After packing up the car, our group left and headed to the depot at South Gifford.
South Gifford Chicago, Burlington and Quincy station. From here Greg drove us to Marceline.
Santa Fe SD40 5008, built by Electro-Motive Division in 1966 as 1708, on display here.
Santa Fe caboose 999471, built by the railroad in 1942 as 2160.
Santa Fe 2-8-0 2546 built by American Locomotive Company in 1911 for Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad and sold to the Santa Fe in 1927.
The Maceline Santa Fe station, built in 1913 and home to the Walt Disney Museum, which is closed on Mondays.
My extremely loving wife Elizabeth and the Marceline Santa Fe station. Greg next drove us out of state.
We crossed the Missouri River into Kansas, a new state for Greg and Marty. We stopped and visited the Atchison Railroad Museum.
The Atchison Railroad Museum was founded in 1988 by the Northeast Kansas Railroaders Society. One portion of the land was leased from the city and the other part was purchased from the Santa Fe Railroad. The museum exhibits an outdoor collection of rail cars, locomotive and rolling stock from the old Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad whichis available for exterior viewing throughout the year. Northeast Kansas Railroad members operate the Atchison & Western Miniature Railroad, a 12" gauge railroad, weekends during the summer, Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 12-4.
Santa Fe 2-8-0 811 built by Baldwin in Philadelphia in 1901.
Missouri Pacific Eagle Merchandise Service 40 foot box car 121175 built as a wooden box car in 1927 and converted to a steel express car in 1950.
Santa Fe caboose 999468 built by the railroad in 1942 as 2103.
Kansas City Southern caboose 400 built by Thrall in 1976.
Burlington Northern caboose 10410, originally Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 13544, built by the railroad in 1954.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy coach 4703 "Silver Gleam" built by Budd in 1940.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy United States Railway Post Office Car 1604 "Silver Pouch" built by Budd in 1952.
Santa Fe caboose 999592, built by the railroad in 1949 as 2164.
Santa Fe caboose 999575, built by the railroad in 1949 as 2296.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy coach 4712 "Silver Crown" built by Budd in 1940.
Missouri Pacific Maintenance-of-Way dining car 14259 built by the railroad in 1962 as a mail storage car.
Missouri Pacific Lines baggage car, number unknown.
Missouri Pacific wide-vision caboose 13615 built by International Car in 1973.
Missouri Pacific snowplow 5790 built by the railroad in 1928 using a tender from a former steam engine.
Museum view.
The Santa Fe freight house in Atchison, Kansas.
The sign explaining the Santa Fe Railroad's beginnings. We left for points west and stopped for lunch at Jersey Mike's, then Elizabeth started driving the rest of the way.
Union Pacific 2-8-0 477 built by Baldwin in 1901 at Salina.
Chris in the cab.
Elizabeth in the cab. From here we went to Great Bend.
Santa Fe 4-6-2 3416 built by Baldwin in 1919.
Santa Fe Great Bend Station built in 1910. We drove the rest of the way to Dodge City arriving there at 9:00 PM then checked into the Best Western Plus and called it a night.
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