There were five items which make up this Depot page (west to east):

• Freight Depot
• Motor Car Shed
• Railway Express Agency Office
• Passenger Depot and Division Headquarters
• Harvey House (East of the Depot)

Passenger service through Emporia included nearly every main train on the Santa Fe. According to the 1951 Official Guide:

Serving Emporia:

Number	Name	Westbound	Eastbound
#123/124	Grand Canyon, northern section	12:10 a.m.	3:20 a.m.
#123/124	Grand Canyon, northern section	12:10 a.m.	3:20 a.m.
#19/20	The Chief	12:15 a.m.	12:30 a.m.
#27/28	The Antelope(primarily mail/express, all Hwt, #27 set out box express in Emporia)	12:55 a.m.	6:00 a.m.
#15/16	Texas Chief	3:45 a.m.	11:00 p.m.
#51/52	Motorcar, Emporia and Concordia, daily except Sunday	4:40 a.m.	4:35 p.m.
#55/56	Mixed, Emporia and Concordia, Sunday only	4:40 a.m.	5:40 p.m.
#96/95	Mixed, Emporia and Moline	6:30 a.m.	4:10 p.m.
#5/6	formerly The Ranger, (primarily mail/express)	10:55 a.m.	7:25 p.m.
#3/4	California Limited (Hwt)	11:00 a.m.	6:45 p.m.
#25/26	Motorcar, Emporia and Winfield	11:15 a.m.	7:00 p.m.
#11/12	(Chicago-Dallas) / Chicagoan	7:30 p.m.	9:55 a.m.
#23/24	Grand Canyon, southern section:	11:55 p.m.	3:30 a.m.

Blue indicated daylight passing.

Passing through but not stopping:

#21/22	El Capitan	3:30 a.m.	9:00 p.m.
#17/18	Super Chief	4:30 a.m.	3:30 a.m.
#7/8	Fast Mail Express

As of 8/7/47, doodlebugs assigned to 51-52 were M.115 and M.116. The M.115 was moved to the Plains division in1956 for the Shattuck-Spearman run and was moved to the Waynoka-Buffalo run in 1958. It made a final brief visit to the Shattuck-Spearman run at the end of 1959. She was laid up in 1960 and sold 3/65. The M116 operated out of Emporia until moving to Oklahoma in 1954 and back to the Middle division in 1958. She was sold 2/10.