KCS 5004 Southbound MKCSH2-05 North of Spiro OK
It started out with my oldest liking the KCS, and I used the merger talks to go do KCS with them in early April. That turned out to be 3 trips in a month to the KCS. The last one with Guss the past weekend that with crazy dumb luck got us a trip planned the week the business train ran. As with any Guss trips, we covered it all! By the time we were done, we would see MP 7 to MP 671 on the KCS! MP 671 is only 119 miles from the Gulf of Mexico on the KCS Beaumont Sub!!!!! Seriously, it was a great trip, and lots of good stuff came from all my trips! I can not thank enough my 2 drivers, my wife, and all the people who helped me along the way. I really appreciate it....thank you!!!!! It was also to meet a few names along the way too.
One of the spots I wanted to get was the tall Spiro Bridge on the KCS Heavener Sub over the Arkansas River. Luck would have it the last day the OCS ran early, and traffic was busy at day break. Here, a 2nd KC to Shreveport freight rumbles across the bridge. Birds were in full flight around the bridge as the train heads towards Heavener with a nice 4-pack and 99 cars.
KCS was merged into the CPKC on April 14, 2023.
KCS 5004 Southbound MKCSH2-05 North of Spiro OK
It started out with my oldest liking the KCS, and I used the merger talks to go do KCS with them in early April. That turned out to be 3 trips in a month to the KCS. The last one with Guss the past weekend that with crazy dumb luck got us a trip planned the week the business train ran. As with any Guss trips, we covered it all! By the time we were done, we would see MP 7 to MP 671 on the KCS! MP 671 is only 119 miles from the Gulf of Mexico on the KCS Beaumont Sub!!!!! Seriously, it was a great trip, and lots of good stuff came from all my trips! I can not thank enough my 2 drivers, my wife, and all the people who helped me along the way. I really appreciate it....thank you!!!!! It was also to meet a few names along the way too.
One of the spots I wanted to get was the tall Spiro Bridge on the KCS Heavener Sub over the Arkansas River. Luck would have it the last day the OCS ran early, and traffic was busy at day break. Here, a 2nd KC to Shreveport freight rumbles across the bridge. Birds were in full flight around the bridge as the train heads towards Heavener with a nice 4-pack and 99 cars.
KCS was merged into the CPKC on April 14, 2023.