Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway
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Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway Company
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railroad
L.K. & W
L.K. & W Company
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
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found: The route of the Leavenworth Kansas and Western Railroad, 1871-1935, 1980.
found: Onaga, Kansas History and Genealogy, viewed, Sep. 3, 2009(The Kansas Central Railroad was sold under foreclosure proceedings to the Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway Company on September 24, 1897)
found: Leonardville, City of the Plains, viewed Sept. 2, 2009The Railroad (Kansas Central Railway & Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway (L.K. & W): The Kansas Central Railway Company was inc. under the law of the State of Kansas on June 1, 1871, to build a railroad and telegraph line from Leavenworth, Kansas to the western Kansas boundary; on April 15, 1879, this company was sold and transferred all property to the Kansas Central Railroad Company. In 1897 the Kansas Central Railroad was sold to the Leavenworth, Kansas and Western (LK&W) Railway. The Kansas Central Railway started as a narrow gauge in 1871. In 1890 it was widen to standard guage and renamed the Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway aka, the L. K.&W. Company) - http://sites.google.com/site/leonardville66449/Home
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Change Notes
2009-09-03: new
2009-11-03: revised
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