Misc Locomotive Photos-Missouri, 2014

NS 7135 was parked in the NS yard in Mexico, MO on 1-18-2014.

OVRR 1306 was coupled to a few cars, but wasn't running, in Mexico, MO on 1-18-2014.

GMTX 2124 was assisting"the UP in the Jefferson City, MO yards on 2-15-2014. Note the four single exhaust stacks, the old-style/squarish air filter box, and the rather generous space for the trucks! I never saw a four-axle unit with such a largc space like this one.

Amtrak 65 leads a westbound passenger train out of Jefferson City, MO's, Union Pacific yard on 5-17-2014, sometime around 6:30 pm. This engine moved fast, but was very quiet for a diesel locomotive!

BNSF 5411 is the second of two units leading a train on Union Pacific tracks in Jefferson City, MO on 5-18-2014. This unit still has the large block BNSF letters in yellow paint.

BNSF 7052 is the lead unit on a westbound train on Union Pacific tracks in Jefferson City, MO on 5-18-2014. This unit has the green "swoosh" lettering on the long hood.

GMTX 2102 is coupled back-to-back with UP 549 at the Union Pacific's yards in Jefferson City, MO on 5-17-2014. This unit clearly has a Union Pacific heritage! I don't, however, know how this engine was equipped with vertical headlights, much like those on a GP7 or 9. This unit also has the old-style Blomberg trucks with leaf springs.

GMTX 2102 is coupled to UP 539 in Union Pacific's yards at Jefferson City, MO on 5-17-2014.

CSX 468 was a long way from home, assisting two Union Pacific units on a westbound UP freight west of Tipton, MO on 6-11-2014.

KCS 2014 was in the KCS yards at Slater, MO on 7-20-2014. Unit does not have dynamic brakes. Previous number unknown.

KCS 2829 was in the KCS yards at Slater, MO on 7-20-2014. There was a great deal of equipment in the area, so this wasn't an easy photo to take.

AMTK 64 leads a westbound Amtrak train into Jefferson City, MO on a very warm 7-22-2014. The train is slowing down for a station stop. The gentleman in the white hat is standing near the doors to the station. UP GP60 1908 makes a cameo appearance in the background.

Amtrak 64 had recently come to a station stop at Jefferson City, MO on 7-22-2014. One of the engine crew is standing near the open cab door.

Amtrak 64 has just begun to accelerate a westbound passenger train out of Jefferson City, MO on a very warm 7-22-2014.

BNSF 6225 leads a train of empty coal hoppers west through Crocker, MO on 7-29-2014.

BNSF 6408 and another unit were in DPU mode, assisting a train of empty coal hoppers westbound through Crocker, MO on 7-29-2014.

CSX 4011, still with original (pre-Dash 2 corrugated) grilles, waits to head west with a freight in the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 8-30-2014.

CSX 4011 was coupled to CSX 7884, while in the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 8-30-2014. Note the cables, etc., and the box of some kind at the rearmost section of the platform. Detail hounds will notice the lighter color on the first, or closest to the cab, cooling fan. Duct tape, perhaps?

CSX 7884 was coupled to CSX 4011 on 8-30-2014. Both units were in the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO, preparing to take a freight westbound.

SP 319 was the lead unit on an eastbound freight, leaving the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 8-30-2014. This one is one of the few remaining unpatched and unrepainted units in the fleet.

SP 319 leads another unit from UP and a long train eastbound out of the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 8-30-2014. This unit was still in full SP lettering and numbers, not patched or repainted in any way.

KCSM (KCS of Mexico) 4517 was the second unit on a UP freight, eastbound through the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 10-05-2014.

CSX 450 was the third unit, powering a westbound freight near Smithton, MO on 11-09-2014. The setting sun provided an interesting backlit effect.

CSX 450 was part of a three-unit set powering a westbound freight through Otterville, MO on 11-09-2014.

FURX 3042 was the second unit on a westbound UP freight, going through Otterville, MO on 11-09-2014.

KCS 7002 was in the KCS yard at Slater, MO on 11-09-2014.