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Kansas Central Narrow Gauge: Slim Rails Across the Midlands

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South Platte Press, softcover, 104 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Kansas Central Narrow Gauge: Slim Rails Across the Midlands by I. E. Quastler The Kansas Central Railway was one of America's pioneer narrow gauge railroads which started in 1871 and extended westward from the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kansas.

This slim princess' of the prairies operated as both an independent carrier and, ultimately, as a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. Kansas Central Narrow Gauge skillfully recounts the story of the bold dreams and economic folly which brought slim gauge railroading to the plains of northeast Kansas.

Contents:

  • Preface and Acknowledgements, pp. 5–6
  • Narrow Gauge Comes to Leavenworth, pp. 7–18
  • Construction Begins, pp. 19–36
  • The Depression Years of the 1870s, pp. 37–48
  • The Kansas Central Railroad, pp. 49–64
  • Narrow Gauge Woes, pp. 65–78
  • Conversion to Standard Gauge, pp. 79–82
  • Locomotive Roster, 1871-1890, pp. 83–86
  • Equipment Roster, 1885-1894, pp. 87–90
  • Data on Operations, 1883-1890, pp. 91–92
  • Endnotes, pp. 93–98
  • Bibliography, pp. 99–100
  • Index, pp. 101–104.

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An obscure subject that had an unfortunate history which is well served by this softback volume. Images cannot be too common but the author has searched out a good number. In the US narrow gauge post-1865 boom, this railroad was an unfortunate chapter but by no means the only one. Information on its subject seems rare. An interesting work of original research and recommended not least to those with Great Plains/mid-West railroad interests.

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An obscure subject that had an unfortunate history which is well served by this softback volume. Images cannot be too common but the author has searched out a good number. In the US narrow gauge post-1865 boom, this railroad was an unfortunate chapter but by no means the only one. Information on its subject seems rare. An interesting work of original research and recommended not least to those with Great Plains/mid-West railroad interests.