User:RalphOnTheRailroad/Sandbox/My Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway/My Wakarusa Creek Picnic Special
"On April 26, 1869, the Santa Fe's first train-the Wakarusa Picnic Special-rolled out of Topeka, Kas. It was destined for a picnic in Wakarusa, but the tracks extended only seven miles to Pauline. Company officials and other dignitaries traveled the remaining five miles in buggies and wagons."[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Ross, Kenneth (26 May 1968). "Santa Fe Celebrates 100 years". Chicago Tribune. p. B9.
See also[edit]
Warman, Cy (1906). Hitchcock, Ripley series (ed.). The Story of the Railroad. The Story of the West Series. New York: D. Appleton. pp. 86–92. Retrieved 11 September 2009.