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KCS F7 #4064 (and 5 others) between Pittsburg and Sulphur Sps,Tx - Dec 1981.

They are bringing back empties from the power plant outside of Pittsburg.
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KCS GP-7 #4153 and an F3 at the shops in Shreveport La - Dec 1977
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KCS F3 #30 at KCS shops in Shreveport,La - Dec 1977.

An interesting engine - not only one of the few F3 to remain on the KCS but one of the last in red. When built (1947) it had a steam boiler for passenger service
It would survive to be repainted in the white paint scheme but as a slug.
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KCS F3 #30 and a couple of GP7,GP30 at KCS shops in Shreveport,La - Dec 1977
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KCS Southern Belle ad on bridge at Alexandria,La - Dec 1990
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KCS Southern Belle ad on bridge at Alexandria,La - Dec 1990
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KCS stainless steel caboose at DeQuincy,La. These were not homemade but were built in 1964-1970 by Darby Corporation of Kansas City, Kansas. Thanks to Lowell G. McManus from the Kansas City Southern Historical Society, Inc. for this info. -- December 1985.

Northbound by the depot with the Lake Charles branch in the foreground.
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KCS GP-7 #4154 and 4164 (and a switcher) at New Orleans,La -- July 1976.

This was outbound between New Orleans and the airport.
This line is abandoned now and I assume KCS trains go out on the IC double track to their own line near the airport.
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KCS NW2 #4214 and F7A #88 at KCS shops in Shreveport,La -- December 1977.

#4214 was a self described "super switcher" - rebuilt from GP9 parts from 1000hp to 1200hp.

Both units would be repainted to white and returned to service.
#88 renumbered to 4058 and scrapped in Shreveport in 1986.
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KCS GP30 - a B unit - GP30 at Shreveport,La -- December 1977
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KCS GP7 #4161 at DeQuincy, La -- December 1985
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KCS F units at coal mine near Sulphur Springs,Tx -- November 1981.

Arriving at the coal mine with empties - will pick up loaded cars the next day and take them to the power plant interchange at Pittsburg -- 40 miles east. This was one of the last areas on the KCS with all F unit lashups. The two B units are slugs.
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KCS F-7 #4064 near Pittsburg,Tx -- December 1981

Just west of Pittsburg (Tx) at the interchange with the electric line to a power plant - the F's are dropping off loaded coal cars and picking up empties. Coal cars (and some others for local service) were run between a coal mine at Sulphur Springs and this interchange at Pittsburg (about 40 miles east) in NE Texas. This was one of the - and probably the - last holdout for solid F unit consists on the KCS.
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KCS SW1500 #4340 on the Lake Charles branch at Mossville,La -- November 1976.

Southbound near Lake Charles on the DeQuincy-Lake Charles branch.
Flanked by two SW1500 are a B unit and a red F3 cab.
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KCS F7 #4059 (and 3 others) at Sulphur Springs,Tx -- November 1982.

between Dallas and Shreveport
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(1) KCS (Louisiana & Arkansas) shops and turntable in Minden,La -- December 1977.

A dark and dreary day in Minden as GP7 #4159 and NW2 #4206 (scrapped in 1986) await assignment.
Minden is about 27 miles east of Shreveport.
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(2) KCS (Louisiana & Arkansas) shops and turntable in Minden,La -- December 1977
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KCS F3 #94 at Shreveport,La -- December 1977.

At the KCS Shops in Shreveport.
An earlier paint scheme has barely survived on this unit. It would be painted white and eventually scrapped in 1986.
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KCS SW1500 #4322 and F7 #76 at Shreveport,La -- November 1977
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KCS F7 #4064 at Pittsburg,Tx.

Dropping off loaded coal cars at the interchange with the power plant electrified line.

November 1981
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KCS F7 #4064 at Sulphur Springs,Tx.
The KCS crew is ready for a days work with 6 F units.
November 1981
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KCS outside braced caboose at Sulphur Springs,Texas

July 1981
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6 KCS F units near Sulphur Springs,Tx

This train (it looks like two were slugs) were headed west between Shreveport and Greenville towards Sulphur Springs,Tx. They are bringing back empty coal cars from the interchange with the power plant at Pittsburg.

December 1981

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