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Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD Road SlugBuilt As:KCS 70A (F7A)
Serial Number:7873Order No:E1116
Frame Number:E1116-A1Built:10/1949
Other locos with this serial:  KRR SL1(F7A) KCS 70(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
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KCS 4055
Title:  KCS 4055
Description:  KCS West Yard.
Photo Date:  7/5/1983  Upload Date: 6/14/2008 11:28:20 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  1689   Comments: 0
KCS Train 53
Title:  KCS Train 53
Description:  KCS train #53 rolls across the Bonnet Carre Spillway, between Laplace and Norco, Louisiana. The train is nearing the end of its journey from Dallas to the Seaboard System's Gentilly Yard in New Orleans. No. 53 has GP40 785, F7A slug 4055, and GP40-2 796 with 144 cars.
Photo Date:  7/7/1983  Upload Date: 11/9/2006 10:47:23 PM
Location:  Norco, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 795(GP40) KCS 796(GP40-2) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  2529   Comments: 2
Slugs and mates
Title:  Slugs and mates
Description:  Southbound train 23 arriving from Hope, Ar With KCS 4050 leading. The KCS Cab unit slugs were rebuilt with control stands so they could lead a consist. The train crews liked them because they were quiter than powered units.
Photo Date:  3/26/1985  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 12:53:38 PM
Location:  Minden, LA
Author:  Mose Crews
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  1882   Comments: 2
Five F-Units
Title:  Five F-Units
Description:  This collection of locomotives at the Kansas City Southern's Deramus Yard included five F-units. From left to right are F7A slug 4055, F7A 4059, the front of GP40 754, the rear of F7A 4054, F7A 4064, F3A slug 4050, and an unidentified GP7.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:04:15 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  2118   Comments: 1
F-unit set on detour train at Sibley, La.
Title:  F-unit set on detour train at Sibley, La.
Description:  Train detour due to washout between Minden and Shreveport. Train had to go east on ICG and then runaround train to go west. It ran with a caboose on each end for convenience. Train is about to cross over the KCS mainline.
Photo Date:  12/2/1986  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 12:56:40 PM
Location:  Sibley, LA
Author:  Mose Crews
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4055(Road Slug) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A)
Views:  1101   Comments: 1


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