Into the 90’s KCS Volume 1

Producer: Clear Block

Locations: Kansas City, Shreveport, Beaumont..

Timeframe: 1994- 1995

Length: 105 minutes

Source: Paul Geiger

Clear Block tours Kansas City Southern. Kansas City, MO. to Shreveport, LA. DeQuicy splits towards Lake Charles, LA. and Port Arthur, Texas. Filmed in mid 1990’s by Paul Geiger. Newer and older power. Includes Mid South, a recent acquisition. This is Volume 1.

A single DVD-R. Narration and script by Paul Geiger.  Map. Preview of Volume 2.

Videotape source. Live audio. Picture is in the good range. It is considering tape origin. Soft on a modern TV. Good colors overall. Soundtrack is clear and robust. The narrator is stiff, reading a basic script. He is not Todd Miller. This is the Videographer narrating.

The show begins at Kansas City, Missouri.  Local switching. Soo Line 1203. KC has a varied railroad scene. Plentiful, are the end cab switchers.

A Westbound Kansas City Terminal with KCS led pool power at Santa Fe Jct. Nice mini tour of KC.

Pittsburgh is South of Kansas City. SD40 629 fronts Train 5 to switch cars here. Crew change point.

White KCS is Southbound goes past the waiting Gray train at Neosha.

A Northbound with 4773 and 4791 at Joplin, MO.

A Southbound leads with 708 at Sulphur Springs.

3 units cross a bridge over Arkansas River in Oklahoma.

SD45 pair on Train 12 to Kansas City at Heavener.

Train 9 stops to recrew at the Heavener station. 664 in front.

Train 10 at Page, OK. It hustles by on a downgrade.

Shreveport is a busy location. The last GP7 switching the yard.

UP 9015 at Tower 31 in Beaumont,  Texas. Lift bridge is there.

A Kansas City Southern caboose at Port Arthur.

Into the 90’s KCS Volume 1.

An action packed show with a boring narrator. While the trains are fairly interesting. This tedious guy puts the viewer to sleep.

Still, poor narration beats no narration. There are many trains packed into this release. Save this one for hardcore KCS fans.

Rating: 3 Stars