Ghost Railroads of Kansas by Robert Collins - 1997

David City, NE: South Platte Press, 1997 South Platte Press, David City, NE. 1997. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light wear to tips, head, and tail; slight rippling from storage. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 80 pp 4to. This book relates many of the stories of railroads that used to operate in Kansas; behemoths like the Missouri Pacific and gnats like the Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient. While these lines have disappeared by way of abandonment or merger, railroads like the BNSF and short lines like the Central Kansas continue the railroad tradition in Kansas. Lots of information and illustrations. A clean presentable copy.