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12/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1975 - 1/1/1975
Album Info:This album will have photos of various railroad buildings, mostly stations, but others as well.
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Rio Grande overpass
Title:  Rio Grande overpass
Description:  The Rio Grande has been gone 35 years at this point, having taken over the SP, and yielded its name to the larger operation, itself later absorbed into UP. But the herald lives on, still in good paint on this Colorado overpass.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 11/17/2024 6:12:49 AM
Location:  Palmer Lake, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  10   Comments: 1
A little heritage
Title:  A little heritage
Description:  Oklahoma City was served by a number of roads through its history. Probably the most prominent was the Santa Fe, whose image is preserved here on this wall in the Stockyard City area of OKC.
Photo Date:  1/1/1975  Upload Date: 8/7/2024 5:24:51 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
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Views:  36   Comments: 1
Union Station
Title:  Union Station
Description:  This is the concourse of Union Station, seen from the balcony. Its the only one of the five Chicago stations then in use to retain its original character. La Salle(Rock Island), Northwestern and Randolph St(ICG and South Shore) all have been replaced by office towers. Dearborn was closed once its only remaining train, the "Orland Park Cannonball" on a remnant of the Wabash, was moved to Union Station by Metra.
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 11/19/2016 2:52:59 AM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
Not all the trains are on the tracks
Title:  Not all the trains are on the tracks
Description:  The weather vane at the White River Jct station is one of the more distinctive such items, and fitting for the structure and its purpose.
Photo Date:  8/8/1981  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 4:04:11 AM
Location:  White River Junction, VT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  300   Comments: 1
No, not the one youre thinking of
Title:  No, not the one youre thinking of
Description:  The ATSF station at Las Vegas NM was a large building, having not only a station but a Harvey House as well. Quite a building for a town thats not near much.
Photo Date:  8/18/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:27:44 PM
Location:  Las Vegas, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  589   Comments: 1
ATSF station
Title:  ATSF station
Description:  The ATSF station at namesake town Santa Fe still stood in 1982, and there was still freight service into town.
Photo Date:  8/19/1982  Upload Date: 3/10/2013 4:13:35 AM
Location:  Santa Fe, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  471   Comments: 2
ATSF station
Title:  ATSF station
Description:  Night falls in Flagstaff as the lights come on. Amtrak #3 will arrive in about an hour.
Photo Date:  8/20/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:25:21 PM
Location:  Flagstaff, AZ
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
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Views:  521   Comments: 1
Baggage carts
Title:  Baggage carts
Description:  Amtrak was using the ATSF Barstow station in 1982. Heres a look along the columns in front of the building toward the baggage carts.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:21:00 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  326   Comments: 1
House of the Desert
Title:  House of the Desert
Description:  The ATSF station at Barstow bore this inscription, Spanish for "house of the desert." It was appropriate: the temperature was alread 100 degrees at 9:30 AM, and would top out at 110.
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:23:33 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  408   Comments: 1
ATSF station and Harvey House
Title:  ATSF station and Harvey House
Description:  The track side view of the ATSF station and Harvey House at Barstow Cal. The station was then in use by Amtrak for not only the Southwest Chief, but also the Desert Wind to and from Salt Lake City via Las Vegas
Photo Date:  8/21/1982  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:17:30 PM
Location:  Barstow, CA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  495   Comments: 1
Denver Union Station
Title:  Denver Union Station
Description:  Denver Union Station seen from down the block. In 1982, it really was a union station, serving both Amtrak and the DRGWs Rio Grande Zephyr.
Photo Date:  8/22/1982  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 3:26:41 AM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  268   Comments: 1
Yes there really is
Title:  Yes there really is
Description:  The Blue Water arrives at the former Michigan Central station at Kalamazoo. They are hometown proud there, judging by the sign, though apparently they want to convince the doubters.
Photo Date:  8/26/1982  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 4:45:37 AM
Location:  Kalamazoo, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  458   Comments: 1
Ex Rutland station
Title:  Ex Rutland station
Description:  The ex Rutland station at Chester was used as a turn point for Steamtown excursions while they were in Vermont. We see it here during the Railfan Weekend in 1982.
Photo Date:  10/23/1982  Upload Date: 7/2/2014 4:08:00 AM
Location:  Chester, VT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  296   Comments: 1
North Station
Title:  North Station
Description:  The facade of North Station in Boston, note the "Boston & Maine" lettering.
