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Skyguy9999 on 1/10/2010 2:10:31 PM:
A thing I was curious about: Why does the Katy Trail detour onto a set of streets in Sedalia before it continues on out of town? If you look at the map (http://www.bikekatytrail.com/sedalia.asp will get it), the "true" Katy seems well marked from the Depot area onward to where the marked bike path picks up....
 
Jim from St. Thomas on 1/12/2010 2:19:41 PM:
I think that a section of what looks like the trail on the map is still an active rail line. I know that when you do the street route you pass over railroad tracks at some point.
 
festus on 1/14/2010 6:03:35 PM:
jim is very correct, plus according to some folks at the katy trail museum, the the dnr i think is who they told me it was, cannot get permission from the present railroad to put the katy anywhere close to the original katy railroad, so they have to use the streets to bypass it. when i talked to them a few yrs back, they were still trying, but it didn't look promising.
 
Skyguy9999 on 1/15/2010 12:36:12 AM:
You probably are right, festus. I looked at the map closer and saw the path from the Katy Depot to where it picks up off the streets goes by a rail line or two and maybe even a rail depot by the looks of the map (I'd have to get "on the ground" and see to know it for sure).

If it goes by a rail line, there are definite safety issues. Furthermore, I wouldn't think most anybody would want to be that near a train on a bike or walking or just about anything for the noise. Unfortunately, some don't realize that as the city government for where I live is talking about putting a MUP next to a train track that goes through town.

Anyhow, all of that is only a guess.
 
Linda @Sedalia Katy Depot from Sedalia on 1/15/2010 1:44:19 PM:
To help clarify the detour through Sedalia. The Katy and the Missouri Pacific shared a
junction in Sedalia. The UP and Amtrack now run on that track where the junction is. When
DNR purchased the rights of the Katy Railroad Property they did not purchase any of the land
past the Katy Depot to that junction. Thus there is a detour of 1.5 miles through Sedalia to
reach a controlled RR crossing for the bikers to cross safely. Please stop by anytime you are
through Sedalia and I will be glad to show you around and give you some more Katy RR
History, plus visit the Depot museum this year for the Rowdy Days and Rowdy Nites display
of the cattle drives.
 
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