Western Railroad Discussion > More Power for the KCS Mexico

Caught the LWY101 turn eastbound Sunday morning, June 9th.  Had nice clear skies for a change. Had to take advantage of the conditions.  The KCS 5021 east got a track warrant at Denton TX this moring at 8 am on the ALLIANCE sub to Wylie TX.  Caught up with the train at Lewisville TX near Hwy 121 and caught him again at Plano and Murphy TX. Had 4 new KCSM ES44AC engines. KCS will send them down to Mexico on a I-DASL intermodal train very soon.

1) MP 87 near Lake Lewisville.
2) Crossing Hwy 121 tollway at Lewisville.
3) Frankford Rd at Plano TX.
 

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1) White Rock Jct. Plano TX.
2) FM 544 Rd at Murphy TX.
3) FM 544 crossing at Murphy TX.
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/19 13:23 by KB5WK.

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iPhone8+ video at Murphy TX.

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Nice Series!

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Quality images ! Thanks for posting your EXTRA effort to capture images of this special movement.  --Kelly

Great coverage and videos.  Sure is a pleasure to see units brand new like that.
Brian Stevens

These will be band from use in your U.S. right?

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The-late-EMD Wrote:
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> These will be band from use in your U.S. right?
>
> Posted from Android

YES.  They will add these engines to a I-DASL train to St. Luis Mexico. 

I spoke to an engineer who had some new KCSM engines on his DASL train a few weeks ago out of Wylie. He said they told him 100 times not to start these engines.
 

How much cheaper per unit are these ES44AC units vs ET44AC units KCS is receiving?

SantaFeRuss

Nice looking train!

Larry

Wow, new engines that can only run south of the border.
In past, all the railroads sent their junk south of the border.

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Very nice..!!

Nice series, great colors. Had to look at the Video to see the details of the Export units, they look like Tier 4 radiators.

Why would they be Tier 4 units, or am I mis-identifying them?

TCnR Wrote:
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> Nice series, great colors. Had to look at the
> Video to see the details of the Export units, they
> look like Tier 4 radiators.
>
> Why would they be Tier 4 units, or am I
> mis-identifying them?

Only the lead unit is tier 4, the export ones further back are tier 3 GEVOs.

So WHY dont they ban the use of ALL KCSM units in the U.S? I see there junk up here all the time. Those new ones look nice now but they sure wont stay that way long in Mexico!


KB5WK Wrote:
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> The-late-EMD Wrote:
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> > These will be band from use in your U.S. right?
> >
> > Posted from Android
>
> YES.  They will add these engines to a
> I-DASL train to St. Luis Mexico. 
>
> I spoke to an engineer who had some new KCSM
> engines on his DASL train a few weeks ago out of
> Wylie. He said they told him 100 times not to
> start these engines.
>  

Guessing since these units are new and slated for Mexico the KCS is saving on the sales taxes by putting them into service south of the border. The SP used to do the same thing years ago when units were purchased. The new units had to be operated out of California more than 50 % of the time to avoid the taxes.

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First shot is IMOD quality

SanJoaquinEngr Wrote:
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> Guessing since these units are new and slated for
> Mexico the KCS is saving on the sales taxes by
> putting them into service south of the border.

They cannot be used or put into service in the US as they are not Tier 4 compliant.

Nice pics and cool video!