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Zustand: New. South Platte Press, softcover, 88 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs, maps and illustrations. Union Pacific West From Leavenworth: A History of the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western Railway by I. E. Quastler This book picks up where Kansas Central Narrow Gauge leaves off in telling the history of the rail line that ran from Leavenworth to Miltonvale, Kansas. A few years after converting from narrow gauge to standard gauge, the Union Pacific-controlled Kansas Central was purchased at a foreclosure auction for $200,000 and rechristened the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western, with plans to expand the line to the western border of Kansas and northward into Nebraska. 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: Preface and acknowledgments pp. 5â"6 Background to the LK&W: The Narrow Gauge Years pp. 7â"10 Kansas Central: The Standard Gauge Years pp. 11â"22 Leavenworth, Kansas & Western pp. 23â"44 Leavenworth Western Branch, Union Pacific Railroad pp. 45â"72 LK&W Remnants: A Pictorial pp. 73â"76 LK&W Locomotive Roster, 1908 p. 77 Appendix: Data on Operations, 1890-1907 p. 78 Timetable Appendix p. 79 Bibliography pp. 85â"86 Index p. 87.…

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

Paper Back. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacked. First Printing. 104pp.incl.index; SC blk.w/white spine-color pic.cover w/yellow; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. " .skillfully recounts the story of the bold dreams and economic folly which brought slim gauge railroading to the plains of northeast Kansas." b/w photos & illus. isbn 0942035488.…

Card. Zustand: VG. 1st. Well illustrated history of this UP branch line closed in 1935. 88pp. VG copy in card covwers.

Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Photos, oblong 10.25 x 8.5", glossy pict wraps, 192pp, minor extremity wear else a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Lex.8°, 88 S., zahlr. Abb., orig. Brosch. (Softcover), Deckel vorne schwach gebogen, sonst guter Zustand.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Fine binding. A clean and fresh First Edition copy with no marks or creases. Fine binding.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, xxiv, 480 pp, black & white illustrations, tables; original light brown cloth in dustwrapper, in fine condition.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Beige cloth with silver title to spine. Foreword by Haddaway. Light knocks to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is a little edge-creased. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…