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KCS Train No. 54 |
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Kansas City Southern train No. 54 was leaving New Orleans behind GP40-2 799, F7A slug 4060, and GP40-2 797. The 799 was built in August 1979 along with the 798, while the 797 came in February 1981 along with the 796. Between April and September 1981 the railroad ran slugs 4050 and 4060 into New Orleans between pairs of GP40-2’s, as shown here. While all four of the GP40-2’s were set up to power slugs, the slugs could only draw power from one end, so the second geep didn’t contribute any horsepower to the slug. The use of road slugs into New Orleans resumed in August 1982, between a GP40-2 and another geep. This continued through the end of 1990 when the arrival of SD60’s and used geeps enabled the railroad to retire its road slugs. |
| Photo Date: |
5/10/1981 Upload Date: 11/23/2020 10:38:48 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. image |
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Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
KCS 799 |
| Description: |
West Yard |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1982 Upload Date: 5/21/2009 5:54:54 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
KCS Train 53 |
| Description: |
KCS train No. 53 is on the Southern Railway (with a Southern crew) in Metairie, Louisiana. The Southern has just received the train from the KCS, and will deliver it to the L&N at Louisa Street, about seven miles away. Today's train has GP40-2 799, F7B slug 4077, and GP40 784. |
| Photo Date: |
12/9/1982 Upload Date: 5/21/2009 5:55:41 PM |
| Location: |
Metairie, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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746 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
KCS 799 leading train #55 |
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A KCS trio of a GP40-2, F7(A) Slug, and GP40, drag a freight across Essen Lane on their way from Shreveport to New Orleans. The train is either a #53 or #55(most likely) on the the "New Orleans Sub" of the "Louisiana & Arkansas Division" for the KCS. Train 55 usually had chemical empties returning to Baton Rouge. It also carried piggybacks. (53 ran the same route, but to Family Lines' Gentilly Yard) KCS 799 was part of a two unit order delivered August 1979, making it five years old in this shot. |
| Photo Date: |
8/16/1984 Upload Date: 8/10/2007 10:55:04 PM |
| Location: |
Baton Rouge, LA |
| Author: |
Charles Freericks |
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| Locomotives: |
KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
KCS GP40-2 799 |
| Description: |
Kansas City Southern GP40-2 799 was at WEST YARD near New Orleans with F7A slug 4060. |
| Photo Date: |
9/5/1984 Upload Date: 1/5/2019 11:31:58 AM |
| Location: |
New Orleans, LA |
| Author: |
Michael Palmieri |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 799(GP40-2) |
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361 Comments: 0 |
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