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Mainline Memories: Revisiting the former Katy Railroad in Missouri
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
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Until 1989, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (better known as the "Katy") operated across the lower Midwest and south-central states. It's 400-mile mainline between Parsons, Kansas to St. Louis cut right across Missouri. By 1990, following its acquisition by Union Pacific, this Katy route had been reduced to an 80-mile branchline between Fort Scott, KS, and Clinton, MO. In 1992, this "Clinton Branch" was leased to the Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad. Today, the MNA is part of the Genesee and Wyoming shortline conglomerate.
On September 10, 2017, we caught up with the weekly MNA local headed to Clinton. The once-40 mph line has been reduced to a 10 mph affair, but a fair amount of traffic is still generated from grain elevators and feed mills along the way- particularly during harvest time when we paid our visit. We followed the local (powered by a former, un-repainted Union Pacific SD40M-2) from La Due to Clinton, where it switched cars in and out of Champion Oil. The plant is the last regularly-served MNA customer in this once-busy railroad town.
The complete, colorful history of the MKT lines across Missouri is highlighted in "Show-Me Katy: Memories of the Missouri-Kanas-Texas Railroad." This exciting, 176-page book by Michael Landis is now available from Main Track Media. With a special emphasis on the 1970s and 1980s, you'll find more than 300 action-packed images of railroading on this often-forgotten part of the old MKT system.
Mike Landis, who produces and narrates The Main Track, is available for your voiceover project.
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I plan on biking the Katy Trail next year! I did not know this segment was still active.
Hi there! I love the trail! I’ve been on several hikes and rides over the years. Of course, it would be ideal if the trains were still running! Ha. But, a second-best is being able to enjoy it in a recreational sense.
Great video, very informative. Its funny as I grew up knowing about the NKT and often went on the Katy trail, yet I never knew that the trail was from this Railroad. Thanks for sharing!
Nice. Appreciate the narrative too. 🚂
Thanks for watching, Jim. I appreciate the kind words!
My Grandfather worked for KATY in the 1930's
He died in an accident with KATY
Could of sworn video said this was an SD-40 in original form. That looks like an SD-45.
I wonder if that beautiful SD45 is still working that line in 2021? Nice to see those wonderful engines still being useful.
awesome video!!! I loved it!!! hope that power plant stays in businesss!!!!
arlingtontrains7- thank you for the compliment. Unfortunately, KCP&L says its plans to close the plant are still on. Since this video was released, a grain elevator in Clinton has returned to using rail service. So, that will be some extra traffic that could help keep the local trains rolling.
Awesome video! I enjoyed the chase with 2726!
BNSFguy617- thank you! I certainly got lucky catching this one!
I saw a BN loaded coal train In Mammoth spring Arkansas! With SD70mac
Well done with the historical narrative
Good video. I'm from Clinton originally and recently as of last year moved away from there. Now in South Dakota, but I always liked to see the local come into town when i could. Sometimes it came at night and I could hear it loud and clear from my bedroom window, since I was only a couple blocks from the Rogers St. crossing. Makes me a little home sick now.
TheMadRRConductor Do I know you? Belton Grandview and KC mean anything to you?
kcrailroader. I have ridden the grandview train before but I know I don't know you at all. I just like trains, and lived in Clinton.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the compliment. I felt lucky to have caught the train. The last time I managed to see one was in the year 2000! Granted, I am not in Clinton on a regular basis. Some of the local railfans tell me it usually comes to town on Saturday or Sunday afternoons- so, perhaps I can visit the line again sometime soon. It is nice to see the Farmer's Elevator has started regularly shipping by rail again. I have tried to catch one of the coal trains, but they've run so sporadically and I havent had any luck.. Now, a buddy of mine who lives near the plant says he believes the very last coal train has already operated. I recently put together a video promoting my new Katy book, and included some 1980s footage of trains in Clinton. czcams.com/video/YNtnhWkbV3g/video.html
It amazes me how only a crossbucks sign is used to alert drivers while bells, whistles, lights and gates can't grab the attention of today's drivers.
Here's what I don't understand. You put a red light at a road junction -- or even just a red sigh that says "stop" -- and the traffic stops. You put multiple flashing red lights, bells and gates at a railroad crossing, and have the train sound a deafeningly loud horn and people say, "Nah, that doesn't apply to me."
