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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 ...
The Downtown Wellington Historic District, in Wellington, Kansas, is a 21 acres (8.5 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [ 1 ] The district follows Washington Avenue, the main business thoroughfare, and is roughly bounded by 19th St., 4th St., Jefferson Ave. and the alley behind the ...
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 ...
Southern Kansas Railroad: ATSF: 1871 1879 Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad: Southern Kansas Railway: ATSF: 1883 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Southern Kansas and Panhandle Railroad: ATSF: 1886 1890 Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad: Southern Kansas and Western Railroad: ATSF: 1879 1880 Kansas City, Lawrence and ...
The AVI, as it emerged, was only a portion of a proposal in 1910 for a large network of interurban lines focusing on Wichita, running passenger and freight services mainly in competition with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and expecting to feed freight to the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway [3] and the Midland Valley Railroad, also to Wichita's new transcontinental line the Kansas ...
Walter Chrysler's father, Henry (Hank) Chrysler, was a Canadian, of German, English and Dutch ancestry. He was an American Civil War veteran who was a locomotive engineer for the Kansas Pacific Railway and its successor, the Union Pacific Railroad. [4] Walter's mother was born in Rocheport, Missouri, and was also of German ancestry. [5]
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