Kansas City Railfanning III: A KCS Surprise
2,272 views · Published 4 October 2013 · 8:51 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Jason Stiles · 2013 · Entertainment
Filmed 9/03/13 This railfan outing was the result of Norfolk Southern's Veteran's Unit #6920. I got word from Chris (844Train) that it was in town, so Dad and I headed for NS' Avondale Yard to see it. However, as I've been finding out is typical with Avaondale Yard, it was no where to be seen. This is about the most difficult yard in the Kansas City Area to see anything at. It is my least favorite place to go especially since it's about 25 miles away and it's more common to leave empty handed than not... and gas isn't cheap anymore. But yeah, even though it was supposedly there, we never saw it. After leaving Avondale, we headed over to BNSF's Murray Yard (formerly BN's) and we saw some old Dash 8's that were covered up and ready to leave BNSF property. We hit a few spots at Murray then took a side trip up to Parkville. On our way back we passed by Avondale once more to see if anything changed, nope, still no 6920. So I filmed what I could there. NS strikes again. After ditching Avondale, we then went to Mid-America Car where they had another freshly painted H1 BNSF unit (I'm starting to just expect BNSF power to be there when I show up). Then we headed for the KCS and UP yards. Neff Yard was busy as usual, lost of power, then we went to KCS' Knoche Yard where the trip paid off. No, we didn't see the 6920, but KCS' Executive F-Units were there again, and we didn't know anything about it. They had been there a few weeks before, but were blocked from view so I wasn't able to get them. This time however, they were out in the open for all to see. I didn't get to film all the passenger cars, but I got the A-B-A set of locomotives. They were beautiful sitting in the sun. And it was neat to see some modern day power in the Belle Scheme along with the Fs in their classic Southern Belle Scheme. KCS is one of the few lines that does things right. So the day wasn't a total loss after all. KCS came through with some very nice eye candy. Anyway, like the closing credits say, I'm way behind on posting, so there will be a lot more railfanning vids coming soon, and one from the club. Won't be filming anything at the club tomorrow (the 5th) because the club is meeting out at Kansas City's Union Station for some train watching and lunch. So even more railfanning vids to come. Stay tuned and I hope you enjoy it! ---------------------------- deviantART page: http://up9229.deviantart.com/ Train club account: http://www.youtube.com/user/EJCMRailroadClub/featured EJCM website: http://easternjacksoncountymainliners.com/ Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Freelanced_Model_Railroads/
