Kansas City Southern: The End of an Era!

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Sit back and watch the final days of operations on the Kansas City Southern Railway! Travelling across 5 different subdivisions in 4 different states, you'll see top priority stack trains cross the Mississippi, international mixed freights, locals, and much more!
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@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Hard to believe today is the last day! So many memories with this railroad! Hope y’all enjoy this! As I’m typing this I’m trackside along my home rails for one final outing with KCS. You’ll see the video of my final day next week. (And yes I moved the release a day up because why not!)

@terryboldenjr.3555 Год назад

Awesome Production!!

@proudfoamer2 Год назад

No worries it’ll take years to repaint the entire KCS fleet.

@Flowercityrails Год назад

Even though I live in the north east and don't see much KCS power, it's very sad to see such a great railroad go out like this.

@gradynace7557 Год назад

can agree

@wolfgang548 Год назад

I'm not thrilled about it at all.

@lucasquintanilla1673 Год назад

I’m still wanting to wait to see how the new railroad is like. If CPKC turns out to be a good thing then I think we could say that it wasn’t for nothing. I mean after all the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad how to become a fallen flag to get us Burlington Northern and I think that people would agree Burlington northern wasn’t all that bad. (that said, as much as I like BNSF paint schemes I think the merger between Burlington, northern Santa Fe could’ve been avoided.)

@bobelliott2748 Год назад

"go out"....I don't think so. KCS lives on as CPKC. Get out of its way...they have freight to haul!

@lucasquintanilla1673 Год назад

@@bobelliott2748 I agree with you. I think that mergers combine the identities of both railroads rather than just subsuming one into the other, does allow the spirit to live on as it were. Santa Fe still with us via BNSF and Norfolk and western definitely could be said to still be around in a way with Norfolk Southern. Not as sure about the chesse system and CSX though

@CSXFan5496 Год назад

I was the last one to get a KCS locomotive before the CP-KCS merger on April 14, 2023. Can't wait for the merger to begin!

@TyTytheTrainGuy Год назад

Today truly does mark an end of an era for railroading, the KCS will definitely be missed but not forgotten amongst many railfans.

@Apoptart Год назад

Now this is good I will miss KCS I never lived by their tracks but I was always fascinated by them. It will be cool to see CPKC in it's early days!

@amandas3752 Год назад

We will miss this great railroad. Such colorful engines. KCS will officially go down in railroad history!

@proudfoamer2 Год назад

Just when I think you can't top yourself, you prove me wrong. R.I.P. KCS.

@911Truther69 Месяц назад

*_My dad was both a brakeman & switchmsn for Kansas City Southern railroad for 32 years! He developed cancer and was forced into a "early retirement".. He'd been quit smoking many years earlier but the building he'd run out of for his entire career, was insulated with asbestos (Airline Hwy in Metairie, LA) and KCS registhad plans to get rid if soon. I don't know if they did or not but when my dad died, they (KCS ®) immediately cut off his "retirement" checks and didn't even give him one for the month he almost lived through. That felt a little dirty and was 100% arbitrary on their part._* 🤔 *_I'm so thankful for a channel like this that brings awareness to and shows such deep appreciation for, railroads!_* 😁🏆

@killersopinion1829 Год назад

29 years ago...Jan. 1, 1994...the KCS bought out my favorite road, the Midsouth. I went all over Louisiana and Mississippi to get as many pictures of Midsouth power as I could before all of their engines were sold off or scrapped. If RU-vid and the internet were around then, I would have made some videos about that buy out. But instead I have albums of photos of the past. This video, as long as the internet and RU-vid survive, will be around for generations showing what these "good ol' days" were all about. We will watch this in the future and "remember when..." Thank you for your hard work these last several years for helping preserve tomorrow's past. This video is finely crafted, and is worthy of all accolades it receives. Thank you Bishop!

@nubetta7806 Год назад

KCS WAS my favorite of the remaining Class ones. So, this video is very much appreciated.

