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I wonder how much of that equipment comes from Longview's own Pops LeTourneau?

BlakeTyner wrote:Kevin, did you catch the 844 a couple months back?

I don't speak railfan; I just recognize it, and can fake a few bars.

I subscribe to a KCS mailing list, because my father and grandfather were career operators/agents on the KCS, and I spent two summers working on the Mena section gang.

That was when the KCS was a quaint regional line, single-track from KC to Port Arthur. These days, they're everywhere. I don't even try to keep up with the mergers and acquisitions and Mexican operations.

Kevin

No4Mk1 wrote:Well I figured if anything somebody here would know the answer! Thanks fellas!

I have to confess I had no idea there were even significant coal deposits in Texas.

They're not huge, but they're useable. Texas mostly has Wyoming to thank for a continued supply of electricity. Railfans along the Kansas City Southern enjoy a certain boredom: "Southbound coal train. Northbound MT. Southbound coal train. Northbound MT." Repeat, ad infinitum.

Kevin