Driving north into Wichita, KS, drivers on nearby I-35 would hardly notice the remains of a former railroad grade; however, the former Midland Valley's crossing of the "Big Ditch" is much more conspicuous. This picture, facing south, shows the concrete girders once used to convey a line that ran as far southeast as Fort Smith, AR. Photo by Bob Shick, September 2006.
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You are looking south in this view. Just behind you, the Kansas Turnpike (I-35) goes over the old right-of-way where the railroad took a bend to the north-north-west.
Darrel Bunch, OK 2/24/2010
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