Interesting mixture of power at KCS yard in Shreveport

KCS Martin Lake coal empty northbound.

UP interchange local heading to KCS Shreveport yard with two unpatched Espee's with a rare South Pacific 7666 leading

UP local interchanging with the KCS

This classic "roster shot" pose is mildly marred by the crumpled front end of this CSX locomotive. The locomotive was damaged when it was hit headon by another train (no major injuries, one mino... (more)

Less their trucks, BNSF 9735 and TFM 1623 (another SD70MAC) have been loaded onto a pair of heavyweight flatcars. Following a wreck in Keithville, Louisiana (Dec. 2013), five locomotives (includ... (more)

A KCS stack train led by KCS 4708 passes a LORAM rail grinding train in Shreveport's KCS Depot Street yard. At this point in time, the yard was already doomed, as surveyors were working on platt... (more)

Snow is unusual in Northwest Louisiana - and whatever snow falls usually melts very quickly. On February 5, 2011, Shreveport had a rare day where snow fell, the sky cleared, and the snow did not... (more)

The Port of Shreveport owns two Baldwin RS4TC switchers. These switchers, numbered 3001 (ex USA 3001, ex USA 1269) and 4021 (ex Army) are operated cab first and in tandem nose to nose. The Por... (more)

TFM 1623 seems to have borne the brunt of the damage from a low speed, head on collision that occurred on the Union Pacific "Rabbit Line" in Keithville, Louisiana (12/30/13). A siding switch was... (more)

Baldwin twins at The Port of Shreveport Bossier.

A quarter century has passed since the famed "Scenic Line of the World" has existed, yet this old hopper still carries the fallen flag's name around, seen here in Union Pacific's Hollywood Yard in... (more)