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Pacific House - Abilene, KS
Title:  Pacific House - Abilene, KS
Description:  Post card I bought. I could not find information on this building. Looks like a depot and hotel, possibly a restaurant too. Unknown photographer and date.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 3/20/2017 1:36:51 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jamie Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
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Views:  286   Comments: 0
Original RI Depot
Title:  Original RI Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/5/1912  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 10:53:49 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  John Matrow
Categories:  Station
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Views:  780   Comments: 0
ATSF 2310
Title:  ATSF 2310
Description:  The Wichita chapter of the NRHS chartered a special car on a mixed train rqnning from Emporia to Abilene, Kansas.
Photo Date:  4/15/1965  Upload Date: 6/11/2009 9:49:33 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
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Views:  3375   Comments: 2
ATSF 3002
Title:  ATSF 3002
Description:  The Wichita Chapter of the NHRS chartered a mixed train. Matched H-16-14s are seen running around the train in Abilene.
Photo Date:  4/15/1965  Upload Date: 6/11/2009 9:44:07 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 3002(H-16-44)
Views:  2391   Comments: 2
ATSF GP7 #2820
Title:  ATSF GP7 #2820
Description:  Fairly nice b&w roster shot of a high nosed GP7. EMD, 12/1952 Serial #17631 1500 hp, 2650 class This is an Evans photo.
Photo Date:  8/3/1975  Upload Date: 2/8/2025 6:08:24 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 2820(GP7)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
ATSF 3532
Title:  ATSF 3532
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/1981  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 1:57:57 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 3532(GP38)
Views:  1075   Comments: 1
ATSF 999725
Title:  ATSF 999725
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1981  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 4:37:45 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
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Views:  573   Comments: 0
Abilene KS Station
Title:  Abilene KS Station
Description:  AT&SF Station at Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  9/4/1982  Upload Date: 3/4/2021 9:48:22 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Paul Maciulewicz
Categories:  Station
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Views:  465   Comments: 0
ATSF B23-7 6354
Title:  ATSF B23-7 6354
Description:  Winter's day in Kansas and a long line of power waiting to head out.
Photo Date:  1/4/1987  Upload Date: 8/22/2010 9:39:44 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Mark Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 6354(B23-7)
Views:  1444   Comments: 2
ATSF 2310--GP38u
Title:  ATSF 2310--GP38u
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/1987  Upload Date: 12/24/2011 10:19:03 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Evans
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2310(GP38u)
Views:  1035   Comments: 0
ATSF 2719--GP30u
Title:  ATSF 2719--GP30u
Description:  Built 5/62; 27206
Photo Date:  10/3/1987  Upload Date: 12/24/2011 10:19:40 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Evans
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2719(GP30u)
Views:  838   Comments: 0
ATSF 6406--B23-7
Title:  ATSF 6406--B23-7
Description:  Built 12/84 Serial: 44082
Photo Date:  10/3/1987  Upload Date: 11/8/2009 10:28:15 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Evans
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 6406(B23-7)
Views:  979   Comments: 1
ATSF 103
Title:  ATSF 103
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 11/17/2004 8:44:31 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  DICK BRUNDAGE
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 103(GP60M)
Views:  2409   Comments: 2
ATSF 103
Title:  ATSF 103
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1990  Upload Date: 9/18/2004 9:34:31 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  DICK BRUNDAGE
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 103(GP60M)
Views:  2416   Comments: 0
BNSF 800512
Title:  BNSF 800512
Description:  BNSF 800512 - 2nd car in westbound Boeing Train enroute to Washington State via BNSF Strong City Subdivision passing through Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 8:51:12 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
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Views:  807   Comments: 0
Boeing Train
Title:  Boeing Train
Description:  Westbound Boeing 737s being moved to Washington State by the BNSF on the Strong City Subdivision
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 8/17/2005 1:50:15 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
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Views:  1110   Comments: 0
PA 9-16-C.A.T
Title:  PA 9-16-C.A.T
