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Nine of twelve X-NS High-Nose SD40s, purchased by WATCO, have arrived in Wichita. They are all X-N&W. The three remaing units, yet to arrive, are X-Southern.
Recently out-shopped and re-numbered, WAMX GP38 3810 is ready to hit the road. 3810 is it's fifth number, having been the HLCX 3624 / HATX 104 / CSX 2096 / C&O 3896 in previous lives.
Big Motors have arrived. One of 12 X-NS SD40's purchased by WATCO, this particular unit is the X-N&W 1609, delivered new in June 1966. With some tender care and minor modifications it will soon be traveling the prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma. One change, the short hood has been designated...
MWLX GP20 #2034 rests between jobs at the Kaw River RR (KAW)Yard Office in Mill Street Yard, Kansas City KS. The 2034 is the X-BNSF 2034 / ATSF 3049/3149/1149. The KAW performs switching duties of what remains of the old Kansas City Termianal Railroad.
The K&O Wichita Dump? Job lumbers west towards Orient Yard, after making a pickup in South Yard. The location on the picture is interesting as it incorporates some interesting Wichita Railroad History. The lead (BN) gondola in the top picture is on the location where the former Midland...
Having been cycled through the Wichita K&O Shops and and returned to operating condiction, the X-CN GP40-2LW 9631 is now the WAMX 4021. For a short time the unit was the WAMX 9631
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The South Kansas & Oklahoma 3031, was recently released from the K&O Shops in Wichita. It has been modified to Slug Mate/Mother configuration and is semi-permanatly mated with SKOL 3030 which has been coverted to a Slug. When repainted, this unit will be renumbered as WAMX 3520. The...
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