Nostalgia & History > wag216 is testing.

Testing this ATSF depot picture to learn how to post this.
wag216

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Frisco?

The Santa Fe crossed the Frisco in Fredonia but I haven't been near the railroad area. It is a strange looking depot. However the MOW building on past the depot looks "Santa Fe" along with the station name and the switch stands' target and light. However the train order signal is sure different than the ones I've seen on the Santa Fe. WAG 216 is going to have to help us out.
Mark

Nope, ATSF. It was on the 4th district of the Eastern Division (between Chanute and Wellington) according to my 1975 Eastern Division ETT.

mp51w Wrote:
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> Frisco?

Looks like you learned some specialized photo-editing really fast, making the depot shrink up that much... ;^)

You passed the test Art.

Thanks for the photo. What year was it taken? Here's the same spot today, with the MoPac depot to the right: https://goo.gl/maps/b7DhrDjmaao

That type of two-position colorlight was one of several alternatives to the lower quadrant semaphore-style train order signal that Santa Fe used in later years. Plainview, TX had one as well:

http://atsf.railfan.net/depots/plainview.html

Fredonia is one of those multi-railroad towns in Kansas that doesn't seem to show up in photos much. Santa Fe used to have a joint agency with the Frisco at the diamonds further south, which once looked like this:

http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442645/page/1
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442646

but later looked like this:

http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442642
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442641