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Nostalgia & History > Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910Date: 09/23/16 04:54 Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: LocoPilot750 A photo of two pictures, hung side by side in the "Smoked Creations" barbecue in Ottawa. I think I may have seen this before on an old post card, in one piece. Looks like they worked a lot of stock cars there, back then. Several other good old Santa Fe photos hanging there too, and the food is excellent or better.
 Date: 09/23/16 07:40 Re: Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: railboomer Do you remember Walter Ackerman at Topeka. Worked with him in the mill. He was #1 on the seniority roster. He told me that he started his career at the Ottawa shop and went to Wichita and finished up at Topeka. He was quite an interesting character.
Date: 09/23/16 07:49 Re: Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: LocoPilot750 I remember the name. Several of the guys at Topeka had started out at Ottawa. Not sure when they closed it up.
Posted from Android Date: 09/24/16 01:39 Re: Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: Evan_Werkema LocoPilot750 Wrote:
> I think I > may have seen this before on an old post card, in > one piece. These are from the same vantage point, but evidently a different day as the cars in the back lot are different: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/franklin/postcards/rrshop.jpg http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/219555/page/1 Date: 09/24/16 14:33 Re: Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: hotrail Looking at Bing maps, it is tough to make out at all where the car shops would have been. There does not seem to be much railroading remaining in Ottawa, KS.
Date: 09/25/16 04:01 Re: Santa Fe car shop, Ottawa, Ks. 1910 Author: Evan_Werkema hotrail Wrote:
> Looking at Bing maps, it is tough to make out at > all where the car shops would have been. There > does not seem to be much railroading remaining in > Ottawa, KS. Believe it was right about where the grain elevator is in the middle of this view, across the tracks and a bit north of the old stone depot: https://goo.gl/maps/BoN9zLe17i42 This 1903 map shows the roundhouse and shop complex in the upper left hand corner: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/499414/Ottawa+City+++Center+Middle/ |