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WAMX 4001- WATCO FIELDS "Woo SHOCK" tribute locomotive on K&O RR

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WAMX 4001- WATCO FIELDS "Woo SHOCK" tribute locomotive on K&O RR
Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:48 PM

In honor of Wichita State's Basketball team for their Missouri Valley Record season.. WATCO has painted their WAMX 4001 (nee: CNR SD40-2) to honor the WSU Men's Basketball team's 34-0 season.

Here is a linked photo to the #4001 previously:

 (in 2002) @ http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3270909

Found another linked site that has a number of photos of the WAMX #4001 on a Facebook site @ https://www.facebook.com/WichitaStateUniversityAthletics/photos/a.10152298506383834.1073741827.74146548833/10152298508528834/?type=1&theater for The Shockers  Locomotive at a presentation (3-11-2014) in Wichita. 

 

The K&O  ( to the West)  is a former UPRR line that runs  from Wichita to the Colorado line. 

" GO SHOCKS!" Bow

 

 


 

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Posted by sfdepot on Monday, March 17, 2014 6:00 PM

A large part of K&O is also former ATSF -- from Kingman west to Pratt and also from Kingman and southwest.

 

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Posted by mbv9415 on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:33 PM

Caught it the second day out working south of Wichita. thanks to a friendly K&O ermployee who let ,e know where it was going! Stupid page won't let me paste a picture of it.

Peace through superior firepower

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