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Owner: Kansas City Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD Road SlugBuilt As:KCS 30A (F3A)
Serial Number:3905Order No:E777
Frame Number:E777-A1Built:11/1947
Notes:Ex F3A 4050, nee 30A
Other locos with this serial:  KCS 30(F3A) KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4050(F3A)
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KCS Slug 4050
Title:  KCS Slug 4050
Description:  KCS road slug 4050 and a small mystery. The unit came out of EMD in 1947 as F3A 30A. It was supposdly rebuilt into a slug at Shreveport in mid 1983 for use in Texas. It's shown here two years prior to that with its fans and exhaust already missing as well as blanked cab windows and in need of nose paint. As far as I can tell it was in KC headed to Mid America Car, who would repaint it and remove the center porthole- a configuration it had in later yers.
Photo Date:  1/28/1981  Upload Date: 12/25/2012 9:38:37 AM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug)
Views:  829   Comments: 3
KCS F3A SLUG 4050
Title:  KCS F3A SLUG 4050
Description:  Kansas City Southern F3A slug 4050 was photographed at West Yard, just outside of New Orleans. This unit was originally passenger engine 30A, and was subsequently sold to the Kiamichi. KCS slugs were very common into New Orleans during the early 1980's.
Photo Date:  10/6/1983  Upload Date: 6/12/2008 11:24:46 PM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug)
Views:  1233   Comments: 0
Slugs and mates
Title:  Slugs and mates
Description:  Southbound train 23 arriving from Hope, Ar With KCS 4050 leading. The KCS Cab unit slugs were rebuilt with control stands so they could lead a consist. The train crews liked them because they were quiter than powered units.
Photo Date:  3/26/1985  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 12:53:38 PM
Location:  Minden, LA
Author:  Mose Crews
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  1879   Comments: 2
Five F-Units
Title:  Five F-Units
Description:  This collection of locomotives at the Kansas City Southern's Deramus Yard included five F-units. From left to right are F7A slug 4055, F7A 4059, the front of GP40 754, the rear of F7A 4054, F7A 4064, F3A slug 4050, and an unidentified GP7.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:04:15 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4055(Road Slug)
Views:  2115   Comments: 1
Two F-Units
Title:  Two F-Units
Description:  Amid a veritable sea of geeps and SD's, F7A 4064 and F3A slug 4050 were parked outside the diesel shop at Deramus Yard.
Photo Date:  6/20/1985  Upload Date: 1/30/2010 5:23:55 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 4064(F7A) KCS 4050(Road Slug)
Views:  1246   Comments: 1
F-unit set on detour train at Sibley, La.
Title:  F-unit set on detour train at Sibley, La.
Description:  Train detour due to washout between Minden and Shreveport. Train had to go east on ICG and then runaround train to go west. It ran with a caboose on each end for convenience. Train is about to cross over the KCS mainline.
Photo Date:  12/2/1986  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 12:56:40 PM
Location:  Sibley, LA
Author:  Mose Crews
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4055(Road Slug) KCS 4059(F7A) KCS 4050(Road Slug) KCS 4064(F7A)
Views:  1100   Comments: 1


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