Nostalgia & History > Sorting Out 6 Photos of 2 Nebraska Junctions

In May of 1980 Roger Puta did some fanning of the BN in Nebraska. He took photos of 2 junctions, all on the same roll of film. I'd like a little help sorting them out.

1. BN Orleans Junction, NE

2 and 3. Are these also Orleans Junction? If not, where?

4. BN Oxford Junction, NE, right?

5. BN Oxford Junction, NE

6. BN Oxford, NE Depot

Thanks,
Marty Bernard

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Went to Orleans, Nebraska on google maps and there is a wye which looks like pictures 2 and 3. On maps you can go to Oxford and see the depot still standing, and the junction east of town.

Back in 1991 I stopped to photograph the Oxford depot. IIRC the passenger waiting area held six people!

TonyJ Wrote:
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> Back in 1991 I stopped to photograph the Oxford
> depot. IIRC the passenger waiting area held six
> people!

If no trains stop, that should be plenty of capacity! Marty

Two and three look to be different junction than one as curve wrong direction and poles are also different. Track also looks different as one looks like main line whereas rest look to be branchlines? Like these kinds of shots showing plant.
JB

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> Two and three look to be different junction than
> one as curve wrong direction and poles are also
> different. Track also looks different as one looks
> like main line whereas rest look to be
> branchlines? Like these kinds of shots showing
> plant.
> JB

Those were my thoughts too. I'm waiting for someone who knows the territory to speak up.

Marty

#2 is Oxford Jct, the Q/BNSF mail curves into the line from Orleans which is straight.#1 as far as angle does look to be
Orleans Jct though it sure doesn't look like that today, #4 looks right for Oxford Jct looking North, #5 basically is the
same view looking South. Now #3 almost looks like Flynn Jct which is West of Orleans Jct though it could also be Orleans
Jct West of the road crossing. As I said, doesn't look the same today, there's a missing road in most of these shots.

Out

Looks a lot different than the Orleans station, that's for sure.

Out

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