1982 Along the KCS - Shreveport, Sulphur Springs, Daingerfield

00:01 General Office Building Shreveport
00:05 Deramus Yard Office Shreveport
00:10 Business Car "Kaysee" and other special office cars, Shreveport
00:15 Special Office car 56 - Note round windows configuration, Shreveport
00:20 Business Car "Kaysee" and other special office cars, Shreveport
00:25 F7B in F Unit lashup. Location unkown, either Shreveport of Sulphur Springs
00:30 Unit coal train destined SWEPCO (Southwest Electric Power) emerging from a foggy day in Shreveport. Note classification lights on lead unit.
00:40 F7's in regular service for TUGCO (Texas Utilities Generating) tied up each day at the Sulphur Springs, TX depot
00:45 F7's for TUGCO service, lead unit 4064 with classification lights on.
00:50 KCS depot, Vivian, LA - unfortunately out-of-service 1982
00:55 KCS caboose clears Vivian, LA
01:00 L&A Daingerfield, TX depot - already out-of-service in 1982. A beautiful and unusual design.
01:05 L&A Daingerfield, TX depot - close up of KCS herald detail and sad state semaphore blades removed indicating no signals from this agency.
01:10 L&A Hughes Springs, TX agency - This slide was not labeled, so I can't be positive, but I believe I am correct. KCS fans out there, please help me if you recognize this structure.
01:15 KCS caboose 381 - location unkown, but on the L&A. KCS had an extremely interesting mix of hybrid cabooses. 381 is as tall as a boxcar (interesting rear bulkhead like a boxcar) with circular window configuration.
01:20 KCS old marker MP 236 - slide is not labeled. Could this be Watts, OK? I have no idea.
01:25 KCS GOB Shreveport - one last look and farewell.
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0:30 is at Blanchard, LA holding to go around the wye to the Texas Sub. 1:10 is the Hughes Springs yard office. Pretty confident 1:15 is at Sulphur Springs in the house track. 1:20 MP236 is Watts, OK.

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Thanks for your help on this one.