KCS SD40-2 642         
By the time this photo was taken under the train washer at West Yard, Kansas City Southern SD40-2 642 - one of the railroad's two bicentennial units - was so filthy one could barely tell what colors it wore; but the cab was purple!
Date: 2/20/1977 Location: New Orleans, LA   Map Show New Orleans on a rail map Views: 1381 Collection Of:   Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: KCS 642(SD40-2)    Author:  Michael Palmieri
KCS SD40-2 642
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  PAUL H. OLIVER, JR.
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Rob Sarberenyi General The cab was painted pink, not purple. KCS 642 was painted identical to their other bicentennial painted unit, SD40 616. The scheme was a result of a contest held for grade school kids to devise a scheme to celebrate America's bicentennial. Photo of KCS 616 for comparison http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4976958 6/29/2018 12:07:26 PM
Rob Sarberenyi General The cab was painted pink, not purple. KCS 642 was painted identical to their other bicentennial painted unit, SD40 616. The scheme was a result of a contest held for grade school kids to devise a scheme to celebrate America's bicentennial. Photo of KCS 616 for comparison http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4976958 6/29/2018 12:07:44 PM

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