Old Kansas RR Depot

[Curious The George]

This is on ebay currently:

http://cgi.ebay.com/rare-historic-s...ryZ37908QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like the owner is going to have it moved off the site. Be a good place for some MD. Anyone in Kansas near Ada?

 

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[crazyjarhead]

Nice oldie. They done that here in Ohio back in the 70's. They moved an old depot and refurbished it turning it into a mini museum candy store. Great homemade candies, too.

 

[ArcadianDelSol]

When I lived in Baltimore, I used to seek out old abandoned stations along the B&O railroad and here's what you're going to find:

1. eleven billion nails
2. scraps of chipped rust from train cars
3. beer bottle caps and pull tabs by the pound
4. a silver quarter or dime if you are lucky

Rails and their stations are just absolutely peppered with junk metal. If you find a spot like the one in your pic - I would seek out any nearby fields where train travellers might wander in an effort to relieve themselves and/or sit and eat a sandwich against a tree. Around that building itself or near the rails themselves, you'll find enough scrap iron to build your own locomotive.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Rails and their stations are just absolutely peppered with junk metal. If you find a spot like the one in your pic - I would seek out any nearby fields where train travellers might wander in an effort to relieve themselves and/or sit and eat a sandwich against a tree. Around that building itself or near the rails themselves, you'll find enough scrap iron to build your own locomotive.

You're exactly right.

 

[Lowbatts]

Worked one in town here that was being rehabbed by the local historical society and a few neighborhood groups. It was more of a cattle loading depot however and all that boardwalk for the cattle was long gone, but the nails remained.

Turned into a good hunt when they dug around the foudation to reinforce the building. Screened what I couldn't detect and got a few seateds, barbers and strangely enough half a dozen bennies. Apparently some kids lost their marbles there.