The Leaky Roof Railroad

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

The leaky roof railroad.

The railroad was developed to transport coal and clay tile from the deepwater area north. Booked it in to my dealer along with my best upset and offended face. This bridge is described in a brochure of historical sites in leawood ks. A short branch line served pleasant hill missouri.

A photo shows stacked stone abutments with a slab bridging a short span. The other parallel road was the kansas city osceola and southern railway also known as the high line. It reached it s other namesake cities upon trackage rights over it s parent road. 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.

It ran from olathe kansas through clinton missouri to ash grove missouri. 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. 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.

The leaky roof railroad s real name was the kansas city clinton and springfield railroad kcc s. 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. The parkdale area of downtown toronto is a very old railroad area in fact amongst the earliest in canada. Andre the leaky roof is another name for the kansas city clinton and springfield 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. A brief history of the leaky roof railroad. There is lots of information on this site about both. Scott memphis the memphis.

Automobile adhesives and sealants are made for waterproofing and securing bolt and screw holes typical in a roof rack installation.