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| Title: |
Northbound SP local on the Beeville Line |
| Description: |
A northbound freight heads for San Antonio in the summer of 1979 behind a pair of SP GP9s. 3880/3663. This line was abandoned only a few years later. |
| Photo Date: |
8/3/1979 Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:04:07 PM |
| Location: |
Tuleta, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3880(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
SP 4104 |
| Description: |
SP GP20E 4104 at Skidmore TX in 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
8/11/1979 Upload Date: 6/27/2011 10:43:50 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SP 4104(GP20E) |
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1553 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Cotton Belt GP40-2 northbound near Beeville |
| Description: |
It's 2:30PM as Cotton Belt GP40-2 7646 leads a freight northbound into Beeville TX; three units trail, a GP9E, GP35 and another GP9E. The 7646 is only seven months old as of this picture; it would be retired prior to the UP merger. |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1979 Upload Date: 9/7/2009 1:44:42 PM |
| Location: |
Beeville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SSW 7646(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
EB SP freight |
| Description: |
SP SD40 8467 and SD40T-2 8508 lead a freight across a small stream in Bee County Texas; at Beeville this train will turn right and head for Houston. This line was abandoned in the early '90s. |
| Photo Date: |
8/13/1979 Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:41:52 AM |
| Location: |
Papalote, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8467(SD40) |
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838 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP SW1200 1162 |
| Description: |
MP SW1200 1162 at the Kingsville engine facility. It would be retired in Feb 1985. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1979 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 1:41:24 PM |
| Location: |
Kingsville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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MP 1162(SW1200) |
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476 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP GP35 2546 |
| Description: |
MP GP35 2546 sits at the fuel rack in Kingsville TX, August 1979 |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1979 Upload Date: 4/12/2009 9:30:26 AM |
| Location: |
Kingsville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2546(GP35) |
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658 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tex-Mex eastbound |
| Description: |
Three units pull a Texas Mexican train of 13 cars at Alice TX en August 1979. GP38 857 leads sisters 860 and one other. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1979 Upload Date: 3/22/2008 7:53:19 PM |
| Location: |
Alice, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TM 857(GP38) |
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1291 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Double Eagle |
| Description: |
MP SD40-2 3158 is the second unit on a train that's gone dead north of Corpus Christi TX at Odem. It was originally sublettered as C&EI. |
| Photo Date: |
8/22/1979 Upload Date: 7/11/2009 7:37:52 PM |
| Location: |
Odem, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 3158(SD40-2) |
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611 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hallelulah and eight units |
| Description: |
A northbound SP train passes through Beeville enroute Houston in August 1972. This is serious flatland railroad territory, so anything more than three units can be considered unusual; seven big six axle motors is very odd and the Conrail U25B (2675) only makes this movement all the more notable. |
| Photo Date: |
8/25/1979 Upload Date: 1/25/2008 8:29:31 PM |
| Location: |
Beeville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 8551(SD40T-2) |
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1031 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP SD40T-2 8355 |
| Description: |
SP SD40T-2 8355 at Skidmore TX in August 1979 |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1979 Upload Date: 9/2/2012 2:18:45 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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480 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3321 |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3321 sits in the small yard at Skidmore TX in August 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1979 Upload Date: 9/7/2009 1:44:23 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3321(GP9R) |
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1209 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP38-2 2157 |
| Description: |
MP GP38-2 2157 at Corpus Christi |
| Photo Date: |
8/31/1979 Upload Date: 10/30/2010 9:38:48 PM |
| Location: |
Corpus Christi, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2157(GP38-2) |
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395 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3777 |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3777 in Skidmore TX, September 1979 |
| Photo Date: |
8/31/1979 Upload Date: 9/14/2009 9:42:11 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3777(GP9R) |
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760 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Action, five units and foreign power |
| Description: |
Skidmore was a wide spot on the road in South Texas where three SP lines met. The tracks in the foreground headed for the Mexican border and the Rio Grande valley. SSW 7653, shown here with a B&O GP40-2, U33C and a pair of GP9s trailing, is bringing a train from Corpus Christi into the small yard. The route north headed about ten miles to Beeville, where they split again, with lines to Houston and San Antonio. All of this trackage came up in the 1990s, although there is some talk of KCS buying and re-laying the portion from Victoria to the south. |
| Photo Date: |
8/31/1979 Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:59:44 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SSW 7653(GP40-2) |
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725 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alcos a moldering |
| Description: |
A line of SP RS11 sit awaiting their fate in San Antonio |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1979 Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:10:58 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 2927(RS11) |
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2047 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MKT GP7 111 |
| Description: |
Katy GP7 111 idles at San Antonio in September 1979. While painted in green, it retains its high short hood for now. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1979 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 2:57:38 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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546 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Katy in San Antonio |