Photo Date:  5/17/1983  Upload Date: 10/30/2013 2:24:04 AM
Location:  Boston North Station, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  415   Comments: 1
B&M office
Title:  B&M office
Description:  B&M took over freight operations on the ex New Haven Waterbury Branch from Conrail, and used the former station in Waterbury as a base of operations. They did a nice job putting their herald on the door. Unfortunately, there were no facilities for Waterbury Branch riders, who were out in the cold.
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:02:21 AM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  353   Comments: 1
Clock tower
Title:  Clock tower
Description:  The most notable feature of the Waterbury station is the clock tower, which can be seen from quite a distance, and easily from I 84 which passes just south of the station.
Photo Date:  1/21/1984  Upload Date: 11/30/2013 4:07:54 AM
Location:  Waterbury, CT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  282   Comments: 1
Utica station
Title:  Utica station
Description:  The NY Central station at Utica was a beautiful building that had fallen on hard times. A concerted civic effort turned what had become a dilapidated dinosaur into a showpiece, with restaurants and stores after its restoration.
Photo Date:  7/15/1984  Upload Date: 6/27/2014 3:29:49 AM
Location:  Utica, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  408   Comments: 1
Of course it is!!
Title:  Of course it is!!
Description:  Otherwise, why would we do it?? This was scratched into the paint on the bridge over the Conrail Boston Line at the summit of Washginton Hill
Photo Date:  8/13/1985  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 3:18:10 AM
Location:  Washington, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  382   Comments: 1
Starrucca House
Title:  Starrucca House
Description:  The Erie Railroad built huge stations at its division points, and Susquehanna was no exception, as it was the division point between the Delaware and Susquehanna Divisions, as well as home to its system passenger car shops. By the 1980s, it was a shadow of its former self, thtough it would return to some small measure of glory as a restaurant in the years to come. Here is is in August of 1985, having ahd some work done, and looking better than it had in recent years.
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 2:06:30 AM
Location:  Susquehanna, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  371   Comments: 2
Union station
Title:  Union station
Description:  This station at Palmer Mass was a union station, serving both the Boston & Albany, and Central Vermont. Were looking across Conrails ex B&A Boston Line. In 1986, passenger trains no longer stopped here, though the Boston section of the Lake Shore passed by. A few years hence, the Montrealer would pass on the CV after it was rerouted off the B&M Conn River line due to Guilfords inability to maintain the track to adequate standards for Amtrak. At the time of this photo, there was a restaurant/bar in the building.
Photo Date:  6/17/1986  Upload Date: 11/21/2014 3:18:27 AM
Location:  Palmer, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  338   Comments: 1
New Haven station
Title:  New Haven station
Description:  The New Haven station in Lee Mass is nicely restored, and an example of the saltbox style building. It was, at this date, the base for the Berkshire Scenic RR, which used part of the ex NH Berkshire line. Freight traffic here was handled by the Housatonic.
Photo Date:  12/16/1986  Upload Date: 12/21/2014 4:32:36 AM
Location:  Lee, MA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  300   Comments: 1
Historic station
Title:  Historic station
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/1987  Upload Date: 11/17/2012 11:37:45 PM
Location:  Point of Rocks, MD
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  341   Comments: 2
Inertia
Title:  Inertia
Description:  This PC herald still adorned an overpass in Elkhart Indiana when I went through in 1987, 11 years after Conrail took over. Now 28 more years have gone by; I wonder if the bridge ever got repainted.
Photo Date:  6/20/1987  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 1:27:54 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  351   Comments: 1
No trains
Title:  No trains
Description:  When I got to Dubuque the afternoon of June 21, I set up at the west end of the Mississippi River bridge, in hopes of seeing something come across. It was not to be The bridge was opened for this barge, and I knew there would be nothing for a while. I did see two trains across the river on the BN though. Chicago Central would have to wait for tomorrow.
Photo Date:  6/21/1987  Upload Date: 5/6/2015 1:23:39 AM
Location:  Dubuque, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
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Views:  356   Comments: 1
Q station at sunset
Title:  Q station at sunset
Description:  A couple of young girls wait for dad at the La Grange station as the last rays of sun light up the stone work.
Photo Date:  6/25/1987  Upload Date: 5/13/2015 4:23:16 AM
Location:  La Grange, IL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger
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Views:  257   Comments: 1
Step back in time
Title:  Step back in time
Description:  The C&O station at Balcony Falls VA is a classic that appears to have been forgotten by the passing of time. You can just picture not a CSX wide cab, but a C&O Kanawha blasting by here any minute.
