Bryan:
I queried Bill
Schultz about the 9900's exhibition appearances, and
here's his reply:
Without replicating the entire list (stored with the
manuscript on a separate computer), here's a partial
list including all 9900 pre-revenue-service activity
at Atchison, Leavenworth, and St. Joseph:
Monday June 11, 1934 St. Joseph, Mo.
exhibition (Union Station)
Atchison, Kan. exhibition (Union Station)
Leavenworth, Kan. exhibition
Friday November 2, 1934 St. Joseph-Togo, Ia.-St.
Joseph circle excursion (St. Joseph Chamber of
Commerce)
Wednesday November 7 Seven St. Joseph-Napier,
Mo., round-trip excursions
Thursday November 8 Weston, Mo.-St. Joseph
round-trip excursion
Four
Atchison-East Leavenworth, Mo., round-trip excursions
Friday November 9 Five
Leavenworth-Armour, Mo., round-trip excursions
There were wyes at both Atchison (at the west end of
the Missouri River bridge; north leg CB&Q; east
and west legs MoPac) and Armour, so there would have
been no need to back the train in either direction
between the two stations.
After looking at photos of St. Joe Union Depot,
the Atchison depot and the photo that started this
thread. I'm inclined to believe that the photo is at
St. Joe and not Atchison. The PZ looks to be under
the stand-alone umbrella shelter visible in the St.
Joe photos. The Atchison depot does not have this.
For it to be Atchison, the PZ would have to be much
closer to the depot.
Thanks for the discussion on this. We were hoping to
use it for the 2019 calendar to represent Kansas, so
I guess we are back to the drawing board in regards
to finding a photo of the Q in Kansas. I'll let the
Kansas state library know that the date and location
they have for the photo are incorrect.
Bryan J. Howell