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A KCS MoW crew working on the diamond before it was replaced in the summer of 1999. Before it's replacement, a crew had to check the diamond weekly (at least) and there was a 10 mph slow order on it for about 6 months.
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The same crew later on... The two guys near the tower (on the right) are NS supervisors. The backhoe is parallel with the NS main line. The KCS line runs from near to far.
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KCS's GP-10's still wear their MidSouth paint. The one in the picture is in Operation Lifesaver paint. This photo was taken from the 15th street viaduct looking down into the KCS yard. The yard opens up more to the left. To the right, the track splits just after the bridge and county jail. One line runs to Brookwood (and ultamitely Birmingham, via CSX trackage rights) and the other line runs to the interlock.
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Here is some KCS maintenance stuff I caught one day. This was taken somewhere between Tuscaloosa and Columbus.
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A (re-)builders plate on a KCS locomotive.
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KCS has a series of radio towers (repeaters) between Tuscaloosa and Columbus along the main line. This one is pretty typical and is in Ethelsville.
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A locomotive on the KCS tressle. This was taken from a field on the Tuscaloosa side, in the floodplain.
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The entire consist taken from the same field. Locomotives will go back and forth and stop on the bridge while working the yard. The entire bridge is within the yard limits.
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Same train, different shot.
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A white KCS locomotive passing the Amtrak station on NS's main line in Tuscaloosa.
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Zoomed in version of the above.
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Another photo of the passing train...
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A GP-10 under 15th Street in the KCS yard.
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Looking into the yard from T.Y.Rodgers Ave.
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This photo was taken from 30th Ave across 15th Street from Thomas' Rib Shack. (Great ribs, by the way). It is looking into a maintenance area of the yard.
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KCS yard from T.Y. Rodgers Ave (aka 27th Ave) looking into the yard. The building on the right is the office.
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In this photo, you will notice an arch and a little shack just in front of the nose of the lead locomotive. This is a turntable. Up until the early 1980's, Tuscaloosa had shops and a roundhouse. The turntable has been damaged and is not supposed to be operated, but is sometimes.
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The Operation Lifesaver GP-10 again.
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OLI GP-10 and Green KCS locomotive in the yard.
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A Green KCS locomotive on point.
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Military vehicals on flats in the KCS yard on a saturday morning. This is the only time I've seen military equipment on this KCS line.
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Another shot of Military equipment on flats. The white car in the foreground is a KCS-owned vehical used by the yardmaster and local crews.
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Yet another...