@user-si7kf1xr8u 5 месяцев назад

The excellent work of describing the journey is shown here Big Time! I'd love to hear the journey Kansas city-Topolobampo

@rogertemple7193 Год назад

This is a magnificent compilation of footage and history here, Thank You for showing this, God Bless You. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💨

@MiddleTennesseeRailProductions Год назад

Very well done! KCS will be missed.

@DiamondMaster20 Год назад

Amazing footage. This video is a great way to say "gone, but never forgotten." Thanks so much for putting all of your time and incredible effort into this farewell. Looking forward to your first CPKC video! Andrew

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Thanks you!

@matthewfawbush7731 Год назад

Awesome Bishop Awesome Bro It's sad to see the Kansas City Southern ending it's 141 years of it's legacy me and Anthony had saw Kansas City Southern locomotives in Southwest Virginia years ago and it's honor and legacy roamed the rails with NS hauling from the coalfields of Appalachia in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia The Kansas City Southern will always be remembering the legends of the rails of railroading legends Kansas City Southern, thank you for your service to remember you are the only railroad to keep America riding on the tracks to all the customers that you serve the railroad of 141 years and now the end of here and we thank you for your service We Salute you, KCS God Bless

@RFE812 Год назад

Goodbye KCS. You were an awesome railroad!

@pashon4percushon Год назад

I've traveled the world and been on quite a few different trains. I ended up in MS for some years and saw alot of KCS at the Gulfport yard up to Hattiesburg and would see trains crossing the CSX/KCS diamond at the coast. I have definitely lived the KCS experience.

@johnbeaulieu2404 Год назад

Very well done video, crisply edited. This is going on my Favorites list so that I can go back and look at it as time passes and things change.

@thetexorcist2235 Год назад

I work right next to Knoche Yard in KC as a locomotive mechanic. Took my wife to go see Knoche before it changes forever.

@davehughesfarm7983 Год назад

Surely will get bigger wont it?

@thetexorcist2235 Год назад

@@davehughesfarm7983 I would think. Lots of CP traffic there these days

@terryboldenjr.3555 Год назад

Will miss you KCS!!! 😭

@larryjanson4011 Год назад

less competition just says transport costs go up. and at the check out.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Well I think CPKC will increase competition in the entire industry. KCS and CP competed with each on literally nothing. They simply met in one location. With the lack of interchange delays in KC, CPKC can make transporters consider using them instead of UP or any of the other Class 1s. Especially with direct access of the entire continent.

@SilverThunder710 3 месяца назад

As much as I'm gonna miss these two railroads, I'm extremely excited to see what CPKC does.

@FriedShrimpPoBoy Год назад

Well damn. I live in Shreveport and I never knew KCS was going out like this. That’s too bad. Such an icon.

@christopherlovelock9104 Год назад

I Live in the UK and have a layout based solely on the 'KCS'. - I love their Livery, Consists, and everything about them, even though I have never seen a full sized one. My lay out will not change apart from the fact I will now build a couple of sidings to park 'KCS' - 'Out of Use' locos, and I certainly will not be adding any 'CP' locos to my fleet - even if they do 'label' them 'CPKCS' or similar.

@elfnetdesigns702 5 месяцев назад

Oh man you would love to meet a real SD70ace Belle, they are some fine girls, tough as nails and will rock you to sleep if you let her. I been one a fair share of EMD's and GE's owned by KCS here either catching a ride to a jobsite or installing / upgrading the communications systems. I have a KCS themed HO scale layout in my dedicated climate controlled shed that is dual mode (DC and DCC). Most of the power is KCS but I do have some UP, CSX, SP in my collection. I also have the only Elfnet Rail-Link custom painted GP40-2 double head set and an SD70ace pair based of my old GMod trainbuild servers fictional railroad. IDK if I will be ordering the new branded KCS locos ot not. I mean I might just to have in the display cabinet with thge brass stuff. not decided though yet

@F40M07 Год назад

At least I’ve seen both KCS and CP

@karlmckinnell2635 Год назад

I hope that CPKC take full appreciation of the men and women who built these two great railways and become great stewards of their legacy.

@johnbanicki7232 Год назад

Thanks for sharing.

