Rick Fortney hosts the Kagnew
Station Website. He had posted this mapof Tract E. North
is approximately to the right on this map. The Railway is shown coming
in from the east and curving to follow the wall.
Ralph R. Reinhold©1961
The Oasis Club (above) is due east of where the railway comes
throught the back wall. The gate should be straight ahead in this picture,
but I cannot see it. The Oasis Club was the enlisted men's club when
I was there. To the left of the viewer (off camera) is the miniature
golf course.
Ralph R. Reinhold©1961
The wall traveling approximately across the middle of the above picture
hides the railway tracks. To those unframiliar with Kagnew Station,
This picture is taken approximately southeast from Operations Company in
1961. The yellow building showing is the training building.
The grey building is the back of the bowling alley. The bus is wating
take a shift out to Tract C...probably for the day shift judging from the
shadows.
Over behind the Oasis Club, there was a warehouse. Robert Young sent me the tale of his adventure there one time.
At one time when I was over there, I was prisoner chaser, and had four guys doing time in the Guard House that I had to take out daily for work details. I remember that I hated it, but what I do remember is one time they had to unload cement bags, (from Israel) from the boxcars that came in on the spur behind the Oasis Club. We were there when they pulled the boxccars in, seems like I had to unlock the gate for them, and remember the dinky that pushed the cars in. I remember that because
they were always trying to get me to take them there for a break and a beer. If anyone had gone to the club for a beer, it would have been me. I just stood there, but got covered with cement dust just as much as they did.If you want to find more about Kagnew Station, visit Rick Fortney's site at:
http://www.fgi.net/~kagnew/
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