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Date: 04/19/16 18:10
ATSF at Valley Falls doubleheader
Author: KCRW287

A Santa Fe doubleheader at Valley Falls Kansas, 81 and 183 getting

a full head of steam to get out of the Delaware River Valley and get to

Topeka. The real photo postcard is circa 1910, and I think the photo goes

back a few years earlier.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/16 18:15 by KCRW287.

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Date: 04/19/16 18:21
Re: ATSF DOUBLEHEADER AT VALLEY FALLS
Author: ddg

Harry Mentch (deceased now) was a fireman and engineer at KC, worked west to Emporia mostly, and that St. Joe job was a branch on his territory. His son Bill, who is still working, told me Harry and his engine fell through a bridge at Valley Falls during a flood and washout. He survived, and was fished out of the water down stream by a farmer. Probably the same bridge on the old alignment.

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Date: 04/20/16 01:52
Re: ATSF DOUBLEHEADER AT VALLEY FALLS
Author: mp51w

Boy!  That 81 spot is an old timer!
 

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Date: 04/20/16 05:05
Re: ATSF DOUBLEHEADER AT VALLEY FALLS
Author: KskidinTx

That's a great photograph, especially considering when it was taken.  Give us more!
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