Editing Peabody, Kansas (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===

====Rail====
Two railroads, [[BNSF Railway]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad]], pass through the city. The BNSF Railway runs east–west through the city and has a spur for grain cars at the east Mid Kansas Co-Op.<ref>[http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ks.pdf 2009 BNSF Railway Map.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325001559/http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/div_ks.pdf |date=2011-03-25 }}</ref> [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Southwest Chief]]'' passenger train travels on the BNSF Railway but stops at nearby [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]].<ref>[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249200491121&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_SouthwestChief_2009.pdf Amtrak Southwest Chief Route Guide; 2009.]</ref> The Oklahoma Kansas Texas (OKT)<ref>{{cite web | title = UP Railroad Common Line Names | publisher = [[Union Pacific Railroad]] | url = http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/upcomnam.pdf | access-date = 2010-08-02}}</ref> line of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] runs north–south through the city and has a spur for grain cars at the west Mid Kansas Co-Op.<ref>[http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/allow_gross_full.pdf 2009 Union Pacific Railway Map.]</ref> The two railroads cross each other as a [[Level junction]], and a rarely used connection between the two railroads allows eastbound BNSF trains to turn onto the northbound Union Pacific railroad. Both railways had depots which were previously in Peabody, but were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="PeabodyBook"/>

====Highways====
[[Image:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 50 in Kansas|U.S. Highway 50]] passes through the northern edge of the city and follows roughly parallel to the BNSF Railway.<ref>[http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/2011-12Mapside.pdf 2012 Kansas Highway Map; KSDOT.]</ref>

In the early years of the highway before U.S. Route 50 was finalized in the 1930s, the highway was known as the [[New Santa Fe Trail]], which entered the north side of the city on Newell Road (later on Old Mill Road), and exited on the south-western side on 60th Street (known as the ''Old Trail'').<ref name="1918 Kansas Highway Map; KSDOT"/><ref name="1932 Kansas Highway Map; KSDOT"/> In fall 1933, an underpass on 9th street (50S) was constructed to go under the Rock Island Railroad as part of the [[New Deal]] highway program during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref>[http://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?fn=the_peabody_gazette-herald_usa_kansas_peabody_19330914_english_1 ''Initial Highway Contract Let''; Peabody Gazette; September 14, 1933.]</ref><ref>[http://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?fn=the_peabody_gazette-herald_usa_kansas_peabody_19331207_english_2 ''The New Highway; Peabody Gazette''; December 7, 1933.]</ref> Until the late 1950s, U.S. Route 50 was split into two routes through central Kansas. The routes were called 50N and 50S, and the highway through Peabody was 50S. From the 1930s to 1998, the highway was routed east to west through Peabody on 9th Street, then a bypass and overpass were built approximately 1.5 blocks north to avoid a dangerous underpass which went under the Union Pacific Railroad.<ref name="US50bypass">[http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/mapchangehist/BYPASSED%20CITIES.pdf U.S. Route 50 Peabody bypass map; KSDOT; 1998.]</ref>

The [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] proposed that U.S. Route 50 should be converted into a four-lane [[Limited access road|expressway]] from [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] to western Kansas. In the meantime, additional passing lanes may be added.<ref>[http://www.ksdot.org/t-works/documents/NORTH-CENTRAL.pdf North-Central region proposed highway improvements; KSDOT; October 2010.]</ref>

===Utilities===
* Internet
** Cable is provided by Allegiance Communications
** Wireless is provided by [http://www.Pixius.com/ Pixius Communications] and various cellular providers
** Satellite is provided by [[HughesNet]], [[StarBand]], [[Wildblue|WildBlue]].
** Dialup is provided by [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[EarthLink]] / Southwind, [http://www.InterKan.net/ InterKan], [http://www.kitusa.com KITUSA] / Carroll's Web, [http://www.WWWebservice.net/ WWWebservice]
* TV
** Cable is provided by Allegiance Communications
** Satellite is provided by [[DirecTV]], [[Dish Network]]
** Terrestrial is provided by regional [[digital television|digital TV]] stations
* Telephone
** Landline is provided by AT&T
** Cell Phone is provided by [[Verizon]]
* Electricity
** City is provided by [[Westar Energy]]
** Rural is provided by [http://www.flinthillsrec.com Flint Hills RECA] and [http://www.butlerrural.coop/ Butler REC]
* Natural Gas
** Service is provided by [[Atmos Energy]]
* Water
** City is provided by [http://www.PeabodyKS.com/utility-services.htm/ City of Peabody]
** Rural is provided by [http://harveycountyrwd1.com/ Harvey County RWD #1] ([https://www.krwa.net/Portals/krwa/mapovers/HV01.pdf map])
* Sewer
** Service is provided by [http://www.PeabodyKS.com/utility-services.htm/ City of Peabody]
* Trash
** Service is provided by [[Waste Connections]]