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By:Jim Tiroch
Dates:4/27/2007 - 4/27/2007
Album Info:Went railfanning on a whime, and saw all three KCS Schemes, White, Grey and Southern Belle
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4679 and 3997
Title:  4679 and 3997
Description:  The Southern Belle Due heads south on MKCVN26. I am the 3rd car in the chase precession.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:20 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  602   Comments: 1
KCSM 4679, KCS 3997
Title:  KCSM 4679, KCS 3997
Description:  After slamming my brakes and making a quick U-Turn, then running about 50 feet, I nabbed the duo coming under the Terminals bridge.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:25 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  After making yet another quck U-Turn, the racing about 10 MPH over the speed limit, we arrived at our next location, Having just crossed over IL Route 3.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:27 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
KCS 3997
Title:  KCS 3997
Description:  The Trailing unit is Just as sharp looking as the first.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:28 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
KCS 4679
Title:  KCS 4679
Description:  After jumping in the car, and sped off to our next spot, I snapped this shot as the train heads into the old Piggy back yard.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:29 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  532   Comments: 1
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  MKCVN26 slows to a stop in the former piggy back yard. When We pulled up, Sonny Sellers and another KCS Employee was already there, having chased it from Jerseyville.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:30 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  517   Comments: 1
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  The last unit of the KCSM ES44AC order was the 2nd unit to recieve the new paint. She looks just as sharp, even though she is a but ugly GE.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:32 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC)
Views:  326   Comments: 1
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  The Belles of the Gateway Western bask in the late afternoon sun waiting for Amtrak 303 and 308(?).
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:33 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 3997(SD70ACe) KCSM 4679(ES44AC)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  By this time, several other cars had pulled up to photograph the duo as he waits.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:34 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  529   Comments: 1
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  I think that this scheme is just great, diffrent from the dip jobs of late.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:35 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
The socialble hobby!
Title:  The socialble hobby!
Description:  My Tri-pod, Sonny's Ford Extreame, My Ford Escort, Steves Dodge Durango, Nathan, Steve, Sonny, and Rich all make small talk, there were atleast 6 or 7 other people out of view.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:36 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  618   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  The KCS logo adorns the KCSM 4679
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:43 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  Amtrak 308 (?) races past MKCVN
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:45 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) AMTK 63(P42DC)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  At this point, some of the foamers left for other subjects
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:46 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  With 308 (?) past, MKCVN only has to wait for 303 to pass
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:47 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  4679 is the last of the original 30 unit ES44AC order for Kansas City Southern De Mexico. Delivered in Late 2006, she ran for a few months in Primer, then in Mid Feb or 2007, she was sent with KCS 3997, a former EMD Demo to be repainted into the Southern Bell Scheme.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:48 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
KCS 3997
Title:  KCS 3997
Description:  KCS 3997, now working for its 3rd owner, was originally GM 72, She was built as a ACe testbed, and worked on BNSF, KCS, CSX and Union Pacific. GM Sold EMD to Greenbrier in 2005, and she was the only SD70ACe that was not given the EMDX reporting marks. In Late 2006, EMD sold three of the Demos to KCS, and one was retained by EMD
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:49 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
KCS 3997
Title:  KCS 3997
Description:  An overexposed shot, damnit
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:53 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  Mack takes a roster shot of the KCSM 4679. Mark has been widely published in the Railroad magazine trade.
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:54 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  Amtrak 303 races past unabaited by the bright colors of the Southern Belle Duo
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:56 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
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Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe) AMTK 91(P42DC)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  With a blast on the horn, MKCVN26 starts to move, heading to the East side riverfront to drop off its train
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:57 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  494   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  mOVING A LITTLE FASTER KNOW
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:58 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  466   Comments: 0
KCSM 4679
Title:  KCSM 4679
Description:  The duo heads past Hole-in-the-wall, this was the last shot we got of the two units, on our way to the Chemcial plant underneathe the highway interchange, I was SO RUDELY cut off by Spiv and IHOYC26. DAMN YOU SPIV!
Photo Date:  4/27/2007  Upload Date: 4/28/2007 10:19:59 PM
Location:  Venice, IL
Author:  Jim Tiroch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCSM 4679(ES44AC) KCS 3997(SD70ACe)
Views:  515   Comments: 1


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