DALLAS TX May 27 1985 — Katy GP7 120 awaits an assignment. My photo.
WAGONER OK April 1985 — Katy GP38-2s 315 and 306 haul a mixed freight. My photo.
OKLAHOMA CITY OK June 17 1984 — MKT GP39-2 362 and Conrail GP38-2 8103 haul an Oklahoma Kansas Texas train on the way to the former Rock Island’s Harter Yard. My photo.
FORT WORTH TX June 4 1978 — Katy GP40 227 leads a mixed freight toward the Tower 55 diamonds. A crewman was having an animated conversation with someone. My photo.
FORT WORTH TX June 29 1979 — MKT GP38 301 accelerates with a hopper train. Note its original red paint showing through in several locations. My photo.
OKLAHOMA CITY (October) 1979 — Katy F7A 72C is tied down at the old roundhouse site in Turner Yard. It had the point on the journey from McAlester OK but will relinquish its lead spot for the re... (more)
An Alco FA unit and a Baldwin AS-16 sit at Joplin. Mo. Both have been re-engined with EMD prime movers. I was a newly-minted USAF pilot driving on leave from Lubbock, TX to Hackensack, NJ.
The sole daily southbound freight from St Louis is almost to the Kansas state line. Today's power includes a pair of ex-Conrail (PC) GP40s, an ex-Kennecott Copper GP39-2, and a dit repowered Bald... (more)
An MKT/OKKT crew works former Rock Island trackage in Salina with a pair of geeps.
Two snazzy MKT SD40-2s power a northbound Milwaukee Road train through the industrial section of Clinton. I think the large buildings beyond the train are were razed.
A pair of cabooses on the way to Smithville or San Antonio.
MKT GP7 91 with FP7 78C at MKT Turner Yard, Oklahoma City, OK in November 1977. From my slide Collection, Photo by Mike Bledsoe.
Small collection of railroad equipment on display at the MKT Denison Depot.
M-K-T F3(A) 70A with GP40 216, and 223 with Caboose at Tulsa, Oklahoma. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
MKT AS16M 126 at Parsons KS October 1968. Built as MKT 1571 in September 1950 and rebuilt by EMD in November 1958. The MKT sold these EMD/Baldwin hybrids in 1972 and power short CNW picked these u... (more)