Description:  Plasser American Continious Action Tamper on siding at MP 163 prior to June of 1999
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 8/20/2005 7:55:39 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
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Views:  1057   Comments: 0
Plasser American
Title:  Plasser American
Description:  Before June of 1999, American Plasser ______ on siding at MP 163
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 8/20/2005 7:54:21 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
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Views:  1078   Comments: 0
CNW 6864
Title:  CNW 6864
Description:  Exiting the UPRR Salina Subdivision at MP 164.4 to go east on the BNSF Strong City Subdivision enroute to Wichita, KS
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 9/2/2005 8:19:39 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6864(SD40-2)
Views:  1644   Comments: 2
Nuclear Waste Container
Title:  Nuclear Waste Container
Description:  Eastbound empty nuclear waste containers on the UPRR Salina Subdivision
Photo Date:  2/28/1991  Upload Date: 8/17/2005 1:15:26 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
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Views:  1006   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description:  Abilene, Kansas
Photo Date:  6/20/1991  Upload Date: 9/25/2004 1:06:29 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Keith Belk
Categories:  Station
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Views:  680   Comments: 0
GP 39-2 3684
Title:  GP 39-2 3684
Description:  GP 39-2 3684
Photo Date:  6/20/1991  Upload Date: 11/6/2004 10:32:36 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Keith Belk
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 3684(GP39-2)
Views:  1290   Comments: 0
BNSF 2438
Title:  BNSF 2438
Description:  BNSF 2438 eastbound enroute to Newton, KS on BNSF Strong City Subdivison in Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  2/28/1992  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 5:06:01 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2438(GP30u)
Views:  1436   Comments: 0
BN 2338
Title:  BN 2338
Description:  Leading Local-02 eastbound
Photo Date:  2/28/1992  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 5:32:18 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2338(GP38-2)
Views:  1318   Comments: 2
BNSF 7607
Title:  BNSF 7607
Description:  Lead 2 units of 4 (7607 added in BNSF Yard) on eastbound grain train delivered to the BNSF by the K & O passing MP 57
Photo Date:  4/29/1992  Upload Date: 5/5/2006 11:45:37 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7607(ES44DC) BNSF 2938(GP39E)
Views:  1698   Comments: 0
Three units
Title:  Three units
Description:  A trio of Santa Fe units sit in Abilene KS in July 1993 awaiting their next local call. GP35 2873, GP39-2 3419 and B23-7 6368.
Photo Date:  7/16/1993  Upload Date: 3/12/2008 9:26:17 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 2873(GP35u)
Views:  1087   Comments: 0
Local Power at Abilene
Title:  Local Power at Abilene
Description:  Two UP units, GP40 858 and GP38-2 2239 idle at Abilene KS in the summer of '93.
Photo Date:  7/26/1993  Upload Date: 11/26/2014 10:27:05 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 858(GP40)
Views:  846   Comments: 0
CNW 6866
Title:  CNW 6866
Description:  Entering Salina Subdivision at MP 164.4 after coming across the BNSF Strong City Subdivision from Wichita, KS (exact date month/day unknown)
Photo Date:  5/16/1995  Upload Date: 7/6/2006 1:58:41 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6866(SD40-2)
Views:  1461   Comments: 1
Hutchinson & Northern S-1 4
Title:  Hutchinson & Northern S-1 4
Description:  Taken circa 1996
Photo Date:  1/1/1996  Upload Date: 3/2/2022 10:29:04 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ASV 4(S1) HN 4(S1)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
Ideal Cement Whitcomb
Title:  Ideal Cement Whitcomb
Description:  Taken circa 1996
Photo Date:  1/1/1996  Upload Date: 3/2/2022 10:30:26 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ASV 5(45 Tonner) IDEAL _(45 Tonner)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
Abilene & Smoky Valley Coach
Title:  Abilene & Smoky Valley Coach
Description:  Taken circa 1996
Photo Date:  1/1/1996  Upload Date: 3/2/2022 10:33:02 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
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Views:  411   Comments: 0
BNSF 4248 & BNSF 8606
Title:  BNSF 4248 & BNSF 8606
Description:  Sometime after Aug of 1996, Eastbound local freight led by BNSF 4248 meeting westbound Boeing train led by BNSF 8606 in Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  1/28/1997  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 5:04:56 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4248(B23-7) BNSF 8606(B40-8)
Views:  1786   Comments: 0
ASV "Enterprise" Combo Car
Title:  ASV "Enterprise" Combo Car
Description:  This unique wood combination coach-baggage car caught Jim Lockart's eye while in Abilene, Kansas. The 1890 wooden car was named after the town of Enterprise, KS. The ASV railroad runs between Albilene, KS and Enterprise, KS. Current dispostion is unknown.
