Harvey County Historical Museum Photographs
 

L. M. Hurley

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Identifier

2009135170

Approximate Date

January 1985

Description

This black and white photograph features Sand Creek Freight Yards. "View looking southeast East freight yard lead. Building to the right is the present Sand Creek Yard Office containing an operator, supervisor of operations (ex-yardmaster), crew clerk, freight yard clerks, regional freight office (ex-freight office), trainmen's lounge and locker room. This building is now located on the site of the old switch shanty that was moved here from Sedgwick in 1905-1906. The single track in the center foreground was the Middle Division caboose (way car) track. The track in the left comer was the Old Western Division caboose track during the days when the conductors had their own assigned cabooses. - Mike Hurley." Full resolution copies of this file are not available.

Physical Description

5" x 7" photograph

Subject

Harvey County (Kan.), Railroad shops & yards, Railroad facilities, 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.

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Access provided by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection, Photo Box 25 L. M. 'Mike' Hurley Collection

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Language

eng

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Keywords

Harvey County (Kan.), Railroad shops & yards, Railroad facilities, Railroad tracks

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