Salina, KS: Recently Renovated Old Gas Station and Union Station

Gas: (Satellite)

Depot: (Satellite)

Mark Funk, Aug 2024

Street View, Aug 2024

Jim Lauer commented on a post, cropped

When I looked for a street view that had better lighting, I discovered that the restoration was done during the past year.

Street View, Sep 2023
Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's comment
It is now an auto repair facility, https://maps.app.goo.gl/8uvsz12NmHyDjAHC6. It is a recent restoration because this is a Sep 2023 view.

I read "Ninth St" on Jim's photo, so I searched for the station starting from the north side of town. I found two other buildings that obviously used to be gas stations.

Street View, May 2024

This one has been extensively remodeled. Specifically, they filled in the big, overhead doors. I think it was a filling station because it is on a diagonal with respect to the street corner and because we can still see the foundation for the pump island.

Street View, May 2013

Union Station

Street View, May 2024

Kansas Travel at KansasTravel.org posted
Union Station in Salina, Kansas in the 1910s.
Dennis Hukill: That is a very large station. I wonder just why it was that size. Were there intersection rrs that met there?? How many passenger trains a day? Did the trains have to be serviced there to continue on to their destinations. Lannie Mack: Salina had several railroads in town. I know the Mopac had their own depot, but maybe the Santa Fe and Rock Island also use this depot besides the UP

Union Pacific passed the station on the north side and Santa Fe & MoPac passed it on the south side. It looks like the Rock Island terminated here.

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