Kansas City Southern (KCS) 4581 - GE AC44CW

The southbound H train works at Watts before heading south.

The front end of todays H train has a gray GE leading, not uncommon at this time, but we all wanted to see the Belles in the lead. Id get my wish for a Belle-sorta-with the DPU.

Q199 rolls through Matthews with some nice foreign power

UP-7049 leads two Kansas City Southern Railway units eastbound at MP-351, Bliss, Idaho at sunset. The KCS units; one in the KCS Belle scheme and one in grey/red are a real rarity in these parts.

Easing around the 20 MPH curve at Atchison is UP Train CWXNA 17 on the UP Falls City Sub. The festive St. Patrick's Day green color on the ground is from the weed spraying truck that was working this area over earlier.

A diverse consist leads KCS Train Q-SHKC-09, passing over the 63rd Street Viaduct on the KCS Pittsburg Sub.

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Powderly, Al. 339 runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Birmingham, Al. 339 runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through 14th Street Interlocking in Birmingham, Al. 339 runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS

KCS C-KCSH tied down at South Howe waiting for a work block to end and trains ahead to start moving.

Northbound grain empties in a winter scene north of Westville OK. The new four lane US 59 now runs approximately where the barbed wire fence seen stretching across the photo from left to right sits.

Northbound crossing the Illinois River north of Watts

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) departing Norris Yard in Irondale, Al. This train runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS'S Meridian & Vicksburg Subs

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through 43rd Street in Birmingham, Al. This train runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern in Meridian, Ms. to Shreveport, La. ) via KCS's Meridian & Vicksburg Subs

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Powderly, Al. 339 runs as M- NSSH ( Norfolk Southern to Shreveport, La. ) after interchanged with KCS in Meridian, Ms. & runs on KCS'S Meridian & Vicksburg Subs

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Birmingham, Al. as Amtrak Crescent P020 departs the Amtrak Station bound for Atlanta, Ga. & eventually it's terminating point of Washington DC

NS Southbound Freight Train 339 ( Birmingham, Al. to Meridian, Ms. ) passing through Birmingham, Al. as Amtrak Crescent P020 departs the Amtrak Station bound for Atlanta, Ga. & eventually Washington DC

Eastbound KCS Shreveport, LA to Artesia, MS manifest train M-SHAR-20 cruises through Monroe, LA during a heavy rain fall - KCS SD70MAC 3900, KCS AC4400CW 4581 on the head-end and rear DPU KCS SD70ACe 4002.

BNSF EB Manifest.

Coming out of the siding after meeting a northbound coal empty is a KCS duo with a load of grain past the Drexel water tower.

KCS 4584 and 4581

KCS 4581

KCS 4581

KCS 4581

KCS 4581

Approaching Spring Junction