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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:4/16/2014 - 4/16/2014
Album Info:While traveling on US 36 toward Kansas City for a visit, we spotted this brand new Barlett grain elevator with its Kansas City Southern filling loop from the highway. Had to investigate!
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KCS Grain Filling Loop
Title:  KCS Grain Filling Loop
Description:  From US 36, the Kansas City Southern grain filling loop is too large to see the entire scope of the operation. According to the Barlett Co press release, this faciltiy opened in 2013 on 136 acres and can fill over a 100 cars in less than 10 hours.
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:10:52 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 2
Long string of KCS grain cars
Title:  Long string of KCS grain cars
Description:  Heading around the massive grain filling loop with its long string of cars are these 3 KCS diesels.
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:10:58 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4117(SD70ACe) KCS 4041(SD70ACe) KCS 3970(SD70MAC)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Power at the front of the string of grain cars
Title:  Power at the front of the string of grain cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:11:03 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4117(SD70ACe) KCS 4041(SD70ACe) KCS 3970(SD70MAC)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
KCS 4117
Title:  KCS 4117
Description:  Proud nose of the lead unit with the new Barlett grain elevator in the background.
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:11:08 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4117(SD70ACe)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
KCS 4117
Title:  KCS 4117
Description:  Not sure what the two silver boxes are on the nose of this unit. Anyone know?
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:11:16 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4117(SD70ACe)
Views:  131   Comments: 3
KCS 4041
Title:  KCS 4041
Description:  Trailing 3rd in this power lashup is this sharp KCS unit. With the gray KCS inbetween the two colorful ones, it looked like a strange "sandwich" when viewed from a distance.
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:11:23 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4041(SD70ACe)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
KCS 3970
Title:  KCS 3970
Description:  The plain jane paint scheme unit is sandwiched between its two colorful sisters in this lashup.
Photo Date:  4/16/2014  Upload Date: 4/28/2014 8:11:28 AM
Location:  South Jacksonville, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3970(SD70MAC)
Views:  174   Comments: 0


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