Steam Engine at Sylvan Grove Depot
Sylvan Grove (Kan.)
Steam-engines.
Rural transit--Kansas.
Townspeople gathered to watch a steam engine being unloaded at the Sylvan Grove Depot. The train brought the mail and every supply needed to survive in early Kansas.
Sylvan Grove Public Library
Sylvan Historical Society
Non-Commercial (use only)
photo
image
SGPL043
Sylvan Grove Depot
Sylvan Grove (Kan.)
Railroad stations.
View from southeast of depot. Sign reads "Riding or Driving on Platforms Forbidden."
Sylvan Grove Public Library
Sylvan Historical Society
1954
Robert Linder
Non-Commercial (use only)
photo
English
image
SGPL001
Sylvan Grove Depot
Looking east from Sylvan Grove Depot.
5 x 3.5
SHS-10
Sylvan Grove Depot
Sylvan Grove Railroad Depot - view of west end of building.
5 x 7
SHS-9
Railroad Water Tower
Union Pacific Railroad water tower used to fill steam engines on the Plainville line. Located at Sylvan Grove, KS.
9.25 x 7 3/8
SHS-8
Union Pacific Railroad Windmill
Union Pacific Windmill 1/2 miles west of Sylvan Grove, KS. Torn down in 1950.
Robert Linder
8 x 10 photo
SHS-6
Union Pacific Train
Union Pacific train plowing through a snowdrift near Sylvan Grove, KS
5 x 7
SHS-4
Clearing snow from railroad tracks
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Union Pacific train plowing through snow on tracks near Sylvan Grove, KS
Picture
SHS-3
Sylvan Grove Railroad Water Tank
Union Pacific Railroad steam engine filling water tanks at Sylvan Grove, Kansas
1949
9.5" x 7"
SHS-2
Sylvan Grove Depot
Early photo (1890-1905?) of Sylvan Grove Depot showing train arriving from the west. Signage: Large sign - Salina 47 miles, Oakley 178 miles. Small sign on south side - Western Union Telegraph ? Cable Office.
Image
SHS-1