@brendamyers71 11 месяцев назад

Been here in DeRidder, Louisiana for 42 years. So glad to see the trains, a sign of good economics. Where I'm from in the Mississippi Delta, there are no trains running from Clarksdale to Greenville. Tracks have been gone over 20 years. Love the KCS Christmas train! Have been on it twice ! Even have pictures!

@LouisianaRailProductions 11 месяцев назад

I always appreciate local residents leaving comments. If you haven’t already seen it, I have a 30 minute video covering my time volunteering on the KCS Holiday Express. It’s one of my favorite videos I’ve made. Thanks for watching!

@kennyw6856 Год назад

Wonderful video, great editing, and knowledgeable narration made for a fantastic tribute. Thanks for the time and effort to produce this for railfans everywhere.

@ronaldrondeau7870 Год назад

Thanks that was a great presentation,

@TheCountry318 Год назад

Great job 👏🏼 I’m a conductor on the Beaumont sub and this was nice to see

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Love seeing employees liking the videos! Appreciate you!

@trainanswererguy8758 Год назад

Great video Bishop! So sad to see KCS go, but, hopefully, CPKC will keep the DDs the same.

@Lonewolf-UP_Acts2.38 Год назад

As much as I be seeing KCS power on the UP rails, it's still kinda hard to believe the merger is actually happening and it is. Looks like I'll be seeing more of CP's pre-mergers now.

@JeremyClark-tw8bf Год назад

Used To Watch A Lot Of KCS Trains When I Lived In West Monroe La!!!!

@astrarailphotography Год назад

I honestly shed a tear with that intro 🥲

@troyr57 Год назад

Don't worry, I did too.

@PCBill0622 Год назад

I totally agree regarding the Vicksburg bridge shot and around Vicksburg in general. Nice tribute!

@douglingle1600 5 месяцев назад

I am model railroader and I just bought a beautiful KCS GE ET44AC GEVO, I didnt know much at all about the company, I just thought it was beautiful so glad I found your video tribute it was outstanding! Thank you.

@rail.tennessee Год назад

Very few have posted fitting tributes about the merger as yours - this was excellently done my man! Loved every minute of it!

@jsrogers6464 Год назад

As a kid I used to watch the KCS run by my house outside of Wickes Arkansas. Back then they were White. Sometimes the Engineers would would honk the horn for me. Even though I live in the north now near the NS and CN lines, I'm going to miss the KCS. Thanks for the video.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

I’m a fan of Wickes. Great curve for videography. I’m glad you liked it!

@NorthCountryTrains Год назад

What a fantastic production. Was a very enjoyable way to get familiar with the new territory my home railroad now owns- very weird to think about!

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Yeah odd to think my home rails now belong to the same ones way up north haha! Appreciate you watching!

@Austin-ne3gn Год назад

This is sad. My great grandmother told me stories of seeing the bell pass at night and it was where I started railfaning.

@carrollcameron7472 Год назад

This has been an exceptional video. Having grown up with CP, here in NB, CAN, (77 yrs now) naturally, CP has been always been my favourite. I do hope that KCS and CP can reach agreement on the new look for KCS with the southern bell's paint scheme to remain in some form so as to not lose its identity. While this merger has been proceeding, CP, here in NB have came back into the province, working with the Port of Saint John and NBSR to increase its business.

@aidenwhite2838 Год назад

Amazing video man

@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 Год назад

Photograph everything, before it’s all gone.

@WRProductions Год назад

Damn, this is excellent.

@wildbill5126 Год назад

Great compilation of KCS railroad, Appreciate it. For me it's sort of ironic that CP is getting into it's stable of locos the last 4 EMD's made in London, Ontario Canada before Cat shut it down and moved it all to Indiana putting many Canadians out of work.

@stevensolway1054 Год назад

This exactly happened in 1993 when the GB&W, was merged into WCL; THE GBW RED ALCOS were sold to other shortlines. The NORWOOD ROUNDHOUSE was razed. The Mainline West to Wisconsin Rapids was ripped off into a nature trail: "beware the grim reaper".

@WayneAnding Год назад

Top notch Bishop, your best work in my opinion. Can’t wait to see what the future holds.

