Weir City (aka Weir), KS, Parsons Subdivision, Weir Branch, MP 140.5, Parsons Subdivision, MP 145.2

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  1. railroadguy65

    railroadguy65 Member

    :) Weir City, Ks Station - 1915 Sanborn Map
     

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  2. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    St. Louis-San Francisco Railway box depot, Weir City, Kansas

    This photograph shows the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway box depot in Weir City, Kansas. The structure was located on the Northern Division, Coal Branch, Parsons Sub. Division at milepost 145.2.

    Date: 1959

    http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/display.php?item_id=97147&f=00677739

    Not quite sure where this is, exactly, but some great wood box cars in the photo....

    Kansas Memory Web Site, Kansas Historical Society
     

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  3. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    I grabbed this postcard from eBay, but am not entirely sure which Weir Depot it represents. I know the old Pittsburg and Columbus depot still stands as a house, but not sure when the one on the Weir Branch was razed.

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    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Some Schedules from Weir KS (Weir Journal Newspaper Clippings)

    Weir Journal 1889:
    Frisco-TT-26JUL1889.jpg

    Weir Journal 06 JUN 1895 (News of New Passenger Service)
    Frisco-Passenger-06JUN1895.jpg

    1896 Schedule (Weir Journal 05 FEB 1896
    Weir-TT-05FEB1896.jpg

    Schedule from 1901 (Weir City Journal)
    RR-TT-Weir-01FEB1901.jpg

    Weir Schedule 1905 (Weir Journal 10 MAR 1905)
    Weir-RRTC-10-MAR1905.jpg

    Weir Schedule 1906 (Weir Journal, 24 MAY 1906)
    Frisco-TT-24MAY1906.jpg

    Weir 1910 Schedule (Weir Journal, JAN 1910)
    Weir-TT-JAN1910.jpg

    Weir 1915 Schedule (Weir Journal)
    Weir-TT-1915.jpg
     
  5. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    News of service merging to single depot (Previously Frisco and KCFS&M), Weir Journal 31 May 1903

    Frisco-weir-merge-31MAY1903.jpg

    News on reconfiguration (24 JUL 1903)

    24JUL1903-Depot.jpg
     
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  6. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Notes on merging of tracks and change of traffic in SE KS/SW MO. Weir Journal, 1901.

    RR-News-Weir-1901.jpg
     
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