is there any websites with info and pictures??? i manily want kansas
thanks
Daniel
http://abandonedrailroads.homestead.com/
Then scroll down and find Kansas.
The following is kind of long and put together rather hastily, but it describes some of my own experiences I’ve had tracking down some old, abandoned, and disappearing railroads around the Wichita area and east thereof. Other information comes from history classes at Wichita State and the libraries and museums of the area, great assets for exploring, understanding, and preserving some of the almost forgotten local history; and many thanks to the residents of these communities who are willing to take the time to share information, their stories and memories with a complete stranger.
The Frisco: Beaumont, Atlanta, and Augusta
Chasing down ghost railroads may not be as glamorous or thrilling as chasing down a hot shot double stack express freight or catching a glimpse of the newest locomotive. It takes more imagination and more patience to look for something that isn’t there anymore. It’s like an Indiana Jones expedition where you get the feeling you might uncover some big mystery. You know from the old maps that a railroad once ran through this part of the countryside but you can’t see it anymore. If you like puzzles and looking for clues you might try it someday. Go out and play amateur archeologist for a day.
I don’t have any pictures on my website, and there’s not time to post them before I go back to work Monday, but I’ve traced the abandoned lines from Augusta to Beaumont to Atlanta to Winfield and in Wichita, too.
I find it kind of ironic how the Frisco once went everywhere and is now nowhere to be found. Its traces are slowly disappearing. There’s a good book called Ghost Railroads of Kansas by Robert Collins. I think most Kansas libraries have a copy by now. Craig Miner has also written a book about the Frisco in Kansas and is one of the leading authorities on Kansas, and particularly, Wichita history.
Atlanta, Kansas: the lon