Photo Date:  4/23/1988  Upload Date: 7/12/2015 2:53:57 AM
Location:  Balcony Falls, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  302   Comments: 2
Southern station
Title:  Southern station
Description:  The Southern Raiway station at Manassas as train 355 approaches behind a set of ex Southern GP 50s now painted for the new owners.
Photo Date:  4/30/1988  Upload Date: 7/5/2015 3:11:09 AM
Location:  Manassas, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7021(GP50) NS 7020(GP50) NS 7079(GP50)
Views:  912   Comments: 1
BAR station
Title:  BAR station
Description:  The Bangor & Arookstook station at Madawaska looks good for not having seen a revenue passenger train in decades. This is how it looked in May of 1988
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/8/2015 3:52:32 AM
Location:  Madawaska, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  280   Comments: 1
CP station
Title:  CP station
Description:  The VIA, former CP station at Brownville Jct. VIAs Atlantic will stop here both directions in the middle of the night.
Photo Date:  5/29/1988  Upload Date: 3/6/2015 3:11:53 AM
Location:  Brownville Junction, ME
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  411   Comments: 1
CP station
Title:  CP station
Description:  I rode VIAs Atlantic from Montreal to Moncton NB, wanting to get the miles before the train came off. The last stop before going into Maine is Mc Adam NB, a large stone station that befit its importance in the region. The stop there was late at night, but I was able to get a shot braced against the car side.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/1/2015 4:30:54 AM
Location:  McAdam, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger
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Views:  226   Comments: 1
Carnival ride from hell
Title:  Carnival ride from hell
Description:  Before self unloading ore boats became common, minerals were unloaded at lake ports with these Hulett unloaders, seen from the passing Lake Shore Limited. They look like something out of a Star Wars movie, and operating one was described as being on a "carnival ride from hell" due to the operator riding in a bucket mounted cab. Several of these relics are still on the Cleveland waterfront in 1990, not long for the world. The ore jennies in the foreground, however, will stay at it a few more years.
Photo Date:  3/10/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:15:37 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station
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Views:  534   Comments: 1
NYC station
Title:  NYC station
Description:  Several friends and I rode the Lake Shore to Toledo, changed there to the Lake Cities, a Toledo-Detroit-Chicago connection, to get the mileage through Michigan. The train ran push-pull to eliminate the need to run around at Detroit. The cab car trailed on the Detroit-Chicago segment, allowing us to look out the rear. This is the old NYC station at Dexter Mich, seen from the cab car.
Photo Date:  3/10/1990  Upload Date: 12/26/2015 3:11:47 AM
Location:  Dexter, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  254   Comments: 1
Overhead view
Title:  Overhead view
Description:  There is a stone quarry up on the hill above Starrucca Viaduct, from which we get this stunning view. It takes a long time to climb up. I only did it a few times, and never saw a train once I was up there. So it goes.
Photo Date:  10/15/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 1:30:33 AM
Location:  Lanesboro, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
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Views:  348   Comments: 3
Relic of the past
Title:  Relic of the past
Description:  This water tower still stood in Morgan Utah in 1996.
Photo Date:  4/18/1996  Upload Date: 5/9/2014 1:57:55 AM
Location:  Morgan, UT
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic
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Views:  227   Comments: 1
Heritage overpass
Title:  Heritage overpass
Description:  This C&O overpass was still looking good near Grand Rapids
Photo Date:  6/24/1997  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 2:53:56 AM
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  311   Comments: 2
Ex MKT station
Title:  Ex MKT station
Description:  A UP coal train passes the ex MKT station in Big Cabin OK, as seen from US 69. The station gradually deteriorated until it finally was torn down in 2012
Photo Date:  1/17/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2014 2:33:55 AM
Location:  Big Cabin, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6846(AC44CW)
Views:  437   Comments: 1
Tower on the cutoff
Title:  Tower on the cutoff
Description:  The DL&W built the cut off between 1911 and 1915, using what was at the time an innovative material, steel reinforced concrete. It had durability. This tower at Kingsley PA, unused for many years, still stands, built to last for the ages.
Photo Date:  4/28/2002  Upload Date: 10/6/2013 3:14:12 AM
Location:  Kingsley, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  316   Comments: 1
Beautiful building
Title:  Beautiful building
Description:  The Grand Trunk Western station at Durand Mich. It houses a museum, as well as hosting a place to watch trains outside on the old station platforms. This view is along the line heading to Detroit. Amtrak trains 364/365, at one time the Blue Water Limited, stop here on the line from Chicago to Port Huron, which runs in front of the building, and behind me out of the photo.
