MUSKOGEE OK June 1976 -- MKT GP40 214 awaits its crew. Note the newspaper just below the rear wheel on the lead truck. Now that's service.
HOLDENVILLE OK July 10 1978 -- Dust from a passing auto clouds the scene st a Katy F3A makes its way east on Rock Island tracks.
Sedalia's unique Katy Depot built in 1896 was restored in the late 1990's and is now home to the town's visitor and the Chamber of Commerce.
This empty Chico rock trains on the OKT (ex RI) is about to pass under North Saginaw Blvd. near Avondale, TX, just north of Fort Worth. I believe the ETT location is called Hicks. There's some ex... (more)
TRACY OK July 10 1978 -- A Katy F3A makes its way east on its trip from Oklahoma City to McAlester.
FORT WORTH TX March 14 1981 -- A crewman enters the cab of a Katy GP40 as the loco poses for a roster shot. My photo.
FORT WORTH TX MAY 15 1981 -- MKT 606 poses for a roster shot.
This freight depot looks like it's in really good shape, at least on the outside, considering it sits alone, desolate, between downtown Galveston and the cruise ship docks. My brief research indic... (more)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Alco PA-2 No.155A. The Katy owned 6 Alco PA-1 2000hp units built in 1949, and 8 PA-2 2250hp units built in 1950-51. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer l... (more)
KINGFISHER OK June 17 1983 -- Missouri Kansas Texas GP40 3161 switches covered hoppers as the train makes its way south on the Oklahoma, Kansas Texas. This was the north-south main line of the Roc... (more)
A pair of M-K-T MP15AC's, number 56 and 57 have transfer caboose #73 in tow as they head back light to Katy's yard.
Green and yellow geeps are shown rolling 101 through the tiny Bourbon County village of Hiattville on a beautiful late winter afternoon. Behind the modern diesels is a big train, and they're runn... (more)
Switching on the south lead at Parsons, KS
An MKT trackage rights train running south from Council Bluffs on Union Pacific's Falls City Sub.
Having switched several industries in Bartlett, Texas, a Katy way freight now proceeds south toward Granger.