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    KCS engineer shot

    Beaumont Sub
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    KCS engineer shot

    Newest update DeSoto Parish sheriff's investigators said Tuesday they will file firearms-violation charges against a man who was sighting a rifle in when he unintentionally shot and wounded an engineer on a freight train that was idling nearby. Kansas City Southern engineer Paul Griffin...
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    KCS engineer shot

    They were on SD-40's from what we've heard. KCS has been pulling old units out of storage due to high demand, but most the newer KCS motors are tied up paying back hours to other railroads.
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    KCS engineer shot

    DESOTO PARISH, LA (KSLA) – A train engineer was shot in the face while running his train down tracks in Desoto Parish. This happened around 5 PM Monday December 20th on the railroad tracks between Frierson and Wallace Lake Road. KCS Train Engineer Paul Griffin was in the cab when he was...
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    my first trespasser riding on a train

    Last guy who tried to catch a intermodal here got his foot cut off.......
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    Tea for groundcover

    are ants attracted to tea leaves? or any other pest
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    Train Bunkers

    Ah the ideas... Pretty sure those would raise some questions by visitors to a layout
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    Conrail blue ns shops

    Seems like i read somewhere the bars over the windows were for when people would throw rocks or bricks off bridges and things.
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    Inside widecab nose

    I hear the new genset's have bathrooms. The one in Shreveport yard did but the doors were locked up with tap covering most of it so we couldn't get inside to investigate.
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    Inside widecab nose

    Some have electrical cabinets across from bathroom and parts storage in the front of the nose.
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    Lets see your tunnel portals

    WOW, i'm working on two tunnels........gives me some ideas...Amazing work everyone
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    MTH and Athearn issue DCC

    Sorry i didn't clarify.......The mth works , with some tweeking and changes.....I had to replace the decoder in the athearn due to my lhs giving what they thought was the correct decoder but wasn't. Sorry for the confusion.
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    Best Decoder For Ditch Light Effect?

    yes, it uses incandescents.......... looks good to me............
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    Best Decoder For Ditch Light Effect?

    I'm using a digitrax dh163 with and atheran gen sd70mac. It makes the lights alternate dim/bright with a function button. Simple hook up also..
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    Question regarding BN engines utilized by Union Pacific.

    KCS owes other railroad horsepower hours so it send out the newest locomotives it can. Being that I work for KCS we get to use the leftovers...... Usually ex TFM motors renumbered as KCS 3900's series. You should se some of the locomotives we get in the yard here in Shreveport. I've seen some...
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