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Viewing Album:  Scenes from Sedalia-Katy and MP Stations, Frisco and Reading Steam Engines, Merci Boxcar, and Caboos
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:1/26/2019 - 1/26/2019
Album Info:Well, I had planned to go see the Kansas City Mavericks play the Utah Grizzlies (hockey, for those of you who don't know), so I figured I'd sightsee in some town in Missouri, drive part of the way back to Topeka and stop to see the game, then drive the rest of the way afterwards. Turns out the game was sold out...so I didn't get to see it. But the trip was hardly for nothing! Sedalia was once a major part of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad, and their depot (which had offices for the railroad) is still standing. So is the Missouri Pacific's station, which is still used by Amtrak! Oh, and make sure you get to the fairgrounds, or you'll miss 2 steam engines AND Missouri's boxcar from the Merci Train, a set of 49 freight cars sent by the French to the US after World War II in thanks for our help against the Axis. A lot of great things to see in Sedalia, and the people there were really nice. If you ever get a chance to visit, be sure to stop by!
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Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description:  Missouri State Fair Speedway, a dirt racetrack, is in the background.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:39:04 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:40:08 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:59:20 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 8:09:25 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 8:10:04 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
Merci Train!
Title:  Merci Train!
Description:  And now a special treat! Following World War II, France sent a train of boxcars loaded with gifts to the U.S. There were 49 boxcars, one for every state at the time, and a 49th to be split between D.C. and Hawaii. A few have been lost or scrapped over the years; fortunately, Missouri has taken good care of theirs! You can find it at the fairgrounds today, an important part of history!
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:17:49 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  89   Comments: 0
UP Train
Title:  UP Train
Description:  Seen from the station platform. I was hoping it would head this way, but it never did before I left.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 6/1/2019 7:45:35 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
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Views:  18   Comments: 0

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