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Nostalgia & History > Merle T. Graves returns!Date: 11/22/17 14:15 Merle T. Graves returns! Author: lilwes Well I have started to settle into my new home and am ready to start posting more of Merle T. Graves Kansas Depots. Tonight we have the “D” depots that he took. Thanks for looking.
Wes 1) Denmark, KS. taken on May 10, 1959 2) Derby, KS. taken on April 14, 1957 3) Desoto, KS. taken on September 3, 1954 4) Desoto, KS, taken September 26, 1959 5) Dighton, KS. taken on June 21, 1959 6) Dodge City, KS. taken on September 29, 1953 Wes Chiles Topeka, KS Date: 11/22/17 14:16 Re: Merle T. Graves returns! Author: lilwes Date: 11/22/17 14:34 Re: Merle T. Graves returns! Author: gcm Very nice to see station pictures from the 50's.
Mr.Graves did an excellent job. Gary Date: 11/22/17 19:59 Re: Merle T. Graves returns! Author: santafe199 Great stuff! Denmark was long gone by the time I worked the Osborne local (1981) and I'd never seen any pics of the Derby before. I'm guessing it was chopped down from the original...
Lance Date: 11/23/17 00:24 Re: Merle T. Graves returns! Author: mp51w Look at that platform light at Dodge City! That's fancy!
Date: 11/23/17 12:18 Re: Merle T. Graves returns! Author: Evan_Werkema DeSoto appears to have gotten the same treatment as Pauline, KS, with a freight room addition whose roofline didn't match the original structure:
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3119167,3119167#3119167 santafe199 Wrote: > I'd never seen > any pics of the Derby before. I'm guessing it was > chopped down from the original... That looks to be a small maintenance of way bunkhouse that was converted to serve as the depot after the original was destroyed. |