The Katy Depot

The Katy Railroad found Sedalia to be an important location and chose to construct an impressive depot, establish division offices, car shops, and an employees hospital.  Please join the Katy Railroad Historical Society in celebrating Sedalia’s rich railroad history at their annual meeting on April 23-25, 2010.  

On Thursday evening, April 22, registration and an opening reception will be held at the Sedalia Katy Depot’s Women’s Waiting Room.  A model and photo contest will be on supervised display throughout the convention in the second story rooms that were previously used for the M-K-T’s district offices.

On Friday, April 23, a motorcoach will travel to the Columbia municipal power plant that is serviced by the Columbia Terminal Railroad (COLT) for a close look at the COLT’s transloading facility and motive power.  In addition, a stop is planned at Columbia’s Katy and Wabash depots and a visit to the Fred Lyon Collection in the Western Manuscripts Library at the University of Missouri.  A special presentation has been prepared especially for KRHS.  On the way back to Sedalia, stops are planned in Rocheport, Franklin, and Boonville.  Back in Sedalia, a tour of the renovated Katy depot, which will host the Railroaders Reunion.

On Saturday, the annual business meeting will be held, several modeling clinics, a digital slide presentation on the Sedalia Subdivision by Ray George, Jr., a presentation on the Sedalia, Wabash and Southern Railroad by Ken Bird, a swap meet and the annual evening banquet dinner.  O.C. Putsche, retired M-K-T Superintendent of Transportation, will be the featured guest speaker.  Mr. Putsche began his Katy career in 1943 and served under Katy presidents Donald Fraser through Reginald Whitman.  His remarks on “Creative and Covert Management on the Katy” will give attendees an inside look at measures and actions required to keep the Katy solvent.  A silent auction and slide presentations by our members will follow the banquet.  

Sunday will feature a tour of layouts by various Sedalia model railroaders.

Please click here to download full details and registration information.