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Nostalgia & History > SFe teakettle + varnish at North TopekaDate: 11/25/21 08:29 SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: santafe199 Another B/W image set aside during my ongoing Gibson Collection audit. Just like some other recently posted Gibson images, this one was scanned from a black & white copy slide. Probably at least a 3rd generation effort. But oh my, what a subject... :^)
1. AT&SF 2-6-2 #1058 leads mixed train #57 through North Topeka, KS. Note the semaphore signal blade not yet dropped into displaying a “stop” indication. Photo date estimate: Circa 1946. Original negative taken by William A. Gibson (WAG) Sr. Thanks for looking back! Lance Garrels (santafe199) Art Gibson (wag216) Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/13/23 02:28 by santafe199. Date: 11/25/21 08:57 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: goldcoast Is this train enroute Atchison?
Date: 11/25/21 09:22 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: refarkas Beautiful!
Bob Date: 11/25/21 09:24 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: santafe199 goldcoast Wrote: > ... enroute Atchison?
No sir... it's westbound #57 by the timeable from Atchison, rolling compass SSW parallel to the Union Pacific main line to Kansas City (on the right)... Lance/199 Added: The semphore signal protects the crossing with the UP. This track will also cross the Kansas River to home turf just after crossing the UP... Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/21 09:26 by santafe199. Date: 11/25/21 09:56 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: mp51w Morning train from Atchison to the big Capital city!
Date: 11/25/21 11:04 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: goldcoast It has been many years since I was last in Topeka and I don't have my bearings. Framed by the station sign there appears to be a bridge in the distance and I thought that was the Santa Fe crossing of the Kansas River.
Date: 11/25/21 11:21 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: texchief1 Neat shot, Lance!
RC Lundgren Date: 11/25/21 13:39 Re: SFe teakettle + varnish at North Topeka Author: Evan_Werkema This photo appears on page 162 of Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail. The caption doesn't give a precise date, but does say, "During World War II, the Topeka-St. Joe motor car was, for a time, superseded by an experimental "mixed" consist - shown here leaving North Topeka." If that's the case, it must have been very briefly, as the motor car schedule evolution in The Doodlebugs doesn't show a break in the existence of St. Joseph - Topeka motor schedules 57/58 until after the end of steam, and the mixed train schedule evolution in Coach Cabbage & Caboose doesn't show a St. Joseph - Topeka mixed at any time in the 1940's. Also, Santa Fe Depots - the Eastern Lines says the depot at North Topeka wasn't abandoned until 1945. Brill car M.110 was the usual St. Joe - Topeka motor until it was converted to a trailer in 1952, and it's possible the motor was just "sick" this day. The 1058 was sold for scrap in 1949, so "circa 1946" is probably a good guess.
There was another time when Gibson & Co. captured steam "spelling" the motor car on this run in 1948 at North Topeka, as related in this old thread: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3303593 |