The roundhouse had been redeveloped
into
an office building and was completely cut off from all other
tracks.
Several BNSF trains traversed the highest flyover bridge.
Eventually, I
heard a screetching sound which turned out to be a Union Pacific coal
train on the intermediate flyover bridge. Thankfully, this train
did
not stop since we would have been trapped on the dead end street.
Below left, the 217' Liberty Memorial Tower is visible in the right
center. It was dedicated on November 1, 1921 and is a National
Historic Landmark.
Eventually, Chris noticed a green signal at ground level. After
wainting a few minutes, we decided to try to view the BNSF Argentine
yard, several miles west in Kansas. The Railroad Academy students
had
suggested to get to the Goddard Avenue Viaduct but I navigated
incorrectly. We did follow Metropolitan Avenue on the south side
of
the Missouri River which is 5 BNSF tracks wide on the east side of the
BNSF
Argentine facility. The first stop was made on the east side of
the
Argentine locomotive facility.
We then missed the Goddard Ave.
Viaduct
and found ourselves at the South 42nd Street overcrossing with views of
the giant BNSF classification yard. Chris was able to turn the
car
around and stop on the bridge so that I was able to take
some photographs.
A Kansas City Southern locomotive was emitting a large amount of
smoke. The first of a number of old passenger cars was on the
northerly side of the yard.
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