Oddball Locomotives of the KCS! "What Once Was..."

Definitely some cool "oddballs" that graced the KCS roster back in the day. If I missed one, let me know in the comments down below! Listed here in the description are the works cited.
Mose Crews Collection
Kansas City Southern Pictorial by Steve Allen Goen
Kansas City Southern in the Deramus Era by Louis A. Marre & Gregory J. Summers
Kansas City Southern: Route of the Southern Belle by Terry Lynch and Warren Caileff Jr.
Arkansas Boston Mountains Chapter of the NRHS
Trains Magazine

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Sources are listed in the description! Be sure to give our Facebook a look for sneak peaks of upcoming videos and other bonus content. Hope y’all enjoy the video!

[@rottenroads1982]

I have got to say, very nice Picking the Fairbanks Morse Erie built for the Thumbnail. FM’s Eerie Built are cool looking locomotives. Sad some of us may never get to see them in action. Also, Shay locomotives are cool too.

[@honorabletech]

I throughly enjoy your knowledge of my favorite, unfortunate fallen flag, railroad. Here's a couple suggestions, do a video on the SD40X, SD45T-2, MIDSOUTH RR.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I actually have episodes of the SD40 variants and the Midsouth! Check my “What Once Was” playlist!

[@tokugawa12able]

Fantastic. Right at home.

[@kcsthebetterway]

I noticed a friend or two photos during the presentation. Thanks for making me homesick 😊

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Lotta good people took all these images! Lucky enough to meet a few of them!

[@reidthenavyengineproductio7002]

Great Video! Kansas City Southern has more unique locomotives than I thought.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Yessir!

[@teenahaithcock7864]

Cool beans ☺️😆👍

[@rickdee67]

Great video! I’m in my late 50s and grew up in Omaha. I would LOVE to see a video on the UP shops in Omaha. Growing up I remember every time someone was going to the airport that meant driving past UP and i wanted to go just to get a brief glimpse of the facilities.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

If I ever find myself in that area, I’ll consider it. I typically stick to subjects that relate to my home region. Definitely appreciate your suggestion and you watching!

[@Pensyfan19]

Very well made video! It's always nice to give the lesser known engines a chance in the spotlight, many of which I never knew the KCS rostered. Although, I do have a special place for the KCS FM Erie Builts, since I remember almost 10 years ago I would always watch a channel which showcased O gauge MARX tinplate engines, and almost every video had a tinplate KCS Erie Built. Subbed!

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Appreciate the sub! Means a lot!

[@user-dg2ok8jo8e]

Nice 👍

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Fascinating video on oddball locos, I enjoyed that, nice share! (Dave).

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Thanks Dave!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@LouisianaRailProductions Your welcome.

[@rupak-travelmoments]

It's definitely a sensational train spotting program 👍 Greetings from India 🇮🇳

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Thanks!

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

Great vidio, very informative. Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@trainanswererguy8758]

Great video Bishop!

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Thanks Aaron!

[@trainanswererguy8758]

​@@LouisianaRailProductions You're very welcome! NS 8114 might be leading I167, so please keep an eye out for him.

[@SignalLightProductions]

Fantastic video Bishop! Very interesting!

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Thanks Will! Hope you been doing alright!

[@SignalLightProductions]

@@LouisianaRailProductions I'm good man. Hope you are too!

[@mdavid1955]

As a kid I saw lots of F units, maybe an E unit on the Southern Belle one time. Later as a young adult there were lots of white SD40s to be seen I'm in Baton Rouge.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

Given that the KCS and Chicago Great Western (along with the MKT) had an extremely close relationship (like peas and carrots, to use a well-known expression) from around the end of WWII until 1968 (when the CGW was bought by the Chicago and North Western, much of this time was spent under the management of a grandfather, father, and son), this was particularly interesting to me.

[@dave6695]

One slight correction.........EMD 567, not 576.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Ahh missed that one while watching for errors. Hopefully it didn’t ruin the video for you haha!

[@dave6695]

@@LouisianaRailProductions: It did not.

