One thing in my KCS travels I hadn't seen yet was a KCS intermodal train. So a nice treat was this Monterrey, MX, to NS stacker northbound on the Beaumont Sub. At Shreveport the train will tune th... (more)

The 2nd day for the business train was somewhat eventful and slow. The train got into delays for serve weather around DeQuincy. Then once on the move poor dispatching and a shutdown Beaumont Sub c... (more)

Spring has arrived in Mansfield Louisiana as the KCS 5003 rolls through with an interesting engine consist.

The "Haynesville Shale" gas drilling boom hit Mansfield, Louisiana in 2009. By mid-2010, daily aggregates trains were delivering various aggregates to two aggregates delivery points in Mansfield... (more)

KCS freight moves past a 1969 Chrysler 300 convertible at track speed through Mansfield, Louisiana. MOW cars for hauling out discarded crossties are one side, aggregate gondolas on the other. ... (more)

Chip cars rolled over before they made it to the Rollover!