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Posted 25 October 2022 - 07:56 AM

Found here. These are from the Jules A. Bourquin collection at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Bourquin was a commercial photographer in Horton, Kansas.

Attached File  At Holton, Waiting for the Passenger..jpg (1.87MB)
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Attached File  Rail Yard 1914 Horton, Kans..jpg (1.54MB)
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Attached File  Nobody Guilty, Done Itself.jpg (1.73MB)
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and 124 more...lots of scenes of around the roundhouse and yards of Horton.

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 08:24 AM

At one time Horton was the main shop complex on the Chicago Kansas and Nebraska Railroad.
The CK&N was the Rock Island's first attempt at a line to the Pacific via Colorado.
Here's a little more info.
This is Troy KS on the way to Horton from St Joe. A little something I work on when the urge arises.
https://i.imgur.com/CePpcCO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZK92eLGm.jpg

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 09:49 AM

Cool. Then this may be helpful to your project in some way. Were you aware of this collection, then, Randy?

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Posted 25 October 2022 - 11:35 AM

I had not seen them.
Makes the task seem that much more daunting.
By the era I'm interested in almost all of that was gone. Just weeds.

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