Step 1 remove all mounting hardware including bolts and screws from the cross rails and stanchions using a ratchet and screwdriver.
The leaky roof railroad.
The leaky roof railroad s real name was the kansas city clinton and springfield railroad kcc s.
It ran from olathe kansas through clinton missouri to ash grove missouri.
Booked it in to my dealer along with my best upset and offended face.
The other parallel road was the kansas city osceola and southern railway also known as the high line.
The railroad was developed to transport coal and clay tile from the deepwater area north.
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 to 1934.
A short branch line served pleasant hill missouri.
Less familiar is a toronto one known as the leaky roof.
A photo shows stacked stone abutments with a slab bridging a short span.
Place all hardware in a can or bucket so you don t lose the pieces.
I had a leaky roof rail drivers side front was the offending fixing.
Andre the leaky roof is another name for the kansas city clinton and springfield railroad.
This bridge is described in a brochure of historical sites in leawood ks.
The parkdale area of downtown toronto is a very old railroad area in fact amongst the earliest in canada.
It ran northwest out of springfield to ash grove and then north to osceola clinton garden city and on into kansas before it reached kansas city.
A brief history of the leaky roof railroad.
They have refitted it and as a result of the water damage i am having a new cab carpet and underlay and a new kombi floor.
The leaky roof road the kansas city clinton springfield was a subsiderary of the kansas city ft.
It reached it s other namesake cities upon trackage rights over it s parent road.
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.
There is lots of information on this site about both.