The returning motive power from the southbound train is pulling up the short incline beside the engine house to spend the night. That ICG-inspired warning light grafted onto the ex-SP F is a true... (more)
I don't know what is of such interest to these crewmembers as they regard the great old F arriving on a train from Arkansas. The unit came from SP by way of WAG.
Nee SP, ex WA&G unit is parked and appears to be sort of the roundhouse queen.
Bringing in a train from Arkansas this ex-SP unit has just crossed the IC line which is now KCS. As a point of time reference this was over 29 years ago and even then we'd drive several hours out... (more)
A pair of TFM SD40-2s lead a KCS work train near Gibsland, LA.
L&NW power and caboose at facility in Gibsland, LA
The DAAT thunders through Gibsland as it makes its way east across the Vicksburg Sub.
This former C&NW GP-50 is southbound to Hodge, LA. The Louisiana Southern is a WATCO shortline that operates the former KCS Hodge subdivision.
Louisiana & North West F7A 47 (ex-SP 6309) suns itself between assignments at Gibsland, Louisiana on June 7, 1983.
A new day, a new line, same power. UP 9377 leads a train west through Gibsland. Note the clear signal for the opposite direction on the main.
Ex-SSW GP35 working for the L&NW.
Classic stop signs aren't long for this world. KCS is in the process of interlocking the diamond and all adjoining switches.
