Good Day: I was wondering if the KCS still rosters any GP-38-2s? The KCS picked up a number of GP-38-2s that had come off lease from the Boston & Maine Corp. These engines were originally numbered 201-212 although No 212 was soon renumbered to 200 and repainted as a Bicentennial unit in 1975. I believe the units were put in service by the B&M in 1973 or 1974. Having grown up along the B&M these engines were my favorites as they put a fresh face on a tired old railroad that had not purchased a new engine since they acquired 6 GP-18s in the early 1960s. Although the GP-38-2s were dwarfed in number by the large fleet of GP-9s that the B&M used as their primary power on all trains they always stood out and usually held down an assignment on AP-3/AP-4 (The Apollo) which was their premier intermodal train operated with the D&H. I'd like to hope the old girls are still around. They may be "plain Jane" and small engines but they were the biggest and most powerful of their era on the B&M. THey also had great old New England names like; Franklin Pierce, Hannah Dustin and there was even one named "John W. Barriger". Any news on these engines would be appreciated. Joe
Here's a list, copied from the 2004 roster posted by Frank "Dutch" Schultz on the KCSNotes Yahoo group: 4012 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-12 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4012 4013 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-1 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4013 4014 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-2 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4014 4015 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-4 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4015 4016 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-5 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4016 4017 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-6 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4017 4018 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-7 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4018 4019 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-9 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4019 4020 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-11 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4020 4021 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-10 GP38-2 MAC 1989 2000 4021 4022 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-3 GP38-2 VMV Jan-90 2000 4022 4023 GP38-2 BM Dec-73 N/A 73636-8 GP38-2 VMV Jan-90 2000 4023 The diesels were 212 (renumbered to 200), then 201-211, respectively. They all arrived with a new coat of gray paint. I was fortunate to shoot several of them at Hunt Yard in Greenville, TX in October 1990. MAC refers to MidAmerican Car, while VMV stands for the diesel shop in Paducah, KY, which was the former ICG shops. Hope this helps........