Nice catches Jason! Weird lashup on that BNSF baretable...sounded like those Geeps were offline. Can't say I really like how the "Swoosh" paint looks on Standard Cabs...
Thanks Dan! The Geeps were on, you can hear their turbo whine, but they may have been idle. Hard to say. That GEVO is overpowered for that entire train, so they could be just idling. I like the swoosh though on them. Saw some freshly repainted SD75Ms that day too, they looked great... and no, I didn't get any pics of them.
Apologies, trying to type fast and not reading what I have typed. It should have read, "Nice Shots" that's what I get for not proof reading before sending. Thanks for the correction!!! D. Muse
hi Jason.. love the WAMX paint scheme... the BNSF gp39's look like they just got out of the paint shop.. love all the gons... awesome to still see geeps working the rails... thanks for sharing.. vinny
Thanks Vinny. This was the first time I've been able to film those WAMX units. I've gotten the older, all yellow scheme a few times, but yeah, I like this black and yellow much better. That's one of the pluses about Kansas City, still lot's of 4 axle power around from BNSF and WAMX, but also UP and even KCS on occasion too. They still even have the smaller switcher SW1500s and MP15s around.
Railfan Jason The same can be said for Texas, the DGNO, Austin Western, FWWR, etc. The FWWR will run 4-6 Geeps and SD40-2 on a single train. They have lots of SD40-2 and GP38s and 40s, as well as a few Geep 7s!
Nice catches Jason! Weird lashup on that BNSF baretable...sounded like those Geeps were offline. Can't say I really like how the "Swoosh" paint looks on Standard Cabs...
Thanks Dan! The Geeps were on, you can hear their turbo whine, but they may have been idle. Hard to say. That GEVO is overpowered for that entire train, so they could be just idling. I like the swoosh though on them. Saw some freshly repainted SD75Ms that day too, they looked great... and no, I didn't get any pics of them.
No shots!!! Always cool to see them in action! Thanks for the video Jason!!
D. Muse
Glad you enjoyed it, however, what do you mean by "no shots?"
Apologies, trying to type fast and not reading what I have typed. It should have read, "Nice Shots" that's what I get for not proof reading before sending. Thanks for the correction!!! D. Muse
hi Jason.. love the WAMX paint scheme... the BNSF gp39's look like they just got out of the paint shop.. love all the gons... awesome to still see geeps working the rails... thanks for sharing.. vinny
Thanks Vinny. This was the first time I've been able to film those WAMX units. I've gotten the older, all yellow scheme a few times, but yeah, I like this black and yellow much better. That's one of the pluses about Kansas City, still lot's of 4 axle power around from BNSF and WAMX, but also UP and even KCS on occasion too. They still even have the smaller switcher SW1500s and MP15s around.
Railfan Jason The same can be said for Texas, the DGNO, Austin Western, FWWR, etc. The FWWR will run 4-6 Geeps and SD40-2 on a single train. They have lots of SD40-2 and GP38s and 40s, as well as a few Geep 7s!
Very nice and right up my alley-short lines and terminal switching roads..
Cool, there's a lot of those movements every day n KC. Pretty neat stuff.
Epic catches! I saw that train with the BNSF ES44C4 and Geep units from the WWI tower!
Sweet catches! We have a short line here in Louisiana owned by wamx. They have those black and yellow units along with GP35's in a variety of colors.
All of WATCO locomotives is now own by WAMX a subsidiary of WATCO.In short WAMX is a locomotive leasing company.
Great job. Looks like a beautiful day.
Thanks, and yes, it was.
Nice video my friend Thanks for posting
Cheers Ron
Thanks Ron, glad you enjoyed.
For the first few seconds I was like that's a messed up horn. Turned out to be a distant train
Yes, its very common to hear other horns around. KC has loads of trains around.
Those WAMX units sounded great, brass bell, and horn (I'm not good at identifying horns)
Yeah, those are a nice set of Geeps. Couldn't tell you about the horns though :D
WAMX 3931: < UP 1237 < B&M 358
Awesome!
Why so much power for the office car with a engine on either side?
It's not an actual passenger train, they are conducting tests on the line. Not exactly sure how it works, but that's what it is.
Railfan Jason I got that lol just seemed like excessive power lol. Maybe some type of test. Thanks for the reply.
what's the best spot to catch KCT?
Probably at Union Station. Almost everything runs by there. Easy access too.
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First comment! By the way great video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
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Thanks