| Description: |
The Katy had a small, four-track engine facility in San Antonio that was abandoned after the merger with UP. Here GP7 111 idles by itself. The herald on top of the fuel oil tank was a nice touch. |
| Photo Date: |
9/8/1979 Upload Date: 1/14/2008 8:13:03 PM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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982 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Moving the GP40X at Skidmore |
| Description: |
SP GP40X 7230 moves in the small yard at Skidmore TX; this line was subsequently abandoned. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 5/22/2011 5:59:53 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7230(GP40X) |
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1033 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GEs idle at Sinton |
| Description: |
Two SP B30-7s sit at Sinton TX in September 1979. 7852 is only six months old in this picture; it would later become UP 7852 and be retired in 2002. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 1/11/2009 4:13:13 PM |
| Location: |
Sinton, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7852(B30-7) |
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| Title: |
SP GP40X 7230 |
| Description: |
SP GP40X 7230 moves slowly through the small yard at Skidmore TX in September 1979 |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 9/14/2009 9:42:23 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 7230(GP40X) |
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1228 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Chessie Deep in the Heart of Texas |
| Description: |
A pair of Chessie GP40-2s help out to switch an industry in Beeville Texas in 1979. This line is now abandoned. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:51:19 PM |
| Location: |
Beeville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
WM 4354(GP40-2) |
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984 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 2296 |
| Description: |
MP B23-7 2296 enters Corpus Christi with a train in September 1979. Delivered by GE in 1978 it didn't last in its original configuration long before a collision of some sorts led to the MP shops applying an EMD-like cab to the beast. It would later be renumbered MP 4607 and then UP 107 and was retired in 2005. |
| Photo Date: |
9/15/1979 Upload Date: 8/22/2008 9:33:11 PM |
| Location: |
Corpus Christi, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2296(B23-7) |
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1177 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP GP9E 3359 |
| Description: |
SP GP9E 3359 at Skidmore TX in the company of a Rock Island GP38-2 |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1979 Upload Date: 9/14/2009 9:41:55 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3359(GP9R) |
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505 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Bloody Nose |
| Description: |
The late afternoon Texas sun accentuates the nose markings on SP GP9E 3359 in!September 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1979 Upload Date: 9/18/2009 10:13:36 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rwck Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 3359(GP9R) |
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328 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
SP and Semiphores |
| Description: |
A southbound SP local enters the small yard at Skidmore; this line was abandoned in the early 1990s. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/1979 Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:07:19 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
SP 3340(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
The American Railfan |
| Description: |
When the Rock Island namek most of its new GP38-2s in 1976 it gave the 11th unit in the order the name "American Railfan". It's shown here working on the SP in 1979. |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1979 Upload Date: 3/13/2009 8:18:06 PM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Molgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 4310(GP38-2) |
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1714 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Cotton Belt GP35 6519 |
| Description: |
Cotton Belt GP35 6519 at Beeville TX in Oct 1979 |
| Photo Date: |
10/26/1979 Upload Date: 9/2/2012 2:18:58 PM |
| Location: |
Beeville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SSW 6519(GP35) |
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834 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SP GP20R 4103 |
| Description: |
Southern Pacific GP20R 4103 sits at Skidmore TX in March 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/1980 Upload Date: 9/22/2009 7:46:53 AM |
| Location: |
Skidmore, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SP 4103(GP20E) |
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870 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RP S6 1216 |
| Description: |
SP Alco S6 1216 idling in the ready switcher line at San Antonio TX in 1980. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/1980 Upload Date: 9/20/2009 9:28:43 AM |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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SP 1216(S6) |
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1926 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Idle time on the PVS |
| Description: |
Pecos Valley Southern's two GE 70Ts idle by their open-air engine house at Pecos TX in Feb 1983. |
| Photo Date: |
2/14/1983 Upload Date: 2/21/2008 6:01:03 PM |
| Location: |
Pecos, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PVS 8(70Tonner) PVS 7(70Tonner) |
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726 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Pecos Valley Southern 8 |
| Description: |
PVS GE 70T 8 at the road's small open-air engine house in February 1983 |
| Photo Date: |
2/15/1983 Upload Date: 8/12/2010 9:50:14 PM |
| Location: |
Pecos, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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PVS 8(70Tonner) |
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589 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
From the Cab at Kingsville |
| Description: |
A view of Kingsville TX depot from the cab of MP GP15-1 1594, while working the yard. |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1983 Upload Date: 5/30/2009 4:42:11 PM |
| Location: |
Kingsville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
MP 1594(GP15-1) |
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422 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP GP15-1 1594 |
| Description: |
MP GP15-1 1594 working the yard in Kingvsville |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1983 Upload Date: 5/30/2009 4:42:37 PM |
| Location: |
Kingsville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 1594(GP15-1) |
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353 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GP38-2 Quartet |
