The Leaky Roof Railroad

The leaky roof road the kansas city clinton springfield was a subsiderary of the kansas city ft.

The leaky roof railroad.

The other parallel road was the kansas city osceola and southern railway also known as the high line. Leaky roof was a nickname given to the kansas city clinton springfield kcc s railroad a once daily passenger and freight rail service that ran between ash grove and olathe ks 1885 to 1934. It reached it s other namesake cities upon trackage rights over it s parent road. Andre the leaky roof is another name for the kansas city clinton and springfield railroad.

Scott memphis the memphis. Less familiar is a toronto one known as the leaky roof. The parkdale area of downtown toronto is a very old railroad area in fact amongst the earliest in canada. I had a leaky roof rail drivers side front was the offending fixing.

It ran from olathe kansas through clinton missouri to ash grove missouri. A photo shows stacked stone abutments with a slab bridging a short span. One or both received the nickname leaky roof due to the leaky roofs on boxcars which usually carried only clay tiles and thus did not require water tightness. A short branch line served pleasant hill missouri.

It ran northwest out of springfield to ash grove and then north to osceola clinton garden city and on into kansas before it reached kansas city. This bridge is described in a brochure of historical sites in leawood ks. Booked it in to my dealer along with my best upset and offended face. They have refitted it and as a result of the water damage i am having a new cab carpet and underlay and a new kombi floor.

Place all hardware in a can or bucket so you don t lose the pieces. There is lots of information on this site about both. Step 1 remove all mounting hardware including bolts and screws from the cross rails and stanchions using a ratchet and screwdriver. The railroad was developed to transport coal and clay tile from the deepwater area north.

A brief history of the leaky roof railroad.