD40-2s 6092, 695 & 661 powers KCS Local 100 back south from Hattiesburg to Gulfport, through the town of Brooklyn, MS

KCS Train 100 about to cross Mill Ave in Wiggins as they get ready to switch Hood Plywood

Leaving my house to head to Walmart in Wiggins and on my way I was able to catch the southbound run of the Hattiesburg to Gulfport local heading back to Gulfport, MS.

Kansas City Southern train No. 53 was rolling off of the Morganza Floodway bridge and into Morganza, Louisiana behind SD40-2 661 and SD45T-2 4506. The train was bound for the CSX in New Orleans, and the first few cars on the train were solid fuel motor cars for a space shuttle flight, along with an escort car and a few spacer cars, all heading to the <I>Kennedy Space Center</I>.

KCS Train 101 - Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS Southbound Run

KCS Train 101 - Gulfport to Hattiesburg, MS local Northbound Run

KCS Train 101 - Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS switching out cars in the NS Yard

KCS Train 101 - Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS Southbound Run

KCS Train 101 - Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS Southbound Run

Crossing Capital Street in downtown Jackson

Mix of power at the KCS yard

Southbound Kansas City Southern coal train No. 91 was rolling past the depot at Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The locomotives on the front were three SD40-2's - KCS 661, BN 7268 and KCS 639 - along with BN C30-7 5109; while the mid-train slaves were KCS SD40-2 675, SD40 607 and SD40-2 681. The coal originated on the BN in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, and the train was delivered to the KCS in Kansas City. No. 91 was headed for Southwestern Electric Power's Welsh Power Plant near Mount Pleasant, Texas, along the railroad's Texas Subdivision.

I got a text from a buddy of mine telling me that KCS 661 the lead engine had engine problems and the crew had no way to turn the power around so they sent KCS 2857 out of the KCS Gulfport yard long hood forward all the way to Hattieburg to be the lead engine on the Gulfport local to pull the train into the KCS Gulfport Yard.

The southbound KCS Train 102 Hattiesburg, MS to Gulpfort, MS local comes into Gulfport just around 6:30pm

trailing unit of todays trio dropping off cars at the NS yard

The Southbound run from Hattiesburg, MS to Gulfport, MS local train 102 seen here passing by the 40 mph post in the town of Saucier, MS.

The Main Road Power for the Gulfport to Hattiesburg local is tied down on this Sunday afternoon.

While visiting my grandpa at his house I ended up catching the northbound KCS local heading to Hattiesburg, MS.

The KCS yard was home for the Rio Grande in KC, Here a couple of DRGW units mix with KCS power.

KCS 661 Leads this manifest southbound on the KCS Shreveport Subdivision.

A short manifest sneaks through right at sunset over the Y Highway Crossing at North Amsterdam with some classic power up front.

KCS 661 Bossier City, La.

TFM 1617 and KCS 661 lead a northbound train out of Heavener up the east main. ]ispatcher has him lined over the west main just ahead at CP South Howe.