Kansas City Southern
Scanned Slides
F7 & F9 Freight Units

by Mike Condren

Note the reverse Belle freight scheme showing through the red of the later scheme.

We watched some engines uncouple on this very rough track.

Note that the engineer's side of the unit has F7 grills, the fireman's side has F9 grills. Both views taken the same day.

Note the fan applied nose herald

These units had been moving along at a crawl on the Ft. Smith and Van Buren branch of the KCS, originally the Ft. Smith & Western line toward Oklahoma City. They had been setting grass fires with the sparks coming out the stacks. I had been listening to them on the radio. At one point the man in the door stated that the units had set his hair on fire. I talked to him while they were switching here. I asked if he was alright. He said "What do you mean?" I said "Your hair." He then wanted to know how I knew.

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