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Anonymous
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April 2003
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MKT
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:02 PM
does anyone have any information on the MKT[?] if you do please send me an email at KansasTrainBrain@aol.com
have a great day[:)]
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MP57313
Member since
June 2001
From: L A County, CA, US
1,009 posts
Posted by
MP57313
on Monday, October 18, 2004 1:07 AM
What are you looking for? There is some freeway-median running of a former MKT line in Tulsa, OK, but when I was there (1990) it was definitely a low-speed line. It was UP by then but the mailbox at the local yard still said 'MKT'.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:03 PM
The MKT line from St Charles, MO. to Clinton, MO. is now a trail. The only tunnel on the line is still there at Rochport, MO. just off Interstate 70. Pentrex also has a MKT tape, covers most of Kansas and Texas, not Missouri.
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fuzzybroken
Member since
October 2002
From: Milwaukee, WI, US
1,384 posts
Posted by
fuzzybroken
on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:11 PM
Though I liked the green M-K-T paint scheme with the yellow stripes and lettering, one thing that interests me about the Katy is how closer to the end, they would buy just about any ol' hunk-o-junk locomotive from another railroad, slap some paint/primer over the old markings, add MKT and a road number, and send 'er out on the road. Of course, not all were true "junk", as some of these same engines still run for successive owners, but it sure added a splash of color to the roster!
Another thing I liked was the Baldwin AS-16s that Katy rebuilt with an EMD engine and long hood, and better yet, when Katy was through with 'em, they found a willing buyer in Chicago & North Western!!! Cheap midwestern railroads...
[2c],
-Mark Hintz
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken
-Fuzzy
Fuzzy World 3
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, October 18, 2004 9:17 PM
Cheap Midwestern Railroads.... You got that RIGHT!
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