Nostalgia & History > Variety The Spice of Like, Not As Much Today

I used to meet a good friend of mine for Lunch at the 12th Street overpass in Kansas City KS over the Santa Fe east entrance to Argentine yard. Here we have 3 trains all for your enjoyment. All images were taken between December 1991 and February 1992.

1. CNW 8528 W a new C40-8 on a manifest. I wonder if this unit survives today
2. CRR 6472 leads what was the 213 train which ran from Elkhart IN to KCK via the Streator connection.
3. We have to have a ATSF train, this time a flare that is not a 6 axle but (like the much more common SD45) a 4 axle GP40X, on what was likely the SCHLA1 which stood for stacks Chicago to Los Angeles.

Sneebly



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/15 10:51 by Sneebly.

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CNW 8528 repainted as UP 9050, sold, to CN 2027

As UP 9050:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=291533

As CN 2027
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3963442



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/15 10:34 by myjbh1989.

All GP40X's were four axle.

You got some good trains there. Great stuff from the good old days!

Love that spot. What an awesome place to meet for lunch!

I was sitting at 12th street one time, about this same time of year, and watched bald eagles flying down to catch fish in the river, then fly back to the trees on the south bank, not far from where out engine was sitting. I watched one of them land with some kind of fish about a foot long, which he quickly shreaded to pieces with his claws and gobbled up. City birds.