Bill,
I believe the line on the west side of the Missouri River was
abandoned prior to the Depression. According to Overton, that was
originally the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad that was formally
absorbed into the CB&Q in 1908 . Overton reads like it was
built to harass and interfere with Jay Gould's plans to extend the
MP to Omaha.
I am looking at the April-May 1936 Passenger timetable and it
only shows the stub from the Missouri side to Atchison.
Here is a photo of Atchison Union Depot (served the Q, ATSF, MP
and RI):
<http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr0902/misc82.jpg>
It looks similar to the Union Depot in St. Joseph.
At the time of Pioneer Zephyr, the Q ran connecting Motor Car
service from Atchison to Armour to meet all KC-St. Joe passenger
trains. So it's possible it was at Atchison for some type of
publicity tour/photo.
Bill Hirt
On 7/29/2018 9:50 AM, William Barber
wrote:
Bryan,
Atchison was on a line that branched off at Armour
on the KC - Council Bluffs line on the east side of the Missouri
River southeast of Atchison. That line proceeded to Rulo, NE
where it connected to the line to Wymore. I am not sure that the
PZ ever operated over that route. I wonder if the photo is not
incorrectly identified. If your photo of the Atchison depot is
correctly identified, it looks quite similar to the depot at St.
Joseph, MO where we know that the PZ operated from for a number
of years. Could the photo actually have been taken at St. Joe?
Attached is a 1909 post card view of the St. Joe depot that
looks very similar to the Atchison depot in your photo. Both
have the high train shed structure.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
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