Pay a visit to the Ozark region of Mid-America and the Kansas City Southern’s Heavener Subdivision. Running from Pittsburg, Kansas to Heavener, Oklahoma, this is an interesting route for the train watcher. With a sawtooth profile, dramatic elevation changes, and a twisty-curvy railroad, the KCS crosses the Ozark’s Springfield Plateau and the Boston Mountains.
The KCS offers an interesting variety of motive power including ES44AC’s and SD70ACe’s to GP40-3’s plus run-through locomotives of BNSF and Union Pacific.
You’ll also see several KCS depots along the way. There’s lots to see on the Heavener Sub! An interesting look at this colorful Class I railroad!
This was shot while the Kansas City Southern was an independent railroad. See it before it became part of CPKC!
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
4:58 Depart Pittsburg, Kansas
11:43 Joplin, Missouri
20:43 Goodman
29:25 Noel
31:28 Decatur, Arkansas
48:19 Stilwell, Oklahoma
1:00:53 Sallisaw/Cross U.P. Wagoner Sub
1:11:15 Heavener