Kansas City, MO - Roundhouses & Turntables - 19th Street Yard - West Bottoms

The Frisco had 3 roundhouses in Kansas City.

One for the Kansas City, Osceola and Springfield (KCOS), Blair Road, at Coberg Yard, and two at 19th Street Yard.

The south roundhouse's turntable survived until the the end of the Frisco.

The diesel shop lies over the site of the south roundhouse or perhaps just a bit to the south.

 

Many thanks to Karl for the information on the Kansas City 19th Street Yard.

Any chance there are photographs of the south turntable on this site?

I am not the best at navigating the website but I am pretty good at taking direction.

I would like to see what it looked like for modeling purposes.

I have a friend here in Kansas City who indicated a willingness to help me build and install a turntable if we can get photographs and if I have enough space.

Thanks for all the help!

Ship IT on the Frisco!

Rick

 

Rick,

I think the cover photo of FMIG NL 19 is of us on that Kansas City turntable.

It is a through girder like the rest.

Doug

 

So does it look like the photographs of the Monett turntable?

Thanks.

Rick

 

Yep.

Also the St. Louis, Ft. Scott, Afton, Springfield, et al turntables.

 

Does anyone have photos of the Frisco roundhouses?

I publish a newsletter for my NMRA division and my column is From the Roundhouse.

I would sure be glad to give credit for the pictures if anyone can share them with me.

Gary Hemmingway
garyonho@cox.net

 

1917 & 1939 Sanborn maps of the KC yards and roundhouses

 

Microsoft Live map view of Kansas City, MO 19th Street Yard and former roundhouse locations.

Click the links below. Be patient while loading, it will take you there.

If you do not have Micorsoft Virtual Earth 3D loaded, it will ask you to do so.

It should take you to the link, if not, re click on these link after you install it.

View one is the south end of the yard.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...545399165722&phscl=1.51356124843621&encType=1

View two is the north end of the yard.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...058025931353&phscl=1.41253754462275&encType=1

 

I cannot remember, these may be all Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Railroad facilities.

Maybe it will help on ideas for someone.

Photographs from the mid 1960s.

 

All are at Katy's Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, KS. It was just northeast of Frisco's Rosedale Yard. The MKT's stone roundhouse at Glen Park was a real gem.