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EMD F7 Expansion: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy) F7 Pack

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy)

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, better known as The Katy, was a large granger that maintained an unconventional north-south network within a region dominated by the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, and Southern Pacific/St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt).

It was also forced to compete against the Rock Island and St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco). In spite of this, the company suffered only one true bankruptcy as a result of financial hardship.

As its name implies, the MKT linked its namesake states with key connections to St. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio, and Galveston/Houston. Much of its growth across Texas occurred during the Jay Gould era, one of the industry's most notorious tycoons.

After escaping his grasp the Katy spent the 20th century as a well-managed, if not highly profitable, railroad. Due to its regional nature and many competitors it did not enjoy the success of its larger neighbors but was nonetheless a respected carrier.

During the late 1960's, legendary railroader John Barriger III took the reins and guided the Katy through a brief bout of prominence. He had always envisioned it joining a stronger system, which came true in 1988 when it was acquired by Union Pacific.

Here we have Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad EMD F7's locomotives.

• MKT EMD F7A 208A/C - 211A/C Available starting 1949 and retires for renumbering in 1965
  
• MKT EMD F7A 226A/C - 229A/C Available starting 1949 and retires for renumbering in 1965
  
• MKT EMD F7A 71A/C 77A/C Available with it's new numbers starting 1965 and retire in 1975
  
• MKT EMD F7A 65H & 70C Available with it's new numbers starting 1965 and retire in 1975

You will need the starter pack to make this work.

• Group listed
  
• Custom sounds by Mr. Cheesecake

• Top speed of 70mph
  
• Weight = 234,000 lb
  
• Tractive effort = 55,000 lb/f
  
• Power = 1500HP