Railroad Depots

[Steve]

Recently, we have made several trips to the state of Kansas because Jaylin is in college there. In our travels, we have come across a few different railroad depots there, and I know there are more that we have not seen yet. And of course, I always make sure to get some photos with my camera and post them on the Burnsland website. Here they are for you to see:


Mammoth Spring, Arkansas - The Mammoth Spring depot is in the Mammoth Spring State Park. It has a museum inside, but it is always closed each time we have stopped by. There is also a caboose outside the depot, and I have not yet posted the photos of the caboose.


Lyons, Kansas - This depot was not in great shape, unfortunately. But it was still interesting to see. And I took lots of photos.


Alden, Kansas - This is the most recent depot we visited. Plus, we went back the next day after I took these photos, and we happened to be invited inside the depot! Watch for those photos coming soon!


Sterling, Kansas - This former depot now houses a law office. I have met one of the lawyers, so one of these days I hope to ask to see inside the depot.

When I post more, I will add links in this topic, too. Although if you just want to check the main Burnsland website each day just to see what might be new, that will be fine, too!

[Locoboy5150]

College already? Wow, time flies!

Thanks for sharing the photos of various stations in Kansas. It's nice to see that not everything has been bulldozed for housing developments or a mall like out here in the Bay Area.

[Steve]

It's nice to see that not everything has been bulldozed for housing developments or a mall

That is one of the nice things about these small towns. They have plenty of land available, and there is not that much of a demand for new homes, so many of their historic buildings remain.

On one of our visits, some of the people at the church we visit were telling about going a few weeks earlier to see a Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive as it went through some of the nearby towns. I hate that we missed that!

[Steve]

The first post of photos from inside the railroad depot at Alden, Kansas, is now live:


Inside the Alden Railroad Depot

And yes, "first post" indicates that there will be another one, because this one was getting to be rather full of photos. So I decided to save some photos until later so as not to overwhelm anyone!

[Steve DeGaetano]

Cool photos, Steve! I *think* the Alden depot was a pretty common station style for the Santa Fe.

[Steve]

Cool photos, Steve! I *think* the Alden depot was a pretty common station style for the Santa Fe.

Thanks, Steve! And yes, based on plans for other Santa Fe depots that I saw online, the Alden depot was very close to those. I hope they are able to do something good with the depot!