Destination Topolobampo
Destination Topolobampo

Author: John Leeds Kerr

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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"This is the story of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway which was organized to build a line of railway from Kansas City to Topolobampo, Mexico on the Gulf of California. The Company's two principal subsidiaries were the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Company of Texas and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway of Mexico. The railway in Mexico comprises the Chihuahua & Pacific, sections of the Orient of Mexico, and the former Mexico Northwestern. The project will be referred to in some instances by its nickames "The Orient" or the "Orient Route."--Introductory note, page 4.

Show-Me Katy
Show-Me Katy

Author: Michael A. Landis

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780692990483

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A comprehensive, colorful look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Katy" Railroad's route linking Parsons, Kansas with Sedalia, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Also included are lines to El Dorado Springs; Moberly; Columbia; and Kansas City. With a special emphasis on the 1970s and 1980s, the book features more than 350 train photographs; detailed maps; and interviews with former employees. A town-by-town rundown highlights points of interest along the corridor, most of which became the Katy Trail State Park.

Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern Railway

Author: Thad Hillis Carter

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-10-19

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439620938

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The Kansas City Southern Railway initially offered freight service to the immediate Kansas City area south. As the line expanded toward Texas, each tiny community had its own railway station with access to daily passenger service and less-than-carload lot freight services. No one could have foreseen that the road would eventually haul international import and export goods or that its line would reach into Mexico. Photographs in this book include the railway's involvement in operating steam engines over its lines as well as pictures from the files of esteemed rail photographers Harold K. Vollrath and Gary Coates.