Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)
Coupled to a Norfolk Southern test car these units will struggle with a coal train on a test against Starkey Hill, south of Roanoke on the Winston Salem line. Also in the consist was a Brookville... (more)
KCS GP22ECO #2402 and slug in Roanoke, VA for adhesion testing in 2009.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh celebrates Cinco de Mayo in style with the KCS mother/slug combo working the Northern Sub with a consist heading for the chemical industries of the Karns City/Petrolia area.
A KCS GP22ECO mother-slug set is on the point of an NS Research train at Bedford, VA. The train made a round trip from Roanoke to Lynchburg.