This line at one time extended all the way to Manhattan, KS. It was cut back to Alma in 1898. The remainder of the line was abandoned on February 13, 1973. The Alma depot still stands in disrepair on its original site but I don't have a photo. Alma, Eskridge and Harveyville were built to the same plan which included a strange small bay window that did not even extend to the eave of the depot. The plans were probably Manhattan, Alma, and Burlingame standards but strangely had Santa Fe standard eave brackets. Other depots on this line were no doubt built to this same standard.
Timetable from November 29, 1942
MP 0.0 BURLINGAME
MP 8.5 HARVEYVILLE SeeWheatlines and Superfreights page 30 for a photo of this depot.
MP 13.4 BRADFORD
MP 18.1 ESKRIDGE SeeWheatlines and Superfreights page 30 for a photo of this depot.
MP 25.5 HESSDALE
MP 32.2 ALLENDORPH
MP 33.8 ALMA See Wheatlines and Superfreights page 31 and page 127 of Coach Cabbage and Caboose for a photos of this depot.
33.8 miles