Titan Tow & Repair tows heavy, medium and light duty across Lyon County, Kansas, 24 hours a day, from Emporia, the county seat, out to Americus, Admire and Reading. Dispatched from our yard in Liberty, Missouri, we cover I-35, US-50 and US-56 with winch-outs, recovery and roadside truck and trailer repair, tires included, for anything from a car or pickup to a loaded semi.
Emporia is where Lyon County's big roads meet. The city lies between Topeka and Wichita, and I-35, I-335 and the Kansas Turnpike cross US-50 and K-99 there, so anywhere near those interchanges the road you are on matters more than a street address. The Neosho River runs along Emporia's northern side and the Cottonwood along its southern edge, and the two join near the eastern boundary before flowing southeast. BNSF's east–west main line crosses the city, with a rail yard in town. North of Emporia, US-56 passes Admire, Allen and Bushong, and the closest turnpike exits for those towns lie east along it. On the county's eastern edge, K-170 runs through Reading toward Osage City.
Emporia sits on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills, and part of the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge lies in the county. Industry in the city includes a Hostess Brands bakery, the Simmons Pet Food plant that makes wet dog food, and Hopkins Manufacturing, which makes automotive aftermarket products; at any of them, name the company and the door or lot you are in. Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College are both in town, and the Unbound Gravel bicycle race starts and ends in Emporia on the first weekend after Memorial Day, on routes through the Flint Hills. Out in the county, give the town you last passed, the highway number and your direction. On the turnpike, give your direction and the nearest mile marker, or say you are at the Emporia service area.
| County | Lyon County, Kansas |
|---|---|
| County seat | Emporia |
| Main roads | I-35, I-335, Kansas Turnpike, US-50, US-56, K-99, K-170 |
| Towns covered | 8 |
| Hours | 24 hours a day, every day |
| Dispatched from | 2751 Liberty Landing Rd., Liberty, MO |
| Dispatch | (816) 888-8732 |
Interstate, turnpike and US-50 traffic all cross in Emporia, the county seat, and the BNSF main line runs east–west through the city past its rail yard. Emporia Municipal Airport serves the city. Peter Pan and Soden's Grove, two large city parks, lie along the Cottonwood River on the south edge, and the Soden's Grove Bridge is on the National Register. In town, give the street and cross street; on a ramp, give the interchange.
Northwest of Emporia, Americus was laid out in 1857, named for Amerigo Vespucci, and later served the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad as a station and shipping point. North Lyon County USD 251 has its headquarters here, and the district's elementary school is in town. The nearest Kansas Turnpike exit is south on US-50 in Emporia. Unbound Gravel riders often roll through, because Americus is a waypoint on some of the race routes.
Settlers from Hartford, Connecticut, were among the founders who laid out Hartford in 1858 and gave it their home town's name, and it became an incorporated city in March 1884. It lies south-east of Emporia and still has its own high school, Hartford High School, in the Southern Lyon County district. Stuck on a county road outside town, tell us how far you are from the school and in which direction.
Whitewater on the Neosho River gave Neosho Rapids its name in 1857; the settlement had been laid out two years earlier and was called Italia and then Florence before that. It lies east of Emporia and belongs to Southern Lyon County USD 252. In December 1945 LIFE magazine featured the town's servicemen coming home for their first Christmas after the war. Ground by the river can be soft after rain, so say whether you are in town or out by the water.
On the eastern edge of the county, Reading sits on K-170, northeast of Emporia and southwest of Osage City. A town company tied to the Santa Fe railroad surveyed the site in 1870 and named it for Reading, Pennsylvania. An EF3 tornado destroyed much of the town in May 2011, and most of it has since been rebuilt. City Hall and the post office both stand on First Street, the simplest address to give.
Allen is older than Emporia. Founded in 1854, it later became a Missouri Pacific station and was incorporated as a city in 1909. US-56 runs along the town's northern edge. Northern Heights High School, home of the Wildcats, stands east of Allen, and it makes a clear reference point for a breakdown on the road between the school and town.
Missouri Pacific trains once used Admire as a station and shipping point. Rail service had ended by the mid-1990s, and the old track bed is now a rail trail. The town was founded in 1886 and carries the name of Jacob Admire, one of its founders, and its former elementary school has become the Admire Community Center. US-56 is just north of town, and a Kansas Turnpike exit lies a little way east along it.
Bushong began as a Missouri Pacific whistle-stop called Weeks. In 1886 the railroad renamed it for Albert “Doc” Bushong, the St. Louis Browns catcher who played every game of that year's World Series, and it is the only one of those depot towns still carrying a player's name. A Cold War missile site of the 548th Strategic Missile Squadron was active here from 1961 to 1965. US-56 runs a short way north of town, and the closest turnpike exit is east along it.
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Give the road the truck is actually on, then your direction and the nearest exit or mile marker. Titan Tow & Repair dispatches around the clock from Liberty, Missouri, and at Emporia I-35, I-335, the Kansas Turnpike, US-50 and K-99 all come together, so “at the Emporia exit” can mean several places. Say whether you are on a ramp, the shoulder or a city street, what the unit is and whether it is loaded. That decides which truck we send.
Yes. Titan Tow & Repair sends heavy wreckers, rollback flatbeds and a mobile service truck into northern Lyon County at any hour. US-56 runs just north of Admire and Bushong and along Allen's northern edge, and the closest turnpike exit is east of Admire, so tell us the last town you passed, your direction and whether the unit is on the pavement or off the edge. A flat, a leaking air line or dead lights can often be repaired on the spot instead of towed.
Yes. Titan Tow & Repair runs 24 hours a day, and cars and pickups are part of the job, carried on a rollback flatbed. Reading sits on K-170 at the eastern edge of the county and Americus lies northwest of Emporia, so give the street or road and a landmark: First Street, where Reading's City Hall and post office stand, or the North Lyon County school buildings in Americus. Tell us whether the car rolls and steers, and where you want it taken.
