Western Railroad Discussion > Cornfield roller-coaster

An out-of-place looking coal empty is taking a mild roller-coaster ride through some Kansas corn fields on its way from Baileyville over to Axtell. Next small town after that is Beattie, followed by Home City and finally the crew-change terminal of Marysville. This is rich corn & milo country. (although I doubt those farmers from up yonder in Husker Nation would exhibit any jealousy… ;^)

1. 2. & 3. UP 8119 leads a coal empty out of Baileyville, KS. Taken from the hoop-t-doo jog crossing of 160th Rd with the UP’s Hiawatha Sub. This westward directional main line is the UP’s old “Joe Branch”.
Photo date: August 3, 2020.

Thanks for looking!
Lance Garrels
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/06/20 04:21 by santafe199.

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Lance, thanks for sharing these quality images from an area I travelled for many years. --Kelly

Nice pics!  We've got lots of corn and soy beans here but not much in the way of milo anymore.  More money in corn and beans I think.

Looks like the "Kiddie Coaster"... :D