Leaky Roof Railroad Corridor

Less familiar is a toronto one known as the leaky roof.

Leaky roof railroad corridor.

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. But the dirty leaky walkway over the tracks remains a problem said john burns a 57 year old amtrak passenger waiting for a train to new york to see comedian andrew dice clay. The kansas city clinton and springfield railway also known as the leaky roof railway is a now abandoned rail line that ran from olathe kansas near kansas city through clinton missouri and on to ash grove missouri where it tied in with the kansas city fort scott and memphis railway later the frisco railroad. Eventually the line became part of the frisco system.

This bridge is described in a brochure of historical sites in leawood ks. 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. The greene county historic sites board will dedicate the leaky roof railroad corridor as a. Known locally as the leaky roof line because it used old railroad cars it provided a way to ship the stone by railroad.

Historic site saturday july 17 2010 9 a m on west main street in ash gro ve.