Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad
- Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad
The Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad was a small railroad company that operated approximately convert|25|mi of track between the Indiana cities of Frankfort and Kokomo.[cite court]
litigants=Kneeland v. Lawrence
vol=140
reporter=U.S.
opinion=209
pinpoint=
court=Supreme Court of the United States
date=May 11, 1891
url=http://supreme.justia.com/us/140/209/case.html] The F&K's rail line, laid down in 1873, was generally of poor condition and made the cars that traveled along it jog from side to side, leading to its nickname "The Rabbit Track Line".[cite web]
url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:DlkVNjfOt50J:www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/m/c/mch/railroad/RAILROAD.DOC+%22Frankfort+and+Kokomo+Railroad%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
title=Railroads in North America: Some Historical Facts and an Introduction to an Electronic Database of North American Railroads and Their Evolution
accessdate=2008-06-08
last=Hallberg
first=M. C.
date=2006-04-24] The first train cars made the trip between the two cities on May 28, 1874.In 1881 the F&K Railroad was converted to narrow gauge and consolidated into the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad. In 1886 it was returned to broad gauge under the ownership of the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad, later renamed the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad and commonly known as the "Clover Leaf".[cite book]
last=Claybaugh
first=Joseph
title=History of Clinton County, Indiana
year=1913
publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company
location=Indianapolis
page=p. 336] References
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