Much as I enjoy the Katy Trail having grown up Mid Missouri, as a railfan I am sad to have missed the days of the Katy thru my area and to know that the Clinton line could be receding as well.
I rode a on a old freight line in Eastern Arkansas I believe it was a old MoPac line that goes up to little rock
am not from this area, however i did make it to central Mo. back in 1983.
saw the bridge at boonville, a train in franklin,a train in sedalia.
just no time for much more.
Thanks for watching! That's great you had luck catching some action. It was a challenge a lot of the time to see trains during the daylight hours. I was a kid in Sedalia at the time and didn't have the ability to travel to others spots up and down the line. I would have loved to have seen a train on the Boonville Bridge!
i was surprised that katy had an operator in the depot in sedalia.
saw the mp shops. the wb katy train had a damn CR GP38-2 on point!
i am from ohio, so i saw those things all the time.
we followed the MP from STL to KC. this was just before big yellow screwed things up.
this was mostly a MP trip with any thing else available.
Great job as always Mr. Landis! As fate would have it, your timing of posting this is perfect... I went to Clinton yesterday for a memorial service, and made a point to spot signs of the old Frisco Highline along the way. Also made a few crossings of the old MKT line downtown. I was curious of the service frequency, so thank you. Is there a specific day of the week it runs? The friend I was there to mourn & celebrate was born at La Due and lived at Montrose then Clinton.
Love that video mike
Was the KATYline ever across northern Illinois? As a little kid in the 50s I seem to remember a KATY line going through Chadwick in northwestern Illinois.
Hi, Glenn. My apologies for the delayed reply as the channel was dormant for a few months. The Katy's tracks only went as far east at St. Louis. However, Katy locomotives did make "run throughs" on other railroads in Illinois to the Chicago such as Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, and others. So, it's very possible you did see some Katy locomotives through there.
You will NEVER guess who owned that yellow engine.......
Nice video Mike.
believe it or not, there are 2 ladue Missouri towns, I didn't think this was possible, I followed Clinton tracks to ladue, but when I google earth it comes up to ladue in st louis county, mystery solved
That's pretty interesting. Of course, La Due is a ghost of a community- and Ladue is a nice suburban area. The two are about as opposite as you can get!
Where is this part of Ladue?
Hi, William. This area is in Henry County, which is about an hour or so southeast of Kansas City near Truman Lake. There is also a suburb of Saint Louis called Ladue. I would say it’s confusing to have two towns of the same name in the same state, but I’ve had a few questions about that. I’ve never been to the Saint Louis-area one, so I’m not sure if any rail lines run through it or not. -Mike
Is the plant still open?
what days do trains come thru clinton and whats the frequincy of that line
Train World Studio - Hello! As of late, it seems like they’ve been making runs to Clinton on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. Frequency is about once per week right now.
Is there more trains on that line now because of the plant opening again?
Hi, there. Have you heard anything about the plant reopening? I hadn't been made aware of that.
@@MainTrack There are three generating units at the Montrose Power Plant near La Due. KCP&L retired units 2 and 3, but Unit 1 is still operating. If you look on Google maps you can see a coal train on the balloon track at the facility.
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How did they get Katy out of MKTR?
MKT stock abbreviation was "KT".
Awesome thanks.
Missouri Kansas Texas Railway =MKTR
I think you got your towns mixed up, ladue is nowhere near Clinton,like over 200 miles apart
Hi, Eddie, you're absolutely right! Ladue is nowhere near Clinton...but, La Due is! There are actually two "Ladues" in Missouri. La Due (space between) is the one l reference Henry County. Ladue (no space) is near St. Louis. It's a little confusing, I know. Thank you for watching!
The 2726 started life as a SD45.
brakie44820 thank you for clarifying that. I must have been confused. What you say makes perfect sense- I originally thought that long hood resembled an SD45 more than an SD40-2.
MO seems to like having multiple towns with the same name. I know of at least one other occurrence like that.
when do coal trains go thru
sorry
No problem, Eddie! Being a western Missouri guy myself- I grew up hearing about the La Due near Clinton. I was surprised when I found out there was "another" one near St. Louis!