Author: Thad Hillis Carter
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439620938
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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.
Kansas City Southern Railway
Author: Thad Hillis Carter
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439620938
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439620938
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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.
Destination Topolobampo
Author: John Leeds Kerr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"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.
Classic American Railroads
Author: Mike Schafer
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076031649X
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076031649X
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Kansas City Southern
Author: Terry Lynch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Construction Exemption, Ascension Parish,
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Kansas City
Author: Andrea L. Broomfield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442232897
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with meat and wheat. Throughout its history, thousands of Kansas Citians have also made their living providing meals and hospitality to travelers passing through on their way elsewhere, be it by way of a steamboat, Conestoga wagon, train, automobile, or airplane. As Kansas City’s adopted son, Fred Harvey sagely noted, “Travel follows good food routes,” and Kansas City’s identity as a food city is largely based on that fact. Kansas City: A Food Biography explores in fascinating detail how a frontier town on the edge of wilderness grew into a major metropolis, one famous for not only great cuisine but for a crossroads hospitality that continues to define it. Kansas City: A Food Biography also explores how politics, race, culture, gender, immigration, and art have forged the city’s most iconic dishes, from chili and steak to fried chicken and barbecue. In lively detail, Andrea Broomfield brings the Kansas City food scene to life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442232897
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in the business of provisioning pioneers and traders headed west, and later with provisioning the nation with meat and wheat. Throughout its history, thousands of Kansas Citians have also made their living providing meals and hospitality to travelers passing through on their way elsewhere, be it by way of a steamboat, Conestoga wagon, train, automobile, or airplane. As Kansas City’s adopted son, Fred Harvey sagely noted, “Travel follows good food routes,” and Kansas City’s identity as a food city is largely based on that fact. Kansas City: A Food Biography explores in fascinating detail how a frontier town on the edge of wilderness grew into a major metropolis, one famous for not only great cuisine but for a crossroads hospitality that continues to define it. Kansas City: A Food Biography also explores how politics, race, culture, gender, immigration, and art have forged the city’s most iconic dishes, from chili and steak to fried chicken and barbecue. In lively detail, Andrea Broomfield brings the Kansas City food scene to life.
Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri
Author: Jonathan Halperin Earle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700619283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"This multi-faceted study gives readers a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the violence that erupted--long before the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter--along the Missouri-Kansas border by blending the political and military with the social and intellectual history of the populace. The fifteen essays together explain why the divisiveness was so bitter and persisted so long, still influencing attitudes 150 years later"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780700619283
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"This multi-faceted study gives readers a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the violence that erupted--long before the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter--along the Missouri-Kansas border by blending the political and military with the social and intellectual history of the populace. The fifteen essays together explain why the divisiveness was so bitter and persisted so long, still influencing attitudes 150 years later"--
Show-Me Katy
Author: Michael A. Landis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692990483
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692990483
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
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.
Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover
Author: Art Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627008631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627008631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
Complex Justice
Author: Joshua M. Dunn
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469606607
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages. Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to the district court's efforts organized a takeover of the school board and requested that the court case be closed. Joshua Dunn argues that Judge Clark's ruling was not the result of tyrannical "judicial activism" but was rather the logical outcome of previous contradictory Supreme Court doctrines. High Court decisions, Dunn explains, necessarily limit the policy choices available to lower court judges, introducing complications the Supreme Court would not anticipate. He demonstrates that the Kansas City case is a model lesson for the types of problems that develop for lower courts in any area in which the Supreme Court attempts to create significant change. Dunn's exploration of this landmark case deepens our understanding of when courts can and cannot successfully create and manage public policy.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469606607
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages. Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to the district court's efforts organized a takeover of the school board and requested that the court case be closed. Joshua Dunn argues that Judge Clark's ruling was not the result of tyrannical "judicial activism" but was rather the logical outcome of previous contradictory Supreme Court doctrines. High Court decisions, Dunn explains, necessarily limit the policy choices available to lower court judges, introducing complications the Supreme Court would not anticipate. He demonstrates that the Kansas City case is a model lesson for the types of problems that develop for lower courts in any area in which the Supreme Court attempts to create significant change. Dunn's exploration of this landmark case deepens our understanding of when courts can and cannot successfully create and manage public policy.