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"Fiat was a stocktrack. Stock yards were gone in my day (1972) but we stored "860's" here. It was an interesting place, a farmer in an open shed next to the railroad and had a couple of Big Rumley Oil Pull tractors in the shed." Rod Riley

In its final years, empty tracks along the branch were used to store "860" box cars, cars which needed some attention in Topeka but for which there was no room in Topeka yards. These cars were accumulated along the branch with an occasional call for the train crew to pull one out and take it to Emporia for forwarding to Topeka for repairs.

The stockyard was the smallest on the branch: 3 car capacity, 1 pen. Once the cattle business left the rails, Fiat ceased to exist. There was no depot.