Photo Date:  10/13/2003  Upload Date: 4/10/2017 3:40:21 AM
Location:  Durand, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Straight on view
Title:  Straight on view
Description:  A straight on view of the Grand Trunk station, showing the turrets on either end. Its a good place to watch trains, and you can get here on Amtrak, too.
Photo Date:  10/13/2003  Upload Date: 4/10/2017 3:43:09 AM
Location:  Durand, MI
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
Standing tall in the corn
Title:  Standing tall in the corn
Description:  Tunkhannock Viaduct, the worlds largest reinforced concrete structure, still in service over 100 years after the first train rolled across it, dominates the scene above this snow covered cornfield. At 2600 feet long and 240 feet high, it dominates the whole town.
Photo Date:  2/1/2004  Upload Date: 11/23/2017 5:33:56 AM
Location:  Nicholson, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Winter
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Views:  37   Comments: 1
Hook and eye station
Title:  Hook and eye station
Description:  We have relatives in Woodstock GA, and sometimes varied our route when travelling there-I cant take the same road twice!! On one such trip we ran up GA 5 toward Tennessee, discovering this ex L&N station at Tate.
Photo Date:  4/12/2004  Upload Date: 6/3/2017 3:53:17 AM
Location:  Tate, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  43   Comments: 0
Massive
Title:  Massive
Description:  This view of the stone piers supporting Starrucca Viaduct shows their impressive size. They look pretty good for being almost 160 years old.
Photo Date:  7/10/2004  Upload Date: 6/6/2017 5:12:48 AM
Location:  Lanesboro, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
Yes, we have bananas!!
Title:  Yes, we have bananas!!
Description:  So send em on down from Scranton!! This fruit auction building was near the ex PRR yard in Altoona. I bet it has an interesting history.
Photo Date:  10/21/2004  Upload Date: 10/6/2017 4:43:03 AM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Rock overpass
Title:  Rock overpass
Description:  Some things never go away. Railroad heralds on bridges are often one of them, as a lot of railroad bridges dont get repainted on any kind of schedule. This one was in West Liberty Iowa, as if the Rock Island never went away 26 years prior.
Photo Date:  5/6/2006  Upload Date: 2/15/2017 2:32:58 AM
Location:  West Liberty, IA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  118   Comments: 0
Rock Station
Title:  Rock Station
Description:  The Wichita Rock Island Station, seen late in the afternoon on a January day. Im trying to picture the Plainsman, or Twin Star Rocket stopping here behind E6s or E7s.
Photo Date:  1/19/2007  Upload Date: 2/3/2017 3:30:58 AM
Location:  Wichita, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  84   Comments: 1
Big time
Title:  Big time
Description:  The grain elevator at Dodge City is a huge structure, as it is used to store and ship large quantities of grain for miles around the area. We see a morning view along the Santa Fe main, which is often quiet since most of the freight goes via Amarillo.
Photo Date:  9/21/2008  Upload Date: 8/10/2016 5:07:05 AM
Location:  Dodge City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal
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Views:  108   Comments: 1
Prairie skyscrapers
Title:  Prairie skyscrapers
Description:  Most towns on the plains had at least one of these tall, concrete structures to house grain to be shipped. They were often the tallest man made structures for miles, and out here on the high plains, they could be seen from a long way off. While these elevators on the Cimarron Valley, a former Santa Fe line, were not the largest in the state by any means, they still had a commanding presence over the surrounding landscape.
Photo Date:  9/21/2008  Upload Date: 8/10/2016 5:15:52 AM
Location:  Johnson City, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  60   Comments: 1
Where the money comes from
Title:  Where the money comes from
Description:  Railroads need stuff to haul if they are going to generate any revenue. One of the prime sources is grain, which is taken from elevator to mill, though sometimes to port. Here in Coffeyville, this feed mill was providing a reason for the railroads existence.
Photo Date:  11/15/2008  Upload Date: 8/22/2016 3:57:17 AM
Location:  Coffeyville, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
Big place
Title:  Big place
Description:  Coffeyville was once an important point on the Missouri Pacific, which had a yard and offices here, as it was a division point. Now, the UP still runs here on the line from Kansas City to Little Rock, but Watco runs all the other lines here, one of them former Santa Fe, which also came to town. Still, the heritage remains intact, at least on the side of the building.
Photo Date:  11/15/2008  Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:22:36 AM
Location:  Coffeyville, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Unassuming
Title:  Unassuming
Description:  The entrance to the massive Mopac division office building belies its importance with its understated elegance.
Photo Date:  11/15/2008  Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:25:20 AM
Location:  Coffeyville, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station
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Views:  58   Comments: 0


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