Kansas City Southern: Heavener Sub through Asbury, MO

Filmed 11/16/13
CORRECTION: This is actually the Heavener Sub, not the Pittsburg Sub as it states in the video opening.
UPDATE. Train symbols as follows (did not have this info when video was being made):
Train #1; Coal Drag - CKCSH
UP C44CW #6786
TFM SD70MAC #1652
UP AC44ACCTE #5578
KCS SD70ACe #4025 (mid-train DPU)
KCS ES44AC #7407 (mid-train DPU)
UP C44CW #7281 (rear DPU)
Train #2; Manifest - HKCSH
TFM SD70MAC #1623
KCS SD70ACe #4022
KCS GP40 #2833
KCS SD70MAC #3901 (mid-train DPU)
Train #3; Unit Grain - GKCAD
KCS ES44AC #4689
TFM SD70MAC #1619
KCS SD70MAC #3910 (rear DPU)
KCS SD70ACe #4124 (rear DPU)
This outing came together rather quickly, last week when everyone in my family up here in KC said they were going down to Joplin this past weekend, mostly for deer hunting, I decided I'd go down and do a bit of my own hunting... for trains.
Back in June I was down in Joplin and filmed a couple trains in Asbury, MO which is a very small town of 207 people, that is about a half hour drive North, and slightly West of Joplin. It's almost on the Missouri-Kansas border. Asbury is where my dad's side of the family is from, and is where Dad came to be such a big fan of the KCS as their north-south mainline, the Heavener Sub, goes through town... and these trains fly.
It wasn't until my trip in June to this area that I realized just how close my aunt and uncle's farm was to the main in Asbury, about a 5 - 7 minute drive. The farm is where the deer hunting took place, they have a lot of wooded property and deer are plentiful, but again, I'm not a hunter, not anymore anyway, so this was prime opportunity to hunt some trains.
I was out from about 1pm till around 5:30pm when it got too dark to film. I'd have gone out sooner, but, I slept in much later than I had planned, and no doubt missed some action. But, what I did get was some pretty good stuff.
The first train I had to chase down, as I was driving to the spot, a UP/KCS loaded coal train flew by going the opposite direction. So I found the first decent place to turn around and managed to get far enough ahead of it to film it... barely. Trains here are doing a good 50 - 55 mph.
The location I ended up at is one grade crossing south of the crossing where I filmed the two trains back in June. You can see the green roof of the farm house in the distance as train #3 is approaching. It was the same house that had the gruesome severed catfish heads mounted on the fence posts.
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[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Nice catches! Love the TFM units! Caught TFM 1627 not to long ago. I will post it soon.

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks man! I was surprised to see that many TFMs, one per train... get all the pics you can, they're being repainted.

[@dacuzzz]

great catches Jason.... you seem to find all the unit trains... lol... thanks for sharing vinny

[@RailfanJason]

hahaha... thanks Vinny, I think it's just dumb luck actually. But hey, it's better than no luck! :D

[@dacuzzz]

***** not complaining ... just funny..lol vinny

[@844Train]

That coal train was a monster!! Awesome Shots. Cool ACe pushin

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks Chris! Thought you'd like that ACe pushing, plus the one mid-train in the coal drag. This was a fun spot.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Great video! I enjoy the KCS action. TFM 1619 is actually here in Enola, PA right now!

[@FTLOT]

Great video.

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks! Appreciate it.

[@disturbed1954]

Amazing video, love those KCS locomotives red/yellow/black. I think their about the best looking locomotives out there. Thanks for sharing!

[@RailfanJason]

No problem, glad you enjoyed it! I agree, it's one of the best looking schemes out there today. KCS did good!

[@NS8010]

Yes!!! There it is! It's the Great Firebird Charlie Brown!! Sweet, now I need to get my dads Lincoln in a video. May be he can spin it around in some gravel while the train is going by, as I Know the V8 in it has enough power. May be, just may be...

[@bkriegel95]

Man I love the KCS red, black and yellow paint schemes!

[@RailfanJason]

Yeah it's a pretty classy scheme. Glad they went to it.

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video!

[@railfan220]

Nice video! That was some sweet action with a lot of Southern Belle paint, and I really thought the coal train with the mid-train KCS helpers was interesting! Thanks for sharing! Cam

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks! Yeah there was a lot of it in this one. Plus a TFM unit per train, those are all getting repainted in the Belle scheme too, so they won't be around long. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KCSHeavenerSubRailfan]

Asbury is on Heavener Sub, not Pittsburg Sub.

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks for reminding me. Someone else mentioned that a while back and I never got around to correcting it. It's stuck in the video opening, not much I can do about that without redoing the entire video.

[@shnimmuc]

Another fantastic video. Thanks Robert

[@MPHTrains]

Awesome catches Jason!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks Mason, glad you liked it!

[@BNforever2009]

wow! Nice catch!

[@RailfanJason]

Thanks, these were some fun ones!