A pair of KCS EMD GP32ECO's rolls to the south end of the yard to fetch a cut of cars for their outbound trip from the yard.

KCS 691 works a cut of cars on the north side of the KCS Deramus Yard on a beautiful evening.

KCS 5023 leads a train out of Deramus Yard to begin its trip up to Kansas City.

A KCS GP40-2 stands by on the ready track for its next assignment at Shreveport Louisiana.

A birds eye view of the KCS Shop and Deramus Yard in Shreveport.

Sadly the KCS will be a thing of the past with the new CPKC taking things over. Various KCS units sits just outside of the KCS Shop in Shreveport on a beautiful Louisiana morning. KCS Pride was es... (more)

A mottled up example. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Morning at the KCS yard off of Airline Highway in New Orleans. I've been out of the rail community for a good while, but it looks like Pete Messina's railcar restoration business has either moved ... (more)

April is a great time for rail photography as evidenced by this shot by Dave Petke. By this late date unrebuilt 35s were rather rare and this one got a "Kodachrome" paint job as well as... (more)

Amtrak #136 leads #193 and the Northbound Crescent only 13 minutes out of NOUPT. Only a few hours later, the LSU Women's basketball team will win their first National Championship.

In a nod to the future, a new Amtrak ALC-42 #136 leads P42 #63 and the Northbound City Of New Orleans, only 19 minutes out of NOUPT. This was the filthiest consist I believe I have ever seen. They... (more)

Photographer unknown, location unknown. Would appreciate some information. From my collection.

Monroe was a favorite place back in the day. Things have settled down unfortunately. The great original paint scheme seems to be trying to get out.

The Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad is a 52.9-mile short-line railroad that started operations in 1908 in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Here their job #100 is ready to hea... (more)

It took some chutzpah to go with a white locomotive paint scheme, or was it Murphy's law. Hey, it was interesting. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.