Nomad of Mid-America
Of Letters and Numbers
The calm waters of the gently flowing Elk River touch the mix of stone and concrete footings supporting an incongruous mess of motive power guiding KCS manifest train MSHKC2 17 through the karst topography of the Ozarks at Ginger Blue, MO, a scenically significant stretch of the train's trek from Shreveport to Kansas City. This one is officially down in the history books as the last MSHKC2 ever, as the following day's start would depart as M261--a result of systemwide modifications as KCS ditches their efficient, informative letter-based symbol system for a nonsensical jumble of numbers that don't mean anything to become seemingly more compatible with merger partner Canadian Pacific. So the fun begins, or something like that.
Of Letters and Numbers
The calm waters of the gently flowing Elk River touch the mix of stone and concrete footings supporting an incongruous mess of motive power guiding KCS manifest train MSHKC2 17 through the karst topography of the Ozarks at Ginger Blue, MO, a scenically significant stretch of the train's trek from Shreveport to Kansas City. This one is officially down in the history books as the last MSHKC2 ever, as the following day's start would depart as M261--a result of systemwide modifications as KCS ditches their efficient, informative letter-based symbol system for a nonsensical jumble of numbers that don't mean anything to become seemingly more compatible with merger partner Canadian Pacific. So the fun begins, or something like that.