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Kansas Train Tales

By Collins, Robert L.

Kansas Train Tales

By Collins, Robert L.

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This book is for anyone interested in the history of Kansas and its railroads.In a series of 15 articles, the author tells of Kansas rail oddities such as a train robbery on the Frisco Railway in Andover, the construction of a nationally famous Rock Island Line bridge near Liberal, and the tragedy behind a grave site for six Kansas Pacific track workers near Victoria.There are stories of short lines and ghost railroads like the Scott City Northern, the St. Joseph & Topeka, and the Marion Belt & Chingawassa Springs. There's also a bibliography of the central Kansas railroad builder who became an amateur historian.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
132
Release Date:
2009-01-05
Publication Date:
2009-01-05
Publisher:
Robert Collins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798232824068
Weight:
203 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
7 cm
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