Note: Nos. 28, 1, 4 actually stopped in Florence. Nos. 57 and 58 originated and terminated at Florence.
12:44am No. 23 Westbound Grand Canyon Limited
12:53am No 19 Westbound The Chief
1:13am No. 20 Eastbound Chief
1:13am No. 9 Westbound Centennial State
1:38am No. 27 Westbound The Antelope
1:57am No. 24 Eastbound Grand Canyon Limited
3:04am No. 18 Eastbound Sunday and Thursday SUPER CHIEF
3:16am No. 17 Westbound SUPER CHIEF
s3:28am No. 28 Eastbound The Antelope
3:37am No. 21 Westbound Sunday and Wednesday El Capitan
4:08am No. 10 Eastbound Centennial State
10:51am No. 12 Eastbound The Chicagoan
term10:55am No. 58 Eastbound Doodlebug from Marion, McPherson, and Ellinwood
11:29am No. 5 Westbound The Ranger
11:47am No. 7 Westbound Fast Mail Express
s12:51pm No. 1 Westbound The Scout
orig2:00pm No. 57 Westbound Doodlebug to Marion, McPherson, and Ellinwood
2:54pm No. 3 Westbound California Limited
s3:36pm No. 4 Eastbound California Limited
3:48pm No. 8 Eastbound Fast Mail Express
5:20pm No. 2 Eastbound The Scout
7:08pm No. 6 Eastbound The Ranger
8:04pm No. 11 Westbound The Kansas Cityan
8:33pm No. 22 Eastbound Wednesday and Saturday El Capitan
Passenger trains have not stopped in Florence since 1971 when the unnamed Nos. 23 and 24, the former Grand Canyon, ran its last mile. The depot is closed and in poor shape. Not even Maintenance of Way personnel use the depot anymore. This usually means the end of the line for a depot that is still on Santa Fe property owned by the railroad. Florence itself was the junction point for the Marion and McPherson Railroad which was eventually absorbed into the Santa Fe.
If you arrive in Florence one day and find this depot missing it will be understood. The depot is in poor shape. One would hope however that it can be saved as it is an example of an earlier Santa Fe style brick depot built between 1900 and 1910. Similar structures still exist in Garden City, KS, Sterling, KS, and Lamar Colorado. The community does have an active historical group. Lets just hope that they save the depot as they have saved the structure shown below.
This is the Florence Harvey House. It is located several blocks from the depot. Today it is a Harvey House museum with original artifacts from the Harvey era. It is still possible by appointment to get a hot meal here served in the Harvey style. It is open by appointment. As of 1996 the phone number was (316) 878-4474. Call for an appointment.