(rshsdepot) Concordia, KS

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From Progressive Railroading.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
Link to photos:  
_http://www.denverrails.com/db/attrctpix.cfm?attr_id=1306&CFID=8289098&CFTOKEN=24695598_ 
(http://www.denverrails.com/db/attrctpix.cfm?attr_id=1306&CFID=8289098&CFTOKEN=24695598) 
 
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BNSF donates Kansas depot to honor orphan trains’ place in rail  history
 
BNSF Railway Co. is helping preserve the history of orphan trains, and the  
children and agents who rode them. The Class I recently donated a depot in  
Concordia, Kan., to the National Orphan Train Complex, which aims to collect,  
preserve and disseminate information on orphan trains.
 
The organization plans to renovate and redevelop the depot into a museum  and 
headquarters building. The museum is scheduled to open in 2007.
 
Between 1854 and 1929, about 250,000 orphaned, abandoned and homeless  
children were placed in what became known as orphan trains to travel across the  
United States and Canada.
 
“[The museum] will honor and preserve the memory … of the orphaned children  
that were sent by trains from the New York area and all over the Midwest to 
be  adopted by farming communities,” said National Orphan Train Complex  
representative Bobby Morgan in a prepared statement.
 
 

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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1312
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org