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Being a railfan Myself, I have always had a certain fascination with the historic period of North American railroading known as "The Steam Era". Although I was born too late to witness it firsthand on everyday railroads, seeing the various preserved or operating examples in railroad museums can be a nice experience.

Like many North Americabn railroads that were in a big huury to dieselize their operations after World War 2 had ended in 1945, The southwestern U.S regional railroad known as the Missouri, Kansas & Texas followed the trend. The MKT or "The Katy" as it was known by popular nickname, used several older style of steam locomotives prior to eventual and total dieselization during the early 1950's.

This older 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotive, is viewed working a local freight train at Tulsa Oklahoma in a photo dated for September 7th, 1946.

The MKT preserved only one steam locomotive. MKT # 311, an old 4-4-0 type is preserved on display today, at The National Museum of Transport in Kirkwood Missouri.

The MKT experimented with diesel locomotives from Baldwin,Alco and EMD, and eventually settled on EMD for their power and reliability. The Union Pacific Railroad bought out the Katy through merger during the early 1980's.