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UP FEF # 807 in 1951 - but where?

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UP FEF # 807 in 1951 - but where?
Posted by 03 1008 on Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:14 AM

The German website

http://www.eisenbahnstiftung.de/bildergalerie

shows another US steam photo, this time UP FEF # 807:

http://www.eisenbahnstiftung.de/images/bildergalerie/16956.jpg

The location mentioned (Pennsylvania) is extremely unlikely. Does anybody recognize the place?

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Posted by rcdrye on Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:40 AM

It's not often ID-ing a place like this is so easy, but the street address and google maps were readily available.. 

The Sinclair staion is at 23 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City Kansas, across the Kansas River from Kansas City MO.  The train is westbound pointed NNW about 2 miles west of Kansas City MO Union Station, most likely heading towards Denver.

The lower level tracks behind the viaduct shared the lower level of the same swing bridge across the Kansas River the 807 crossed.  As far as I can determine it's also part of UP's Kansas Pacific line west to Denver.  The 807 is on the "High Line" from KCUS, the lower line gives access to "the Bottoms" along Kansas City's river frontage. 

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Posted by BigJim on Thursday, January 30, 2014 3:05 PM

UP FEF # 807 in 1951 - but where?


OK, I'll bite.
The two photos clearly state the locations. The 807 in Kansas City, Kan. The 6762 in Williamsport, Pa.
So, why the question? 

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Posted by 03 1008 on Friday, January 31, 2014 12:48 AM

The text on the website was corrected after "rcdrye" had posted his appreciated description.

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