[@vuurvrrailfanner4656]

Nice Video.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Thanks!

[@A_Lazy_dude]

Well this is shocking as you don’t expect things on a fallen flag and please leave me more info in my fathers hometown state

[@Greatdome99]

UP's Erie-Builts were purchased for freight service, but soon transferred to psgr service.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

The book I got the info from said the UP ones were passenger units initially, and the roster on American Rails listed the UP motors under “Passenger Units” vs “Freight Units” which is where the KCS ones were. So that’s what I went with. One thing I’ve noticed while researching is so many things have conflicting records haha!

[@EvansRailroading1955]

How about a once that was video on lines that the KCS bought? I live in the Dallas area and KCS owns former Santa Fe and cotton belt lines and I think they own some other lines from other competitors predecessors out there somewhere

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I’ll add that to my list! I need to study more on the KCS/L&A history in East Texas. Appreciate the suggestion!

[@toyroadsrails-trainscarspl1709]

Very interesting!

[@rottenroads1982]

CP & KCS have become CPKC.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Yes.

[@SantaFe19484]

Awesome video!

[@TheEmmyjoe]

How about doing something on the Leesville turntable that is currently still being used as a bridge over HWY 171 just south of Mansville Louisiana? I have pictures if needed.

[@renegadetenor]

900 was like a very low geared SD38!

[@luisalvarez23]

How about the history of the Paducah rebuilds on the ole IC in Louisiana

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I have been wanting to do a video on the Paducah rebuilds for a while! Got into the early research stages then I got halted for some reason. I’ll try and get back on that project!

[@illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015]

​@@LouisianaRailProductionsI'd like to see that, I grew up in Bardwell and Paducah Kentucky from 84 to 05 with the Illinois Central Railroad. Paducah and Louisville Railroad had some Ex Illinois Central Railroad Paducah rebuilds that they used until the early 2000's, by 2004 the only two left in service were two GP11 that were used mainly for the Mayfield job and some yard switching.

[@illinoiscentralrailroadfan6015]

​@@LouisianaRailProductions I'd like to see that, I grew up with the Illinois Central Railroad in Bardwell and Paducah Kentucky from 84 to 05. The Paducah and Louisville Railroad had some Ex Illinois Central Railroad Paducah rebuilds that they used until the early 2000's. By 2004 the only two left in use were GP11 used for the Mayfield job and some yard switching in Paducah.

[@lnerj50productions32]

weirdly i always think of the erie built loco when hear about the kcs

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Cool.

[@blanetrain9584]

Didn't realize the KCS Erie-builts were bought for freight service given the model was primarily designed as a passenger unit (I think the KCS units also used a different truck compared to most Erie-builts as well). For the RS-1 retirement date, the last photo shown for them looks like it's from the 60s so am wondering if something is off with that date (some photos online suggest they made it to 1968)

[@Greatdome99]

There were two different truck configurations used on Erie-Builts; the first were similar to Alco PAs; the second more similar to EMD's Blombergs. Note differences in windshields, noses and pilots as production progressed. KCS, UP and MILW all got versions of both.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I was thinking the same thing from those photos. I’ll have to look more into it, but thanks for bringing that up!!

[@Madisonvillehartfordandeastern]

That’s a shark nose

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Assuming you’re referring to the Erie Builts? Shark nose was a term used for Baldwin motors. Appreciate you watching!

[@Cnw8701]

9:08: *567 prime movers.

[@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202]

You want to hear something funny CPKC CPKFC WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE CANADIAN FRIED CHICKEN RAILROAD

[@660Oliver]

It's pronounced Lima, as in bean., not Llama. Also, Baldwin had the VO-1000, comparable to EMD's NW-2's.

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

Southern accent at its finest my friend. I can see how some would think I’m saying llama haha! KCS never had the VO-1000, which is why they weren’t mentioned.

[@660Oliver]

@@LouisianaRailProductions The way you phrased it, you made it sound like Baldwin didn't have a comparable switcher in their line.