1991 Northern Louisiana Tour

[setxrailfan]

Photos from 1991

KCS Shreveport, LA locomotive shop tour


KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS Shreveport, LA Roundhouse by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

MidSouth Power in the surrounding region


MidSouth Trio by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

KCS and MidSouth Power by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

MidSouth 1085, 1053 and 1005 by Mark St. Aubin, on Flickr

 

[Pat]

Cool stuff. Back in the day when they'd let you take some shots if you knew how to stay out of trouble.

 

[setxrailfan]

Thanks Pat. You got that right.

 

[SDJeff]

The good ole' days!

 

[Abilene Ks Railfan]

Those were awesome!! I miss those days, when you could walk right up, and get shots like those

 

[stlgevo51]

Love those brown (ooops, I mean white) KCS units. Seriously, what railroad would paint their engines white? KCS can't even keep their belles clean, let alone solid white paint! (Okay, I know that is a 20 year difference, but their cleaning patterns are the same now as they were then!)

By the way, did MidSouth own anything other than those geeps (9's, 7's, 16's or whatever they are)? Of all the photos I've seen of the railroad (not too many), I've never seen anything different.

 

[setxrailfan]

By the way, did MidSouth own anything other than those geeps (9's, 7's, 16's or whatever they are)? Of all the photos I've seen of the railroad (not too many), I've never seen anything different.

Same here. I think these were ex-IC?

Thanks Jeff and Jeff.

 

[radiokid43]

Good pictures.

 

[setxrailfan]

Good pictures.

Thanks radiokid!

 

[NM_RailNut]

Love those brown (ooops, I mean white) KCS units. Seriously, what railroad would paint their engines white? KCS can't even keep their belles clean, let alone solid white paint! (Okay, I know that is a 20 year difference, but their cleaning patterns are the same now as they were then!)

By the way, did MidSouth own anything other than those geeps (9's, 7's, 16's or whatever they are)? Of all the photos I've seen of the railroad (not too many), I've never seen anything different.

IIRC, the reason for white paint was supposedly to keep the cabs cooler and avoid having to add A/C units. As for MidSouth, their locomotives were mostly ex-ICG GP10 Paducah rebuilds (the custom paper air filter boxes on the hoods are a key spotting feature) and some GP9s and GP18s.

 

[brad_in_omaha]

Great Shots! Thanks for sharing!

 

[papio]

Very nice Mark!

 

[setxrailfan]

Thanks guys. I have more to share at a later time.

 

[setxrailfan]

IIRC, the reason for white paint was supposedly to keep the cabs cooler and avoid having to add A/C units. As for MidSouth, their locomotives were mostly ex-ICG GP10 Paducah rebuilds (the custom paper air filter boxes on the hoods are a key spotting feature) and some GP9s and GP18s.

Michael- Some of those GP10's were bought by Railserve. There is one the 10?? locked away behind a fence at one of the area refineries. SDJeff might remember the number.

 

[IllinoisTerminal]

Man, I miss Mars Lights!

 

[setxrailfan]

Man, I miss Mars Lights!

Me too. At the time I never thought there would ever come a day when they weren't around on Class 1's anymore.