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Date: 05/15/24 07:41
MKT train w/F unit in Katy,Tx
Author: gcm

Nov 1975
Probably posted this before but reworked it.
GP40 204 leads a late evening westbound through Katy,Tx near Houston.
The few F units the Katy had left rarely made it to the Houston area so glad to see F7 72-C.
Passing the still in operation rice driers.

Gary


 



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Date: 05/15/24 08:03
Re: MKT train w/F unit in Katy,Tx
Author: MacBeau

Nice piece of history, with a good glint shot too.
—Mac

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Date: 05/15/24 08:45
Re: MKT train w/F unit in Katy,Tx
Author: hawkinsun

Interesting photos of Katy's popular safety stripes.  It looks like it took a lot of extra work to paint all those stripes.  I wonder if the visibility of the front end of the locomotives was actually any better than a simple bright yellow front end ?   Seems like somebody must have done some studies on it.  I guess  then ditch lights came along.

Craig Hanson
Vay, ID.
 

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Date: 05/15/24 12:29
Re: MKT train w/F unit in Katy,Tx
Author: EL833

That glint shot is sweet !

Roger Durfee
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

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