As the sun sets on the KCS, KCS 4058 sits as the DPU of an M-ARSH freight on a cold night. At midnight, a crew is called to start the train on its journey to Shreveport, LA.

Canadian National's BC Rail Heritage ES44AC locomotive #3115, leads Alabama Southern Train 112 as they interchange with KCS at Artesia, MS., before returning back east to Tuscaloosa, AL. Once 112... (more)

Canadian National's BC Rail Heritage ES44AC locomotive #3115, leads Alabama Southern Train 112 westbound into Artesia, MS., where they'll interchange with KCS before returning back east to Tuscalo... (more)

Canadian National's BC Rail Heritage ES44AC locomotive #3115, leads Alabama Southern Train 112 westbound into Artesia, MS., where they'll interchange with KCS before returning back east to Tuscalo... (more)

Yard job kicking cars at the south end

CN's "BC Rail" heritage unit leads KCS train OJAAR (oil-Jackson-Artesia) at the KCS yard in Artesia, Mississippi, meeting the inbound Alabama Southern Railroad turn from Tuscaloosa. The ... (more)

Artesia yard job kicking cars

Alabama Southern Train 112 heads back east to Reform, AL, as they depart Artesia, MS, with interchange from KCS.

After having just split off from ABS power, EMDX 7209 powers back to the house track while briefly running into a veteran KCS Geep still in grey paint that was working in Artesia Yard.

Alabama Southern (ABS) Train 112 gets ready to enter KCS's Artesia Yard off the Tuscaloosa Sub to interchange with KCS before returning back east to Tuscaloosa, AL, with a colorful locomotive cons... (more)

A new EMD demonstrator unit tied down in the yard waiting to head back to Shreveport Louisiana

Illinois Central Gulf GP8 #7913 idles in Artesia Yard. #7913 was built June 1953 as Reading GP7 #619. In 1977, unit was rebuilt into a GP8. Unit left ICG roster 2/10/1992 and went to Georgia & F... (more)

Gulf & Mississippi GP10 #8069 idles in the servicing area. #8069 was built January 1955 as Illinois Central GP9 #9069 and was rebuilt as a GP10 in 1969 and became Illinois Central Gulf #8069. Un... (more)

Gulf & Mississippi Railroad GP10 #8148 idles in the servicing area. #8148 was built January 1956 as Illinois Central GP9 #9148 and was rebuilt into a GP10 in 1971 and became Illinois Central Gul... (more)