Kansas City Southern Video Library
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Date: August 17, 1989
Train: KCS Host Railroad: NS Locomotives: Location: New Orleans Area A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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KCS LaBarre Rd Crew Change - 17th Street Canal - August 17, 1989
A southbound KCS train stops at LaBarre Road in Metairie, LA to change crews. The filth in the parking lot that the KCS station wagon is parked in was pretty common in the New Orleans area. Model that!
With the NS crew in charge, we catch the train crossing the 17th Street Canal. This canal marks the boundary between Metairie and New Orleans.
A southbound KCS train stops at LaBarre Road in Metairie, LA to change crews. The filth in the parking lot that the KCS station wagon is parked in was pretty common in the New Orleans area. Model that!
With the NS crew in charge, we catch the train crossing the 17th Street Canal. This canal marks the boundary between Metairie and New Orleans.
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Date: December 2, 1989
Train: KCS Baton Rouge Turn Host Railroad: KCS/IC Locomotives: 723-716-4112-4106-4113 Location: New Orleans Area A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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KCS Baton Rouge Turn - West Yard - December 2, 1989
A trio of KCS GP30s are seen rolling through the KCS West Yard just outside of New Orleans at the beginning of their mostly nocturnal assignment on the Baton Rouge Turn.
The second scene is at LaBarre Road.
A trio of KCS GP30s are seen rolling through the KCS West Yard just outside of New Orleans at the beginning of their mostly nocturnal assignment on the Baton Rouge Turn.
The second scene is at LaBarre Road.
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Date: August 3, 1990
Train: KCS Baton Rouge Turn Host Railroad: KCS/IC Locomotives: 723-716-4112-4106-4113 Location: New Orleans Area A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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The KCS bought 20 GP30s during 1962-63, and the last of these were taken out of service in 1990. In their final years of operation, six of these were assigned to the diesel shop in New Orleans. Three were used on the nightly turn to Baton Rouge, one each was used at Norco and Gramercy, and one was kept as a spare.
In late July and early August 1990, four GP40s were assigned to New Orleans, and the GP30s were moved to Shreveport. GP30s 4103, 4109 and 4115 left on Saturday 28 July, while the 4112, 4106 and 4113 went out for the last time on Friday 3 August. Here are the last three units leaving New Orleans on their final run. This was intermodal train No. 10 with SD60s 723 and 716, 38 cars and caboose 309.
The 4106 and 4113 were sold to the Indiana & Ohio as their 83 and 84, while the 4112 went to the Southeast Kansas Railroad and kept its same number.
In late July and early August 1990, four GP40s were assigned to New Orleans, and the GP30s were moved to Shreveport. GP30s 4103, 4109 and 4115 left on Saturday 28 July, while the 4112, 4106 and 4113 went out for the last time on Friday 3 August. Here are the last three units leaving New Orleans on their final run. This was intermodal train No. 10 with SD60s 723 and 716, 38 cars and caboose 309.
The 4106 and 4113 were sold to the Indiana & Ohio as their 83 and 84, while the 4112 went to the Southeast Kansas Railroad and kept its same number.
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Date: August 28, 1993
Train: KCS No. 89 Host Railroad: NS Locomotives: KCS 706 - KCS 700 Location: New Orleans, LA A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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KCS coal train No. 89 rolls across the Norfolk Southern New Orleans Terminal mainline at Milepost 4 in East City. SD50 706 and SD40X 700 lead 110 loaded DEGX coal hoppers towards the CSX. This was a very temporary routing of the DEGX trains through New Orleans - 8-28-1993 - Video by C.M.Palmieri.
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Date: September 30, 1994
Train: KCS Power Host Railroad: KCS/MSRC Locomotives: KCS 4799 Location: Vicksburg, MS A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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A quick video clip taken of a five-unit locomotive consist laying over at the KCS Vicksburg Yard on September 30, 1994 - KCS GP40 4759, KCS GP40 4763, KCS GP40 4781, KCS GP40 4760, and MSRC GP10 1043 idle away - Video by C.M.Palmieri.
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Date: September 30, 1994
Train: KCS No. 30 Host Railroad: KCS/MSRC Locomotives: KCS 4799 Location: Mound, LA A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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KCS Train No. 30 hustles through Mound, LA - KCS GP40-2 4799, KCS GP40 4749, HATX GP38-2 202, and KCS GP38-2 4014 lead 117 cars - Video by Patricia Palmieri - 9-30-1994.
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Date: October 2, 1994
Train: KCS Vicksburg Yard Job and Hostler Host Railroad: KCS/MSRC Locomotives: KCS 4031 Location: Vicksburg, MS A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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On Sunday October 2, 1994 the KCS (Former MidSouth Rail) Freight Yard in Vicksburg, MS was a busy place! There were 19 locomotives on the property with hostlers and yard jobs keeping busy! Video by Patricia Palmieri.
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Date: October 2, 1994
Train: KCS No. 29 Host Railroad: KCS/MSRC Locomotives: KCS 4755 Location: Vicksburg, MS A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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KCS train No. 29 climbs out of Vicksburg, MS - KCS GP40 4755, KCS GP40 4770, KCS GP40-2 4798, KCS GP40 4753, and MSRC GP10 1048 blast out of the tunnel and into the famous Kudzu-lined cut with 137 cars on Sunday, October 2, 1994 - Video by Patricia Palmieri.
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Date: July 21, 1996
Train: KCS Baton Rouge Turn Host Railroad: KCS/IC Locomotives: 723-716-4112-4106-4113 Location: New Orleans Area A C.M. Palmieri Video - ©Meridian Speedway Productions |
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A northbound KCS train, either No. 54 or No. 56, pauses briefly at LaBarre Road on the Norfolk Southern New Orleans Terminal. The lead unit is KCS GP40-2LW 4700, a recent acquisition by the KCS. This locomotive was formerly CN 9573. KCS SD50 710 and KCS SD40-2 644 complete the consist.
It is not seen in the video but I believe an NS crew swapped out with a KCS crew at LaBarre Road.
For the next scene we move to Shrewsbury Road. Here we see the KCS train pull past the switch at Shrewsbury Junction and then begin to back into the KCS West Yard.
Video by Mom....
It is not seen in the video but I believe an NS crew swapped out with a KCS crew at LaBarre Road.
For the next scene we move to Shrewsbury Road. Here we see the KCS train pull past the switch at Shrewsbury Junction and then begin to back into the KCS West Yard.
Video by Mom....
