Union Pacific WEST FROM LEAVENWORTH, Leavenworth, Kansas & Western Railway (NEW)

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Union Pacific West From Leavenworth
A History of the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western Railway
by I.E. Quastler
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This book picks up where
Kansas Central Narrow Gauge
(also available from this ebay seller) leaves off in telling the history of the rail line that ran from
Leavenworth to Miltonvale, Kansas.
Initially constructed as narrow gauge Kansas Central Railway, this line later became part of the Union Pacific Railroad system.
A few years after converting from narrow gauge to standard gauge, the Union Pacific-controlled Kansas Central was purchased at a foreclosure auction for 0,000 and rechristened the
Leavenworth, Kansas & Western
, with plans to expand the line to the western border of Kansas and northward into Nebraska.
Converted to standard gauge in 1890, the 166-mile route extended west from Leavenworth to Miltonvale.
But financial woes dogged the line and in 1908 it was sold to the Union Pacific. Improved highway transportation and losses spurred by the Great Depression caused the UP to abandon nearly all of the LK&W line in 1935.
Contents Include:
Preface and Acknowledgments
Background to the LK&W: The Narrow Gauge Years
Kansas Central: The Standard Gauge Years
Leavenworth, Kansas & Western
Leavenworth Western Branch, Union Pacific Railroad
LK&W Remnants: A Pictorial
LK&W Locomotive Roster, 1908
Appendix: Data on Operations, 1890-1907
Timetable Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Book Review:
“I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Kansas railroad history. If you don't have the first book, Kansas Central Narrow Gauge, get that too!" –
Sparks Newsletter, NRHS Topeka chapter
Softbound, 8.5x11, 88 pages, b&w photographs, maps and illustrations.
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