Climbing To The State Line
Kansas City Southern train 2CKCSH04 (loaded coal train off the BNSF in Kansas City) is running 2x3 DPU here at about MP 360.2 on KCS' Shreveport Sub as it grinds south (compass east) up the 1.1% grade on Rich Mountain. The Arkansas state line is about 10 car lengths ahead and the approximately 1600 ft summit of the line is about six miles away.
LeFlore County, Oklahoma
Sunday September 5, 2021
Climbing To The State Line
Kansas City Southern train 2CKCSH04 (loaded coal train off the BNSF in Kansas City) is running 2x3 DPU here at about MP 360.2 on KCS' Shreveport Sub as it grinds south (compass east) up the 1.1% grade on Rich Mountain. The Arkansas state line is about 10 car lengths ahead and the approximately 1600 ft summit of the line is about six miles away.
LeFlore County, Oklahoma
Sunday September 5, 2021