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Regular poster 209 posts PeterAtt Regular poster 209 posts
PeterAtt

I had heard that the Kansas City Southern, Christmas Train was making its rounds  and pulled up their schedule. They were scheduled to be n Newton Mississippi today, starting at 4 this afternoon. They had a note on their site their executive train would be transporting it. This is the F7 series of Streamliner locomotives. 

Here's a link to the schedule  http://www.kcsouthern.com/en-us/pdf/2016-kcs-holiday-express-schedule.pdf

It's a cold rainy day, but I decided to head up early so there would still be a bit of daylight and maybe get a look at the F7s. Of course the Christmas decorated bit was cool too. 

Well I lucked out and they had the ABA engines and the full series of streamliner rolling stock on a side track, and I was able to get some good pics.

 

 
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trainman6446 Frequent poster 668 posts
trainman6446

Nice catch...good looking

Nice catch...good looking train.

Tim S. in Iowa
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ray schofield Prolific poster 1,394 posts
ray schofield

KCS

Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos.

                                                         Ray
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Beautiful!

I love the E and F series locomotives and those are some beautiful units!

Rick

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ctxmf74 Super User 15,988 posts
ctxmf74

F units

     There are a couple of Iowa Pacific F units working push-pull on the Polar Express train here now. Makes me feel old to recall seeing them on SP freights when they were almost new :> ) .....DaveB

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Craig Kempf santafeNscale Active Member 78 posts
Craig Kempf santafeNscale

Great paint scheme

Good looking F9A! Great to see them still around.

Craig Kempf-Arlington WA
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ajcaptain Regular poster 300 posts
ajcaptain

Interesting

Ditch lights and what looks like side view mirrors. 

John C

John C
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BR GP30 2300 Super User 685 posts
BR GP30 2300

Grab Irons

Did anyone else notice the Chrome grab irons?
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PeterAtt Regular poster 209 posts
PeterAtt

Thanks folks

yeah it looks like KCS keeps these baby's and the rest of the rolling stock in great shape. 
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Tim Latham Regular poster 491 posts
Tim Latham

Yep, went right by me

Went right by my place in Brandon and ended it's Mississippi run in High Oak Yard in Pearl. I didn't get out and go over but quite a few from our club did.

Tim Latham

Mississippi Central R.R. "The Natchez Route"

HO Scale 1905 to 1935

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/timlatham

 
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