Greensburgh,KS on the UP Golden St route, was wiped out about 9:45 Fri night by a massive sized tornado. Atleast 7 were killed. The same storm moved north crossing the BNSF La Junta Sub near St.John doing damage there which delayed Amtrk #4 about 3 hours. The folks in Greensburgh need our prayers & thoughts. A very sad day out here in the heartland.
The town has a railroad tourism connection:
The Big Well, in Greensburg, Kansas, was a water well designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads. It was built in 1887 at a cost of $45,000, and served as the municipal water supply until 1932.
It is billed as the world’s largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet deep and 32 feet in diameter. It was designated a National Museum in 1972; in 1973 it was awarded an American Water Landmark by the American Water Works Association. Visitors entered the well for a small fee, descending an illuminated stairway to the bottom of the well.
…Tragic, the loss of life and property…!
It might be convincing now to anyone with doubts whether wind might have the strength to overturn a railroad engine.
It didn’t seem to matter much here whether the building was masonary and steel or wood…it was destroyed.
As for that big well…They sure must have a low water table in that area if it has just 15’ of water at the bottom of a 109’ hole…!
Don’t think I’d be very anxious to go down in it to find out…{How much water is in it}…
Unfortunately, Greenburg was under a tornado warning again several times this evening. I’m not sure if there was another confirmed touchdown in the town itself, but there was a storm spotter report of a tornado on the ground two miles west of the town with the tornado moving east. Not a good situation.
Sounds to me as if that well was the only safe place to be when that sucker came through.
Go to http://www. pressofAtlanticcity.com go down to Nation and read the story of 4 Kan Soldiers. Them people should be shame.[V]