@animerailfan4129 Год назад

Awesome video man

@AndyFletcherMusic 5 месяцев назад

Great tribute video to the history of the Kansas City Southern.

@derrickwong5337 Год назад

I can't believe it!!!!!! Is Kansas City Southern the end of era?

@StormySkyRailProductions Год назад

Very cool, i enjoyed watching this video! (Dave).

@HabeasJ 6 месяцев назад

Just caught a KCS Grey Ghost pulling a load near sandpoint idaho. Didn't catch the numbers because I was driving. Absolutely love their "belle" paint scheme

@Moshavnik7272 Год назад

A west bound freight train was pulling a Kansas City Southern locomotive through Wheaton, IL this afternoon (5/28/2023). I have never seen this line come through here before. I guess I was witnessing history.

@petenielsen3453 Год назад

I like the colour scheme on the KCS Locos

@justinlopez8061 3 месяца назад

I grew up about 30 yards from there tracks in Rosepine Louisiana they still have a couple GP 40 running around back and forth between Deridder and Leesville from PCA papermill

@5stargamer132 Год назад

damn its sad to see them go, even though i didnt live where they operated I can still admire their livery which were painted on their locos

@markschuler7124 7 месяцев назад

Por old KC. First we lose KCPL, and now, KCS. Two great companies that were such a great part of Kansas City´s regional identity. Kansas City, a great city, even with the extirpation of two great regional brands.

@mdavid1955 Год назад

I haven't seen any CP power in Baton Rouge yet.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Speedway has seen some on manifests. Give it time haha!

@trapdriver7006 Год назад

Brilliant video I enjoyed watching it.👍😁😁😁😁🇬🇧🚂

@WhiteRiverRails Год назад

Great video! Definitely going to miss it.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

No doubt!

@SouthernKansasRailfan Год назад

Man, I wish my interest in KCS occurred sooner, I'm heading out to eastern Kansas this weekend, hoping the OCS makes its way south Saturday.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Well it did haha! Managed to get it arriving back in Shreveport this afternoon.

@DylanRailVids04 Год назад

Love the video man! I’m definitely already missing KCS… The way I heard about how the new policies are for CPKC, it’s not too pretty. Either way I’m hoping for the future of CPKC and see what lies ahead. I definitely love the part where you caught me and Aidan at 23:23 too 😂

@AMPProductionsVideo Год назад

I will miss KCS, and CP as separate company's, Tomorow ushers in a new era, hopefully a good one

@Daddymouse-ny9cz 25 дней назад

Very nicely done. Thank you!

@AndyFletcherMusic 5 месяцев назад

Your video has great footage of KCS at work at is very educational. Thanks for making this video.

@sp8192 Год назад

Another excellent job! Please go back to Leesville and get more of KCS 3162 And her Leslie S5T horn! It’s only one of two sd45 carbodies running on KCS and the only one not in Shreveport yard duty.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

I do plan on returning to Leesville and the Beaumont sub. Wanna snag the DeRidder Dodger going south.

@Sirderpingtonthefirst Год назад

Im from KC MO and I know this railway company and im sad to see it end but the new era is a bright future and hopefully I can find a rail job and enjoy it with my time in the National Guard for my grandpa who we lost last year who shared a love of trains with me and I plan to build a model yard for him.

@9094sires 6 месяцев назад

Great video and you killed it at Rich Mtn. I've never caught that much traffic there. That last shot crossing the river is the head waters of the Ouachita River.

@armandoperez7967 Год назад

Sad to see that the Kansas City Southern Railway is a fallen flag! It will be missed!

@armandoperez7967 Год назад

It’s too bad they never got to restore the Southern Pacific line south of Victoria TX to Alice and Brownsville. They would have gotten rid of all those UP trackage rights. Thank you Mr Haverty for bringing back the Southern Belle paint scheme on the KCS and the red and silver Warbonnet on the ATSF! Class acts both!

@Kansas-Trains Год назад

I would like to give a big shout out to the late Great Bill Sanders former General Road Foreman of Engines for the KCS RAILROAD 😊🤔🇺🇸🙏

@HavelockYard Год назад

I really enjoyed this one, Thanks for making it!

