Santa Fe Roundhouse, Emporia, Kansas, USA
Santa Fe Rail Roundhouse, Emporia Turntable, Kansas, USA. The Emporia turntable was a Santa Fe standard 120 through truss design. Built in 1926 and placed in 1927, It had a 500 tonne centre and 130m ring rail. It originally had a gasoline engine for propulsion but that was superceeded in 1936 with a 20 HP electric motor
Picture No
10697741
Media ID
45666105
Size
5000px x 3155px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1928
