The Katy Railroad Revisited
| Photographer | Robert Byrnes |
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| Description | Photos of The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway taken in June 2000. |
This page is dedicated to the memory of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad. On June 13th, 2000 I started a journey to find any remnants of the Katy. I started at MP 157 in Katy, Texas where the old MKT track from Smithville to Houston ended do to an Interstate highway upgrade. I followed the right of way as closely as I could to Parsons, Kansas to photograph anything related to the Katy Railroad. Here are the photos that I took.
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| The railfan, ready for the journey | The vehicle, not quite Katy green but close enough | This is where the journey begins in Katy, Texas MP 157 | MKT gondola #16284 in Brookshire, Texas | Trestle across the Brazos River west of Brookshire |
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| Ex-Katy trestle west of Brookshire, Texas | Cat Spring MP 1024 from Kansas City on the MKT | MKT Depot in LaGrange, Texas | LaGrange MP 989 ex-MK&T Depot | LaGrange Depot Video Store now closed |
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| MKT Caboose #106 International Car Co wide vision built 1966 | The Katy House Bed & Breakfast in Smithville, Texas | Katy Railroad Division Surgeon Dr. J. D. Stephens' clinic and home | Restored MKT Depot in West Texas MP 827.4 on the old Katy | MKT Caboose #213 built 1949 and rebuilt 1980 with wide vision cupola |
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| Katy Depot in the town of West, Texas | Another view of the restored depot | MK&T RR caboose and depot in West, Texas | Bridge in Whitesboro, Texas of the MKT and TP Railroads | MKT depot in Checotah, Oklahoma, moved from track and retored |
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| Ex-Katy depot built 1890 in Checotah, Oklahoma | Ex-Katy Caboose #205 in Checotah, Oklahoma | MP Caboose and Katy hopper car in Muskogee, OK | Ex- Katy Caboose #109 in Oswego, Kansas | Sign in Oswego, Kansas |
