"The summer of 1970 finds a set of Kansas City & Gulf F's idling in the yard at the West Bottoms of Kansas City waiting for clearance. Once cleared, the pair will soon be trundling off to the Santa Fe yard to retrieve a transfer inbound to the KC&G. The tired and faded lead unit is the "class unit" for the KC&G's F unit fleet, and the effects of years of minimal maintenance and general neglect of the bankruptcy is clearly shown. However, hope is in sight as is evidenced by the recently shopped F7 323 trailing behind the tired old warrior. Perhaps the "reorganization" is going to help after all."
NOTE: The above models are leftover from my last HO layout, dismantled in 1998. They are sitting on the incomplete and soon to be dismantled small room shelf layout. I haven't decided whether to reuse any/all of the KC&G motive power for my upcoming larger n' expanded "KC Lines" layout based on the West Bottoms industrial district of KC. At this point, I intend to keep the motive power on the upcoming "KC Lines" layout all prototype... but I may relent and run some KC&G power, too! Time will tell.
