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GE #029 is a 44 ton locomotive built in 9/40. On the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad Tourist Operation.
I spent about as much time as I thought I would at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Musum - about a half hour. Arriving well before either opened, I walked the grounds before popping into the chapel where he is interred (you can see it in the background).
The whole area is beautiful. And from the photos I've seen of the library and museum, it's very mid-century.
But I was on a tight schedule that day and couldn't do it. Even though the Museum of Independent Telephony, located therein, was on my must-see list.
I did enjoy the grounds though. The 'museum' sign (as well as the associated 'library' sign) really made the stop worth it.
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'Our Battles'
Camera: Argus C2 (1939)
Film: Kodak Vericolor III (x-01/1999); 64iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Abilene, Kansas
The Abilene Zoological Gardens is a small 16-acre zoo located in Abilene, Texas. The zoo has over 1,000 animals representing over 250 species.
In conjunction with the annual Chisholm Train Day Festival, the Great Smoky Valley Shootout was held in Abilene, KS on the first Saturday in October.
Among the activities of the Festival were numerous short out-and-back rides behind the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad's 1919 Baldwin Pacific #3415.
Here's the beefy 4-6-2 just outside the enginehouse at sunrise.
I snapped this photo with my Canon Rebel T5. These horses were part of a buggy ride celebrating the Christmas Holiday at Old Abilene Town in Abilene, Kansas. Old Abilene is a frontier museum which recreates the town's early history. The attraction is adjacent from the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
Historic Caldwell Hall on the Hardin-Simmons University campus in Abilene, Texas. The Classical Revival style building was constructed in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 (NRHP No. 92000206).
Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891. The private Baptist school was renamed Hardin–Simmons University in 1934.
Day 3 of chasing Union Pacific's astounding 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" locomotive on the "Great Race Across the Southwest"...or, as I call it, the "Charge Across Kansas" for the portion I'll be seeing.
After the stop at the depot in downtown Abilene, the train is passing through the junction at West Abilene.
Abilene, Texas: From the Historical Marker:
The Reverend James Curry, a missionary from Sherman, Texas, organized this congregation in 1885. It is the oldest African American church in the city. The Reverend James Lewis served as first pastor of the congregation, which met in a small house near the railroad tracks until about 1907, when a sanctuary was erected at the corner of 4th and Cherry streets in the south part of town. The church moved to the north side of town in 1940. A part of Abilene history for well over a century, Mount Zion Baptist Church continues to serve the community with a variety of programs. (1995)
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Abilene is in Charlotte County, Virginia
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Whitcomb #5 is a 45 ton locomotive, built in 1943. On the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad Tourist Operation.
Abilene, Texas: "Dedicated to Dyess Air Force Base and the Men and Women Who Serve Our Country"
Sculptor: Nic Noblique Poupore
As the sun sets on the western horizon, we catch a beautiful silhouette of the ex-Rock Island depot in Abilene, KS, along with a windmill from the adjacent "Old Abilene Town." This station was built in 1887, and moved to its present location in 1959 when they were building the adjacent Eisenhower Presidential Library.
On the Rock, Abilene was midway between the yard/junction town of Herington, and the UP connection in Salina. Now, it's host to the Abilene & Smoky Valley tourist train.
772 Beech St., Abilene, Texas
Architectural Description:
This is a 2-story, 4-bay domestic building in the Prairie School style built in 1920. The structural system is balloon frame. The foundation is undetermined. Exterior walls are original brick. The building has a low hip roof clad in replacement asphalt shingles with box cornice and one hip-roofed dormer. There is one offset left, side slope, brick chimney. Windows are replacement unknown/obscured, 1/1 double-hung sashes. There is a single-story, full-span open porch characterized by a hip roof clad in asphalt shingles with short battered brick posts on square brick piers.
641 Chestnut Street, Abilene, Texas.
Dated to 1898. It would have originally been built as a two room “Hall and Parlor” house. The rear “L” is most likely a later addition turning the house from into what is called a “Ell” form.
This house is on the National register and is a rare example for Abilene.
(Looks better than my Aug. 2012 shot.)
The 2005 All-Big Country basketball players of the year, Ballinger High School guard Jamie Buxkemper and Jim Ned High School forward Cameron Holson.
Abilene Firefighters spray down a building at 118 Orange St. during a fire early Saturday morning in near downtown Abilene.
Two of Abilene ISD's new activity buses. Picture taken at Blue Star Bus Sales in Lubbock, TX.
For more information about this bus and school, please click here.
UP 1982 leads empty coal train CB2WE-05 west on the UP Salina Sub approaching Ike Siding, named after the 34th president of the Unite States, who grew up nearby in Abilene
Abilene, Texas: ca. 1926. It later was known as the Uptown Hotel and the first floor was a automobile dealership. The old hotel sign is visible on the side.
1102 N.3rd St & Cypress, Abilene, Texas:
This is a 17-story, 13-bay commercial building in the Gothic/Neo-Gothic style with Art Deco influences built in 1930. The structural system is steel frame. The foundation is undetermined. Exterior walls are original limestone and original brick. The building has a flat with parapet roof. Windows are original wood, 9/9 double-hung sashes.
This landmark building opened its doors on June 6, 1930, with a celebration attended by more than two thousand guests. Entrepreneur H.O. Wooten envisioned a hotel with accommodations matching those available in New York City, accomplishing the goal with the seventeen-story, 200-room Hotel Wooten. Designed by Abilene architect David S. Castle, it was the tallest building between Fort Worth and El Paso at the time of its completion. The building is of structural steel and clay tile construction, with a buff brick exterior and detailing in cast stone, marble and granite. The building remains one of the most notable examples of Art Deco style architecture in Abilene.Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-2008
The photo above is of Clematis 'Abilene', you can see what else that taken photo of on 23rd September 2025 by following the link to my website www.thebrewstop.co.uk/2025/23rd-september.html
The photo above is of Clematis 'Abilene', you can see what else I took photo of on 9th October 2025 by following the link to my website www.thebrewstop.co.uk/2025/9th-october.html