@CrossOfBayonne Год назад

I say godspeed to the men and women who worked for this railroad, It will become another Fallen Flag just the CNJ and B&O among others that are now to the dust of history

@Garlic227 Год назад

Farewell KCS you will be remembered

@bobtheburgerman3459 Год назад

I wish you could have gotten some video from the Texas portion of the system, such as Beaumont to Laredo.

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Yeah just didn’t have enough time to allocate unfortunately.

@chasechildress2720 Год назад

My dad works for bnsf and where I work the tracks are about 10 or so feet from where I clean up trash and stuff at our local Lowes I've seen a few NS units and kcs units mixed into bnsf stack trains.

@RFMCabooseNP1713 Год назад

Great video.

@LearnwithJanice Год назад

Hello from rural Kansas🇺🇸

@UnionPacificRailroader Год назад

Long live Kansas City Southern!

@johnkolbjr8375 Год назад

Great video

@tristanstrains Год назад

Only been railfanning 4 years and KCS our favorite. Sad to see it go- loved those colors. Great video- just subscribed too👍👍

@brendamyers71 11 месяцев назад

Saw KCS train depot museum with the stainless car in DeRidder at the end!

@johngarven2125 Год назад

Nicely done and well narrated video. Looking forward to watching your channel when 2816 comes to visit .

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

We are definitely stoked for it!

@brandonreeves5979 Год назад

Man seeing this makes me sad! We have a KCS yard not to far from us and it’s going to take some getting use to seeing CP instead. 🙁☹️😢

@RandomRailfan828 Год назад

Amazing video man, wish I got to see a KCS unit, but it is what it is. Once again, great video!

@WilliamSmith-fc3yx Год назад

as a Shreveport resident this is a huge point in my life, I will miss seeing the flashy red, yellow, and black KCS locos and the occasional grey ghost. but I cant wait to see my first CPKC locomotive. Also I hope CPKC decides to create heritage units

@CPKCRAILROAD 7 месяцев назад

I have one of the original Kansas City Southern railroad spikes from 1940

@josephderkowski7157 Год назад

Awesome, video brother

@MrKnowles77 Год назад

Goodbye old friend.. I grew up on what is now the Meridian Speedway in Mississippi.

@aprilhilliard3302 Год назад

First time viewer here...verrrry nice vid, edit, commentary, et al! Like your style, kid...keep up the good work

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Welcome to the channel! Great to hear you enjoyed it!

@jlane496 Год назад

I first encountered KCS in San Antonio, Tx. The locomotives could be seen refueling in Kirby before heading back east. Great paint scheme. Will be missed, but where one door closes, another one opens. I know because my father worked on The Seaboard Railroad for 35 years, now CSX.

@kmcc01 Год назад

Who would have thought it that of all the small to mid size railroads in the 1960's the K.C.S. would have been the last one to survive, all others either merged or shut down. I remember the 70's, the white diesels with red letters, the struggle up Rich hill and the super big long trains they had back then and all the derailments. Now we are down to 4 large American systems and the two Canadian systems.

@sethbader3142 6 месяцев назад

The only time I like to film trains is when there’s still light via the sun

@iatif1995 Год назад

Its the beginning of something big!

@SantaFe19484 Год назад

A totally amazing video! It is really something that both of Canada's major railroads operate in the Deep South! The CPKC technically operates in four countries because of the Panama Canal Railway.

@truckerkevthepaidtourist Год назад

The bridge shot is that that one little welcome Center where you can watch it come right below you? This is how it was when J was swallowed up by the Canadian national. I grew up just a block away from the EJ &E Elgin Joliet and eastern in the south suburbs of Chicago. But that being said that line is still used very often and I'm sure you'll still see the occasional KCs motive Power until they finally changed over to this new Beaver looking logo. But it will be strange to come across interstate 20 and not be seeing all the KCs logos and seeing a bunch of Canadian Pacific mixed in

@LouisianaRailProductions Год назад

Correct I filmed it from the visitors center.