KCS 4009, a Kansas City Southern SD70ACe dubbed the "Saluting KCS Heroes" unit, leads an empty UP grain train bound for Evansville, WI past the Rochelle Railroad Park. The unit, per KCS,... (more)

"Saluting KCS Heros" employee appreciation painted locomotive leads KCS/NS runthrough intermodal 220.

After bringing MKCVN from Kansas City, KCS 4009 sets off a block of hoppers alongside deadlines of locomotives no longer on the roster.

After bringing MKCVN from Kansas City, KCS 4009 pulls a block of hoppers off of the train.

After bringing MKCVN from Kansas City, KCS 4009 pull a block of hoppers off of the train to take to the UP interchange track.

KCS Saluting KCS Heroes leads NS I24 west by the small community of Eckerty Indiana.

Kansas City Southern Saluting KCS Heroes SD70ACe 4009 leads a military train over the Flatrock River at Columbus as it nears its destination on Camp Atterbury. Note that the bridge still has the P... (more)

KCS 4009 and 4836 head west leading NS train I24 after having rested in the Louisville area for several days. 4009 is decorated as "Saluting KCS Heroes."

NS 057, a military train bound for Camp Atterbury, IN, crosses the Green River Trestle at South Fork with the Honoring KCS Heroes unit in charge

NS 340 has just finished pounding the NS/ABS interlocking in Tuscaloosa as its DPU, a no longer grey KCS SD70ACe, shoves hard in preparation to climb the hill a few miles away. A junkyard adjacent... (more)

KCS 4009 leads a northbound freight out of CN Harrison Yard in Memphis, TN.

KCS 4009 sits on the Unit Tracks at Harrison Yard just before its northbound departure.

Memphis meet. KCS 4009 throttles up as it passes a southbound coal train while leaving CN Harrison Yard.

NS 339 heads through Cook Springs, AL with its usual allotment of KCS power. Leading is one of few remaining KCS SD70ACe’s still in the grey scheme that KCS adopted in 1982.