Rick,
I have an interest in railway history of the
Leavenworth area. I currently live in Platte City MO.
In researching the Q in Leavenworth I think it started
with full/frequent service starting in 1894 with the
new rail bridge. At some point (late thirties?) less
service in the form of fewer stops by locals and more
access to other trains via bus to Beverly MO only
began. The pioneer Zephyr stopped at Leavenworth.
My only ride on the Q (1960) was from Beverly MO. By
then the Burlington depot in Leavenworth was closed.
I have a clipping (1955) from an Atchison paper
indicating bus service from the depot to Armor. I
would think shuttle bus service would have been a
natural extension of the Trailways bus service offered
by the Burlington. I have an sampling of Official
Guide pages for the Burlington serving Leavenworth
indicating shuttle bus and over the road service
Dave Amaro...
--- Rick Morgan <rmorgan28@charter.net> wrote:
> New member; does anyone have information on how the
> "Q" served
> Atchison and Leavenworth KS? Both were on short
> branches off the
> KC-Omaha main- Looking at ORGs and PTTs from the
> 1920s,30s,40s it
> appears as if they operated 'shuttle trains' (for
> lack of a better
> term) on a frequent basis to Armour and E.
> Leavenworth respectively;
> and then moved to "motor cars" (which I take to mean
> taxis or similar
> vehicles). I'm looking for type of equipment or any
> similar info to
> clear up their operations.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Rick Morgan
> O'Fallon MO
>
>
>
>
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