Photo Date:  11/1/1997  Upload Date: 1/18/2023 5:33:07 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  495   Comments: 0
BNSF 9788
Title:  BNSF 9788
Description:  Between June 1999 and June 2001, BNSF 9788 in the BNSF Yard, Strong City Subdivision @ Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  2/28/1999  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 4:12:16 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9788(SD70MAC)
Views:  1101   Comments: 0
Abilene, Kansas
Title:  Abilene, Kansas
Description:  I ran across the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad on my trip to Colorado in 1999. Somewhere I have a picture of this train passing a steam locomotive and a center cab diesel. That should be an Alco S1
Photo Date:  8/1/1999  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 3:59:33 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Joseph Hinson
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ASV 4(S1)
Views:  1441   Comments: 0
HN Alco S1 #4 - Former Hutchinson & Northern (ASV #4)
Title:  HN Alco S1 #4 - Former Hutchinson & Northern (ASV #4)
Description:  This former Hutchinson & Northern Alco S-1 switcher appears now on the roster for the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad but still wears the orange HN colors and number. Alco/GE built this switcher in June of 1945 (serial #73353 nee-SOTR 1) acquired by the HN in December of 1969 as HN #4. 660 hp loco. Sometime in 1998, it must have been sold to the Abilene & Smoky Valley RR. No photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  10/11/1999  Upload Date: 8/22/2025 5:25:30 AM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  HN 4(S1) ASV 4(S1)
Views:  363   Comments: 0
BNSF 2196
Title:  BNSF 2196
Description:  Fourth unit on Local-02 eastbound on the main enroute to Lost Springs, ks
Photo Date:  12/29/1999  Upload Date: 7/12/2008 5:35:07 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2196(GP38)
Views:  1159   Comments: 1
Boeing Train
Title:  Boeing Train
Description:  Between Jan 00 & March 00, BNSF 8606 leading westbound Boeing train across the BNSF Strong City Subdivision enroute to Washington State
Photo Date:  1/1/2000  Upload Date: 8/18/2005 8:07:41 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8606(B40-8)
Views:  1675   Comments: 0
BN 2909
Title:  BN 2909
Description:  Second unit on westbound "BOEING" train
Photo Date:  1/27/2000  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 5:26:15 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2909(GP39E)
Views:  1065   Comments: 0
BNSF 2177
Title:  BNSF 2177
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/30/2000  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 5:01:45 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2177(GP38)
Views:  1480   Comments: 1
ATSF 6414
Title:  ATSF 6414
Description:  ATSF 6414 eastbound on Strong City Subdivision passing the BNSF Abilene Depot
Photo Date:  1/30/2000  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 5:03:07 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 6414(B23-7)
Views:  1364   Comments: 0
CNW 8649
Title:  CNW 8649
Description:  Westbound UP grain train crossing Mud Creek Bribge enroute to SA Junction to exit the BNSF Strong City and get onto the UPRR Salina Subdivision
Photo Date:  2/6/2000  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 5:13:36 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 8649(C44-9W) UP B4290(SD40-2B)
Views:  1581   Comments: 0
ATSF 803
Title:  ATSF 803
Description:  Part of power consist of grain train being loaded at the DeBruce Grain Mill
Photo Date:  2/8/2000  Upload Date: 9/21/2007 5:27:48 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 803(C40-8W)
Views:  1729   Comments: 0
BNSF 767
Title:  BNSF 767
Description:  West end of yard in siding waiting for DeBruce Elevators to load hoppers
Photo Date:  2/8/2000  Upload Date: 1/2/2008 5:12:05 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 767(C44-9W)
Views:  1206   Comments: 0
SP 8665
Title:  SP 8665
Description:  Hoglawed westbound UP empty grain train at MP 56 on the BNSF Strong City Subdivision
Photo Date:  2/11/2000  Upload Date: 8/20/2005 7:27:04 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8665(SD40M-2)
Views:  1433   Comments: 0
BN 7868
Title:  BN 7868
Description:  Third unit on westbound empty grain train passing MP 164
Photo Date:  2/11/2000  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 5:48:44 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 7868(SD40-2)
Views:  1131   Comments: 1
BNSF 4217
Title:  BNSF 4217
Description:  Leading Local-02 "eastbound" enroute to UP Lost Springs Junction
Photo Date:  2/16/2000  Upload Date: 1/2/2008 5:17:22 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4217(B23-7)
Views:  1268   Comments: 0
BNSF 9229
Title:  BNSF 9229
Description:  Westbound BNSF 9229 leading Boeing Train by BNSF westbound grain train in Abilene, KS
Photo Date:  2/17/2000  Upload Date: 8/19/2005 8:53:44 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9229(SD60M)
Views:  1377   Comments: 0
BNSF 4253
Title:  BNSF 4253
Description:  Fourth unit on Local-02 on the mainline passing through Abilene, KS enroute to Lost Springs, KS
Photo Date:  2/17/2000  Upload Date: 7/12/2008 5:34:09 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4253(B23-7)
Views:  1221   Comments: 0
BN 2350
Title:  BN 2350
Description:  Third unit on Local-02 eastbound
Photo Date:  2/22/2000  Upload Date: 12/9/2008 5:30:19 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Walt Sharp
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2350(GP38-2)
Views:  1079   Comments: 0


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