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| Larry Overby posted [Michael Young Flickr 1989 Photo, CC BY-NC-SA. 1972 Flickr when yard was still operational.] |
J Pete Hedgpeth The "cage" on top was a late addition ( about 1968) provided for a better view of the yard by the yardmaster. Formerly the YM sat in the far west corner on the second floor. The new addition was referred to as "Blue Heaven"....Anybody remember where that reference came from??
John Mallory Demolished at UP's request by M&M Wrecking out of Blanchard, OK on December 2nd and 3rd, 2004.
El Reno had four spokes, all owned by Rock Island. Now the western spoke is owned by Austin, Todd & Ladd; and the other three spokes are owned by UP. (Oklahoma)
The former depot is the anchor of the Canadian County Historical Museum.
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| Google Photo, cropped |
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| Streetview, cropped [It looks like the museum has preserved some other aspects of our past. For example, note the windmill. In addition to a side-bay caboose, it looks like they have a tender on static display.] |
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| Streetview, cropped [When I switched to street view to check for views of the depot, I discovered there are still tracks in the street.] |
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| Raymond Storey posted EL RENO OK 1948 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Raymond's post Remnants of the roundhouse foundation are still visible. 1972 El Reno Quad @ 1:24,000 |
The photo of the El Reno Yard Tower was taken by me while visiting El Reno on vacation in 1989. It was taken from my Flickr site. I allow downloads for non-commercial purposes with attribution, under a Creative Commons license. You are welcome to use it here, with proper attribution. Here is the link to the original source. Thank you.
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Thanks for the information. I have updated the caption.
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