| Description: |
Four MP GP38-2s sit at Kingsville TX in Feb 1983 after having been cut-off of their train from Houston. (2334, 2237, 2233, 2196) |
| Photo Date: |
2/16/1983 Upload Date: 2/21/2008 6:02:24 PM |
| Location: |
Kingsville, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2334(GP38-2) |
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697 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gritty Spring Day in Bonham |
| Description: |
Early morning in Bonham Texas on the old T&P; MP GP38-2 2132 waits for its next call with the brick depot in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
3/13/1987 Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:18:10 AM |
| Location: |
Bonham, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2132(GP38-2) |
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531 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Katy Denison Shops |
| Description: |
MKT SW9 15 and sister 14 sit stored by the Denison shops |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1987 Upload Date: 4/11/2009 5:22:07 PM |
| Location: |
Denison, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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MKT 15(SW9) |
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588 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working Denison in the Gloom |
| Description: |
No sun today as Katy RS3M 146 works industries in Denison Texas |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 10/31/2010 10:50:53 AM |
| Location: |
Denison, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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MKT 146(RS3M) |
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633 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Katy SW1500 54 |
| Description: |
Katy SW1500 54 sitting at the Dallas facility |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 7/11/2010 9:40:28 AM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 54(SW1500) |
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799 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP Local at Bonham |
| Description: |
Two units idle in a drizzle at Bonham TX on a March morning. UP 2216 trails. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:25:03 AM |
| Location: |
Bonham, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2132(GP38-2) |
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428 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Working Sherman in the Rain |
| Description: |
North Texas is under a light rain as a pair of MP GP38-2s work the small yard in Sherman near Tower 16. These was already a UP operation at this time; the tracks are now run by TNER. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:26:47 AM |
| Location: |
Sherman, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MP 2279(GP38-2) |
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246 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Tower 16 at Sherman |
| Description: |
Tower 16 at Sherman Texas looking north; the UP (historically MP, T&P) runs left to right; the BN (Frisco) runs to the horizon. SP/SSW also worked here as well. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 7/28/2013 9:27:24 AM |
| Location: |
Sherman, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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183 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Katy Sherman Local |
| Description: |
Katy GP7 98 brings a single BKTY insulated boxcar down the Sherman branch on a dreary day in 1987 |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 4/11/2009 5:21:55 PM |
| Location: |
Sherman, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 98(GP7) |
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521 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mark of the OKT |
| Description: |
The MKT applied the herald for subsidiary Oklahoma Kansas Texas (OKT) to several locomotives in the 1980s. This one is on GP39-2 390, a former Kennecott Copper unit still in yellow paint. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 9:09:59 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 380(GP39-2) |
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514 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shuffling Fertilizer Cars |
| Description: |
KCS GP40, a former Penn Central unit, works fertilizer cars at a location near Sulphur Springs TX on a cloudy day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 3/22/2013 6:52:52 PM |
| Location: |
Sulphur Springs, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
KCS 753(GP40) |
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297 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Katy in the Big D |
| Description: |
MKT's small engine facility in downtown Dallas |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 3/7/2012 2:11:59 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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173 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MKT GP38AC 331 |
| Description: |
MKT GP38AC 331, ex ICG, at Dallas. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 3/7/2012 2:14:40 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 331(GP38AC) |
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256 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MKT GP39-2 380 |
| Description: |
MKT GP39-2 380. A former Kennecott Copper unit built with high cab, which was lowered to normal position prior to sale to the Katy; note the darker paint behind the cab where the original steps were. It's still in KCC yellow and wears a very small OKKT herald below the cab. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 3/7/2012 2:13:32 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 380(GP39-2) |
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687 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MKT GP38AC 331 |
| Description: |
KATY GP38AC 331 is typical of the assortment of mongrels the road bought late in its life- this one is former ICG with temporary MKT paint where necessary. |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 3/7/2012 2:14:01 PM |
| Location: |
Dallas, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 331(GP38AC) |
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286 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Katy station and roadbed |
| Description: |
This is near the end of the Katy's Sherman TX branch. complete with what passes for a station and less-than-immaculate track |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 2/22/2008 1:22:41 AM |
| Location: |
Sherman, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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716 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
MKT 98 works industries |
| Description: |
Katy GP7 98 works the Sherman Texas branch in March 1987 |
| Photo Date: |
3/16/1987 Upload Date: 2/22/2008 1:23:20 AM |
| Location: |
Sherman, TX |
| Author: |
Rick Morgan |
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| Locomotives: |
MKT 98(GP7) |
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615 Comments: 0 |
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