Car Barn Comments by Steve Maguire - p. 102-104
-A. E. Hickerson, Kansas,
City, Mo. tells how Kansas City, Kan. has taxed Kansas City PS out of business
on the Kansas side of the river.
-Clayton Moseley, Kansas City, Kan. reports
that KCPS has ordered 200 PCC cars.
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On the Spot - p
124-141
"Railroading Men Sit in with the Editorial Crew to Swap Experiences,
Offer Suggestions and Settle Arguments"
Pfc Roy E. Covert, relays current
information on Missouri & Arkansas’ passenger service. (Santa Fe; Kansas City
Southern; Kensett, Ark. Neosho, Mo.; Joplin, Mo., M&A, Helena, Ark.)
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Rulebook’s Last Trip - By John Paul Mills - p 31-35
Telegrapher, Kansas City Southern
Engineer Ross, About to Get the
Rocking-Chair, Finds Use for Knowledge Gained in His Youth.
"Number 52
shot down the tracks, her headlight illuminating two-straight ribbons of steel.
Though John Ross, her engineer, was staring intently at the rails, he saw
nothing there. His memories were so vivid they crowded out everything else. For
on night runs like this he was haunted by the fear of his growing uselessness."