Western Railroad Discussion > "The Door" at Exit 16 at KCUS

The platform entranceway at Exit 16 is the only door at Kansas City Union Station that bears the names of a couple of former railroad company passenger trains and a listing of the major cities those trains would visit on each departing run.  The placement of those signs at that door was a nice touch to the grand old station when it was totally renovated in the late 1990s. 

If only those platform doors at KCUS could talk?

(Photos by Larry Byers) 
 

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Nice touch. Katy Flyer must have had an interesting route - maybe not necessarily in that order!

Think it goes down the left column then down the right column!~) Oh and Bartlesville is misspelled…

King_Coal Wrote:
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> Nice touch. Katy Flyer must have had an
> interesting route - maybe not necessarily in that
> order!

Sign painter had to make the words fit in the amount of space available.

Actually the word "Exit" is a modern addition to the gate number.  The gates were called gates and not exits.

​The original green canvas banners were used to indicate train number (s) etc. as well as stations and destinations for each train, similar to many other large stations.  Not all stations were listed but the sign makers did the best they could in the space available.  A nice look back at a terrific station! 

And unless the railroad came out to Pittsburg, CA, they misspelled Pittsburgh.
 

norm1153 Wrote:
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> And unless the railroad came out to Pittsburg, CA,
> they misspelled Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg, KS does not have a 'h' in it.

Milw_E70 Wrote:
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> norm1153 Wrote:
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> > And unless the railroad came out to Pittsburg,
> CA,
> > they misspelled Pittsburgh.
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> Pittsburg, KS does not have a 'h' in it.

Yes, Pittsburg, KS, world headquarters of Watco Companies who operate many shortlines in the US and Australia.

And let's hear it for Pittsburg State University, which has one of the top small college football programs in the nation.  The old KCS locomotive shops in Pittsburg are gone but football is doing rather well.