I've traveled along the Wymore to Oxford line several times now.
Although there are still one or two station sites I have yet to
visit, I thus far have been unable to find any evidence of Endicott
bricks being used. I would have expected some of the stations near
Endicott, especially Endicott itself, to have used these bricks.
Many of the former depot/platform sites along that line now show
little evidence of any structure having been erected there. Even the
local old-timers cannot remember most details, since the platforms
are so long gone. I would conclude that you are correct that the
plant did not become operational until later, although I do not know
much of the history of the plant itself.
-Todd E. Frye
Baldwin City, KS
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, robert runty <brjr51@y...> wrote:
> I've got a Humboldt paver from the depot platform at
> Tecumsah, NE. Has anyone seen any from the Endicott
> plant on the Wymore to Oxford line? Or was that plant
> built after the era of station platforms?
>
> Bob Runty
> --- Todd <thefryeguy@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on
> > most, if not all,
> > > Burlington brick station platforms.
> >
> > I have documented Humboldt, Nebraska labeled bricks
> > at multiple
> > former Burlington platform locations in northern
> > Kansas (Haddam,
> > Morrowville, Concordia, Washington) and southern
> > Nebraska (Diller,
> > Odell, Hubbell). Were Humboldt bricks used instead
> > of Purington
> > bricks at these locations because of geography, or
> > because they were
> > originally on Burlington & Missouri in Nebraska
> > trackage? These
> > small-town depots/platforms likely saw little
> > updating over the years
> > so I suppose that too could be a factor. Thanks for
> > the interesting
> > discussion.
> >
> > -Todd E. Frye
> > Baldwin City, KS
> >
> >
> > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk"
> > <cvlk@c...> wrote:
> > > Randy-
> > > The Purington is the brand of brick pavers used on
> > most, if not all,
> > > Burlington brick station platforms. The name
> > "Purington" was on
> > the brick
> > > (both faces???) and at a glance it looks like
> > "Burlington"..
> > > The pavers were made in East Galesburg (thanks to
> > all those who have
> > > responded so far with info and links!!!).
> > > Charlie Vlk
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Randy Gordon-Gilmore" <zephyrus@r...>
> > > To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:25 PM
> > > Subject: [CBQ] Re: Purington Pavers
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Charlie wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have the dimensions of a Purington
> > Paver?
> > > >
> > > > Is that a specific brand of brick, Charlie, or a
> > type? I have a
> > brick
> > > > from the old Ashland platform at home that I
> > could dig out and
> > > > measure.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Randy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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