Railfanning Neosho, MO and Chasing KCS 4006 in Oklahoma! KCS Heavener Sub Part 3

Chasing the KCS Veterans Unit from Baron to Bunch, OK, and railfanning the junction of the BNSF Cherokee Sub and KCS Heavener Sub in Neosho, MO. Enjoy!

As soon as the CPKC merger was announced, I made plans to go film the Shreveport and Heavener Subs. On this trip in Fall 2022, we focused on the Heavener Sub the first 2 days, and Rich Mountain the third.

The Heavener Sub runs from Heavener, OK to Pittsburg, KS, leaving the Ouachitas between Heavener Yard and Poteau. It rolls through the Arkansas River Valley, crossing the UP in Sallisaw. It then runs through the western part of the Ozark Mountains from Marble City, OK to Joplin, MO, crossing the BNSF Cherokee Sub in Neosho, MO.

Part 1 featured mainline action between Heavener and Neosho. Part 2 featured KCS 4859, a chase of a SB coal train through the Ozarks, and the Marble City switcher. Part 3 starts with a KCS 4006 chase in Oklahoma and ends with action at the BNSF-KCS junction at Neosho.

TIMESTAMPS
0:04 KCS OKCCPPA crossing the Baron Fork in Baron, OK with KCS 4006 as 2nd DPU
2:57 OKCCPPA at Bunch, OK
6:57 SB Grain south of Gentry, AR
10:05 OPACPKC at the Neosho, MO diamond
13:45 NB Manifest at the diamond
18:17 BNSF WB Well Car train at the diamond/West Jeff
22:34 KCS CKCSH
26:32 BNSF EB Stack Train with a Warbonnet trailing
29:19 Another EB Stack Train at Ritchey

Thanks for watching and Happy Empress Chasing!
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