Hello Everyone: I headed down to my normal spot yesterday to catch a few trains around the downtown Gulfport area and here is what I got. Enjoy Pictures: 1. KCS 2974 http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555632 2. CSX Q579 (Not a good picture) http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555635 3. CSX Q601 http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555636 4. CSX Q572 http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555638 5. CSX Q145 http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555642 6. KCS Port Job backing down into the Port http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555644 7.CSX Q606 with a UP SD70ACe leader http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555647 8. KCS Port Job heading back to the yard http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555650 9. CSX Q617 http://csxboy187.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3555664 Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndsguBUpzI That's all for this report. Intill next time Aaron Gulfport, MS
Aaron, thank you for some great photos, and especially the video. I'm amazed at the number of cars being hauled upgrade from the West Pier, and by just one SD40 and one SD38. More than half those cars were loaded, including all the heavily loaded Ilmenite ore (Titanium) hoppers at the end. Seeing those trains is one of the things I miss by moving north after Hurricane Katrina, that and the convenience of shopping without driving 25 miles one-way.
Seeing the KCS Belle and Gray side by side, always seems to me a bit of a clash. So different, it is hard to believe this is the same company.