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Growing up directly across from the Santa Fe trks in Wichita,KS 1965-1972 . Our house sat at 1413 N Santa Fe at mp 210.8. It was built in 1887 just 15 yrs after the rr came to town. From the front porch, I could see trks of Santa Fe, Wichta Terminal Assn and the Rock Island. I remember the SantaFe F units, high nose GP 7&9's, SW yd engs (some still in the old black & white), psgr trains passing by the house such as the TX Chief, Chicagoan, Kansas Cityan and daytime mail trains 3&4 which carried green SF and same colored REA express bxcars w/a heavyweight coach on the rear. 40 foot boxcars from rrs nationwide and SF cattle cars. I remember seeing lots of Rock Island stuff such as SW yd engs, high nose geeps and the sharp looking frt cars. The WTA would use engs from the city rrs and I recall a Alco eng they borrowed from Mopac #1082. Back then it was a different era, a different time. Not many people my age can recall the pre Amtraks but I do. Just a wonderful time in my youth. I am putting together a writing about this with the local NRHS chapter and hope to have it done in about a month.
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