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Viewing Album:  Steam Engine in Newton, Kansas + Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:7/10/2020 - 7/10/2020
Album Info:On this trip, I found an old railroad hotel in Wilson, Kansas; an old railroad depot (and some Kansas & Oklahoma engines) in McPherson, Kansas; and, of course, a lot of neat stuff in Newton, KS, including more photos of their ATSF steam engine. Enjoy!
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Midland Railroad Hotel
Title:  Midland Railroad Hotel
Description:  The historic Midland Railroad Hotel, built in 1899 and so-named in 1902. Still operating!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:52:14 PM
Location:  Wilson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Midland Railroad Hotel
Title:  Midland Railroad Hotel
Description:  The hotel had no connection to the Midland Valley Railroad, which did not come this far northwest. However, it was close to the railroad tracks. Of course, everything in the small town of Wilson is close to the railroad tracks. :)
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:53:12 PM
Location:  Wilson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
WAMX 4217 4218
Title:  WAMX 4217 4218
Description:  Happened to catch a Kansas and Oklahoma train when I arrived in McPherson!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:41:18 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4217(SD40M-2) WAMX 4218(SD40-2R)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
WAMX 4217 4218
Title:  WAMX 4217 4218
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:41:46 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4217(SD40M-2) WAMX 4218(SD40-2R)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
WAMX 4217
Title:  WAMX 4217
Description:  4217 was built for the Southern Pacific in 1969: here it is in SP colors getting passed by an Amtrak train: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1564669
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:42:14 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4217(SD40M-2)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
WAMX 4218
Title:  WAMX 4218
Description:  4218 was built for the Southern Pacific in 1968; here it is in SP colors: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4224575
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:42:45 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  WAMX 4218(SD40-2R)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
McPherson ATSF Station
Title:  McPherson ATSF Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:46:41 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  WAMX 3905(GP39V)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
McPherson ATSF Station
Title:  McPherson ATSF Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:47:07 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
McPherson ATSF Station
Title:  McPherson ATSF Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:38:06 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  56   Comments: 0
McPherson ATSF Station
Title:  McPherson ATSF Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:38:45 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
WAMX 3905
Title:  WAMX 3905
Description:  3905 was built for the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio in 1965! Here it is in GMO colors: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3732317
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:45:42 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAMX 3905(GP39V)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
WAMX 3905
Title:  WAMX 3905
Description:  Later, BN and BNSF used it - here it is in green and white: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=327819
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:46:09 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WAMX 3905(GP39V)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
McPherson ATSF Station
Title:  McPherson ATSF Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:39:14 PM
Location:  McPherson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Shuttlewagon
Title:  Shuttlewagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:44:57 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Shuttlewagon
Title:  Shuttlewagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:44:33 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Shuttlewagon
Title:  Shuttlewagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:44:09 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Shuttlewagon
Title:  Shuttlewagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:43:44 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Shuttlewagon
Title:  Shuttlewagon
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:43:22 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  78   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  I've photographed this before, but wanted to get it with my new camera!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:35:25 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  Built for the Santa Fe in 1907.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:35:57 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Station,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  This engine, a 2-6-2, was known as a Prairie Type locomotive - so nicknamed because of their use on the Midwestern Prairie.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:36:30 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  Baldwin plate
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:37:23 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:37:55 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  This engine operated on ATSF's Missouri, Easter, Kansas Southern, and Middle Divisions, though most of its miles were run in Kansas - which makes Newton a fitting site for it to be on display!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:38:23 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  Looks like they let you go in the cab sometimes, but not this trip!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:38:54 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:39:23 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  That tender is not original - it was added to the locomotive in 1941 when the locomotive was converted from coal-burning to oil-burning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:39:52 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:40:22 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  Like many engines of its type, this one ran over a million miles before its 1953 retirement.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:40:55 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  After sitting in a yard in Emporia for 2 years, the engine was donated to the City of Newton, thanks to a campaign organized by Newton's Junior Jaycees.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:41:24 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description:  Today, the engine is in Newton's Military Park, and the canopy came from the ATSF depot, which still serves as an Amtrak station.
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:41:54 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:42:23 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
ATSF 1880
Title:  ATSF 1880
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 10:42:54 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1880(2-6-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
No Trespassing Sign
Title:  No Trespassing Sign
Description:  Still doing its job, even if this is the BNSF Railway now!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:54:16 PM
Location:  Wilson, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  51   Comments: 0
BNSF 8168 7111 1773 7337 5067 NS 4333 BNSF 7143
Title:  BNSF 8168 7111 1773 7337 5067 NS 4333 BNSF 7143
Description:  Always a lot of engines over here!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:57:44 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8168(ES44C4) BNSF 7111(ES44C4) BNSF 1773(SD40-2) BNSF 7337(ES44DC) BNSF 5067(C44-9W) NS 4333(AC44C6M) BNSF 7143(ES44C4)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
BNSF 8168 7111 1773
Title:  BNSF 8168 7111 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:58:20 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8168(ES44C4) BNSF 7111(ES44C4) BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Yard Building
Title:  Yard Building
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:58:49 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
BNSF 8168 7111 1773
Title:  BNSF 8168 7111 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 6:59:54 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8168(ES44C4) BNSF 7111(ES44C4) BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
BNSF 7111 1773
Title:  BNSF 7111 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:00:26 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7111(ES44C4) BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
BNSF 1773 7337 5067
Title:  BNSF 1773 7337 5067
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:01:07 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1773(SD40-2) BNSF 7337(ES44DC) BNSF 5067(C44-9W)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BNSF 1773
Title:  BNSF 1773
Description:  A Santa Fe lifer, built for the railroad in 1978 as ATSF 5213
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:02:19 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BNSF 7111
Title:  BNSF 7111
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:04:03 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 7111(ES44C4)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
BNSF 1773
Title:  BNSF 1773
Description:  I caught this engine in 2019 in Abilene: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5160317
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:02:58 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
BNSF 1773
Title:  BNSF 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/12/2023 7:03:33 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
BNSF 7337 1773
Title:  BNSF 7337 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:24:17 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7337(ES44DC) BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
BNSF 7337
Title:  BNSF 7337
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:26:06 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7337(ES44DC)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
BNSF 1773
Title:  BNSF 1773
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:26:37 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
NS 4333 7143
Title:  NS 4333 7143
Description:  Trespasser from the east!
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:27:20 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 4333(AC44C6M) BNSF 7143(ES44C4)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
NS 4333
Title:  NS 4333
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:27:53 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 4333(AC44C6M)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
The Crewman!
Title:  The Crewman!
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/13/2023 7:28:24 PM
Location:  Newton, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7337(ES44DC) BNSF 1773(SD40-2)
Views:  55   Comments: 0

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