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In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a north–south branch line from Herington through Wellington to Caldwell. [8] Creditors foreclosed on it 1891 and the railroad was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad , which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad , merged in 1988 with ...
Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Shaw, Robert B. (1978). A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.
This line is called the "OKT". The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, and finally merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most ...
This file comes from the Roger Puta collection, which passed to Mel Finzer.They were scanned/posted by Marty Bernard and are in the public domain. Attribution to "Roger Puta" is not required for a public domain image, but should be done as a matter of courtesy to a major Commons contributor.
1912 Ligonier Valley Railroad Wilpen disaster, Wilpen Fairgrounds, Pennsylvania; 26 killed plus 29 injured [89] [90] 1913 Bar Harbor Express-White Mountain Express collision, New Haven, Connecticut; 21 killed [91] 1914 Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad/Kansas City Southern Railway collision, Tipton Ford, Missouri; 43 killed
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad; Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway; Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad; Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad; Kansas City Public Service Company; Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad; Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad; Kansas, Oklahoma ...
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad: Southwestern Mineral Railway: MKT: 1894 1894 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway: State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway: SLSF: 1872 1872 Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad: Sumner County Railroad: ATSF: 1880 1880 Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad: Texas and ...
This is the deadliest railway accident in British history, with 226 fatalities and 246 people injured. August 14 – United Kingdom – Weedon rail crash : Express train derails after the track on the up main line is forced out of alignment by a detached coupling rod from a passing locomotive heading a down express. 10 passengers killed, 21 ...