Preview
Identifier
2009135171
Approximate Date
January 1985
Description
This black and white photograph features the Sand Creek Freight Yards offices. Two buildings are in the background with automobiles in front. The railroad tracks are in the foreground. "South portion of freight yard. The road in the right-hand portion of the picture Southwest Fourteenth. The tank cars (tin cans) in the center are on the Hi Line track. The straight portion of the track is the original road bed of the Old Main Line west out of Newton. It was built in the Spring of 1872. This track was usually full of extra gang cars (bunk, kitchen, foreman, tool commissary and water tank cars) during the winter months. - Mike Hurley." Full resolution copies of this file are not available.
Physical Description
5" x 7" photograph
Subject
Harvey County (Kan.), Buildings, Railroad facilities, Railroad shops & yards, Railroad tracks
Rights
© Harvey County Historical Museum. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. To request permission, contact info@hchm.org. Please credit Harvey County Historical Museum as your source.
Publisher
Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 25 L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection
Repository
Recommended Citation
Hurley, H. M., "Sand Creek Freight Yards Offices" (1985). Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs. 1823.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/harvey/1823
Language
eng
Keywords
Harvey County (Kan.), Buildings, Railroad facilities, Railroad shops & yards, Railroad tracks
Comments
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