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Viewing Album:  "Santa Fe" Caboose in Melvern, KS
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:10/10/2020 - 10/10/2020
Album Info:Just off of Highway 75, about 30 miles south of Topeka, sits a little gem for railroad fans. Melvern, a town of only 385, sits right on the BNSF Mainline. Right next to the railroad tracks is a little park called Railroad Park. Not only is there a specially built overlook for people to watch the trains go by on, but the old Pine Street bridge still crosses the tracks! The date of construction varies (some say 1909, others say 1890: http://johnmarvigbridges.org/Pine%20Street%20Bridge%20Melvern.html), but there's a good chance this was once a railroad bridge in another location. Around 1909, though, it was moved to Melvern, where it served Pine Street for many years. Now, it is for pedestrians only, and it makes a great spot to stand and watch the trains go by on! Also, there's a "Santa Fe" caboose, though you'll see why this is deceptive soon enough...
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Pine Street Bridge
Title:  Pine Street Bridge
Description:  Once a railroad bridge itself, it now spans the railroad tracks!
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:41:44 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  Caboose! But is it really ATSF?
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:42:25 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  So in older photos I have seen of this park, there was a UP caboose in it.
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:43:11 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  But by the time I arrived, it was an ATSF caboose, with no UP caboose in sight.
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:43:58 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  To the left is an overlook constructed specifically so you can go up and watch trains pass in the gully below!
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:44:54 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  Only, this caboose had a very unusual shape for an ATSF caboose.
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:45:37 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  Leading me to suspect it was the UP caboose, repainted.
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:46:18 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  85   Comments: 0
Melvern Overlook
Title:  Melvern Overlook
Description:  Thanks, Darrel!
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:47:09 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
View of the Tracks
Title:  View of the Tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:48:13 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  89   Comments: 0
View of the Tracks
Title:  View of the Tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:48:53 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:49:32 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:50:51 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:51:26 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  92   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:51:59 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  87   Comments: 0
Interior of Caboose
Title:  Interior of Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:52:37 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
Interior of Caboose
Title:  Interior of Caboose
Description:  Apparently, the window is broken.
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:53:26 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
Interior of Caboose
Title:  Interior of Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:54:40 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
Interior of Caboose
Title:  Interior of Caboose
Description:  I guess this is where the bunk used to be!
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:55:24 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
Interior of Caboose
Title:  Interior of Caboose
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:56:47 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  91   Comments: 0
UP 25836
Title:  UP 25836
Description:  Ah-ha! My theory is correct!
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:57:50 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,InCab
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  or UP 25836
Photo Date:  10/10/2020  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 9:58:33 PM
Location:  Melvern, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  104   Comments: 0

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