Western Railroad Discussion > Menoken cold weather memory

Here's another image that might help relieve some of this summer time heat we're currently experiencing. It was taken on a crispy cold & grey day in November. A bit of history is showing here: Back there over the train & behind the signals is the 2-lane US hwy 24 overpass which was built in the late 1950s. It's long gone now, replaced by a much wider 4-lane version a few hundred feet further west.

1. UP 6792 on an eastbound coal load at Menoken on the west side of Topeka, KS.
Photo date: November 21, 2011.

Thanks for looking!
Lance Garrels
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As I recall from my years in Topeka they had a pretty screwy signal display for WB trains at Menoken. The Lower aspect of the signal was a pot signal and the upper aspect was on the bridge. Do I remember that correctly?