The Leaky Roof Railroad

Became known as the leaky roof.

The leaky roof railroad.

It reached it s other namesake cities upon trackage rights over it s parent road. The leaky roof railroad s real name was the kansas city clinton and springfield railroad kcc s. A leaking roof rack will cause damage to the interior of your vehicle. Even of those few remaining employees and pensioners who are familiar with the name leaky roof fewer still know the real meaning of it.

The railroad was developed to transport coal and clay tile from the deepwater area north. Holes drilled for mounting a roof rack should be waterproofed to prevent or fix a leak. It ran from olathe kansas through clinton missouri to ash grove missouri. Originally built to haul coal marble and clay tile out of henry county missouri to the major.

Scott memphis the memphis. The leaky roof road. 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. How to stop a leaking roof during heavy rains.

This guide will give you some tips on how to find a roof leak and how to fix a leaky roof. The railroaders from those days are all gone now. Over time a leak will ruin the head liner carpets and seats. Fix a leak in the roof of a vehicle immediately after you notice itto avoid permanent damage.

A roof that leaks is a problem in any weather but a roof that suddenly begins to leak during a heavy rainstorm can quickly turn into an emergency. 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 a short branch line served pleasant hill missouri. The parkdale area of downtown toronto is a very old railroad area in fact. 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.