Western Railroad Discussion > Belle of the Ball

I remember a long-ago time when I had to force myself to go shoot a little bit of Kansas City Southern. Needless to say I was not a huge fan of solid white power that got grungy-dirty looking really fast. Don’t get me wrong, the KCS was big-time railroading with some interesting territory to run through. But it seemed that whenever I went fanning around Kansas City there were always more colorful fish in the ol’ RR stream.

Time has this funny way of changing your outlook. That, and a far more interesting paint scheme. Two of them, as a matter of fact. I applauded KCS’ change over to the grey oriented scheme a few years ago, and I’m really liking the current throw-back to the classic Southern Belle scheme.

So when I’m out having a ball chasing the NS’ NYC heritage scheme I’m doubly pleased to be able to include a KCS Belle I knew nothing about ahead of time. Here are a few shots of an unexpected waltz with the “Belle of the Ball”…

1. KCS 3918 is leading train MDMHN-29, sitting on main #2 meeting the NS’s Ney York Central heritage unit on an eastbound string of auto racks at Dwight, KS.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/14 12:19 by santafe199.

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2. 3. & 4. The 3918 is rolling through tiny Latimer, KS

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5. 6. & 7. We’re looking at the 3918 approaching the yard in Herington, KS from the US hwy 77 overpass NW of town.

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8. One last shot atop the KS hwy 4 underpass at the north edge of Herington Yard.
(8 photos taken July 29, 2014)

Thanks for the dance!
Lance Garrels
santafe199

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cant get enough of kcs sd70macs. outstanding......

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Great shots, Lance.

Great photos Lance. I never get tired of seeing the KCS Belle paint scheme.

Ronda Thomas

Sweet series.

SUPER pics!!!