Producer: Kenneth Buckman
Locations: Meridian, Shreveport, Vicksburg,
Timeframe: April 2022
Length: 2 Hours
Source: Kenneth Buckman
An 8 day visit to the Kansas City Southern. Meridian Speedway on the KCS railroad. Joint operation with Norfolk Southern. A distance of 320 miles to Shreveport. This is before the Canadian Pacific merger. Train symbols were accurate, as of April, 2022.
A single DVD-R. Chapter Menu with locations. On-screen graphics. Maps. Narration by Kenneth Buckman is informative.
Widescreen with excellent image quality. Live environmental audio. Strong soundtrack with mostly good balance. Sometimes, the Horns could have been leveled better.
BKN does not have an Introduction. Straight to the Chapter Menu. There is a chapter advance function.
To some Highlights…
A pair of KCS are sitting in the Meridian yard. Switching cars is 2901, an ex: CN wide nose GP40 type.
Norfolk Southern Train 345 entered and is led by an SD70 wide nose 1168.
A Meridian Speedway known train. IATDA is Atlanta to Dallas, Texas. Double-stack scheduled move. KCS 4145 on the point. This move gets chased. FYI, Meridian is a busy location with additional freights.
GP38 1909 is ex: Milwaukee Road at Pearl, MS. The GP38 2010 is ex: B&M. It trails on this yard job. High Oak Yard.
Bridge at Jackson. End of Meridian Sub. Start Vicksburg subdivision. A Sanchez Yard, Mexico to Jackson, Mississippi Train. Joint KCS and Canadian National power this one in a rainstorm.
One of several tunnels at Vicksburg. A Jackson to Vicksburg train.
AL&M 3009 and K&B 2017 switch the local yard. AL&M move. Genesee and Wyoming owner. Note the KCS unit, still in the gray livery!
The 3009 fronts the train at Monroe.
Louisiana and Northwest with 3048 and 3814 blowing horn.
KCS 4740 and 4117 are lugging a heavy Stone Train. East Gibsland.
UP 8054 leads ZLCAI on an old wooden trestle. Crossing the Bayou at reduced speed. Shreveport to Atlanta. Union Pacific move.
Shreveport Daramus yard lead track. 652 is a remote control SD40-3. Main hub of Kansas City Southern.
BSHME is going from Shreveport to Meridian. The F units were in a rare appearance here. KCS 2 leads Vicksburg tunnel.
KCS Finale
This is a well produced show of fairly recent action on Kansas City Southern.
A lively soundtrack that captures the depth of the locomotives. Horns get a hair loud at times. However, even the slack action is accurate.
Narration is packed full of information. Custom maps are frequently referenced. Interesting inclusion of Railfanning details.
A thought out presentation. Enjoyable!
Most any Railfan should appreciate this release. Even if the current scene, isn’t your bag.
Rating: 5 Stars
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