Nostalgia & History > Steam on Sunday (vol 27): Location in Kansas?

I never had the privilege of meeting Mr Phil Taylor. He was a good friend to Bill Gibson, his son Art and the rest of the Topeka railfan gang of the mid-20th century. Below is one of his trader prints that found its way into the Gibson Collection. The Pacific up front has #40 in its number boards. That puts it somewhere in Kansas, but I can’t place the location. It looks like a mid-morning shot, but I don’t have the right ETT to check on running times for train #40. TIA for the helping hand!

1. UP 4-6-2 3221 leads train #40 at Kiro, KS* in late 1953.
B/W photo by Phillip M Taylor formerly in the Art Gibson collection, now in the James T. Wilson collection.

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Jim Wilson (jtwlunch)

*Got the location help in Kansas (fingers crossed).



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Nice shot.  That stack looks large enough for two locos ;-)

West from Menoken on the KP out in the Kansas River bottom farmland.   There's a double searchlight signal behind the the train and a siding . Photographer stood on an overpass or a signal mast platform. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/25 12:08 by UP951West.

UP951West Wrote: > ... West from Menoken on the KP out in the Kansas River bottom farmland ...

Andy & I got on the horn and both came to that same conclusion. It's closest to a location called "Kiro" which used to be in the UP employee timetable. That's what I'll use...

Thanks, Lance



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/25 15:07 by santafe199.

Nice 1953 Ford on the left there.