KATY FLYER YEARLY INDEX 1999 1998 1997 1996 Front Page Membership Info RRRM Museum Spring Meet Katy Flyer Back Issues Route Maps WWW Katy Links KRHS Calendar Genealogy Research M-K-T Diesels M-K-T Steam M-K-T Rolling Stock Passenger Cars SITE MENU Katy Flyer 1999 Index Page ** Major Articles Only ** A full index with employee updates, photographs, drawings, latest news, modelers info, etc.., is available from the KRHS, eMAIL for pricing. March 1999 Katy's Musical Legacy, by Chris Cruz: photos and text ..... on music about the Katy Railroad, pp 4-5 The Day the Diesels Came to Dallas, by Jerry Pitts: photos and text ..... about first diesels placed in regular service on the Katy, pp 6-8 Depots of the Neosho Sub., Part 1, by Ted Fuller: photos and text .....Depots on the original Katy line between Junction City and Parsons, KS, pp 9-13 Checotah to Revive Past at Annual Hobo festival, by Jim Etter: photos and text ..... about celebration at restored MKT Checotah, OK depot, p 16 June 1999 The Town of Ladore, by Chris Cruz: photos and text ..... history and hunt for town of Ladore, KS on Katy's Neosho Subdivision, pp 4-5 Depots of the Neosho Sub., Part 2, by Don Banwart/Ted Fuller: photos and text .....Depots on the original Katy line between Junction City and Parsons, KS, pp 8-14 Tons of Progress, by Dave Riddle, KC Chapter of the N.H.R.S.: text ..... achivements of rail industry in 20 years since deregulation, p 16 September 1999 Building of the Lake Whitney Dam, by Jerry Pitts: photos and text ..... about the Katy's role in building the Lake Whitney Dam, pp 4-6 The Eisenhower Connection, by Jerry Pitts: photos and text .....President Dwight D. Eisenhoswer's connection with the Katy Railroad, p 7 Klondike Station, Klondike, MO, by Raymond George Jr.: photos and text .....about industry and area around stop on the St. Louis sub., pp10-12 The Elephant City, by Mary Lee George: photos and text ..... a children story based on a 1949 trip on the Katy Flyer, pp 13-14 Historic Katy Tap Now Headed for Scrap, by J. C. Gresham: photos and text .....about scraping ex Katy's historic Belton, Tx branchline, p 16 December 1999 Competitive Rail Points - MKT and S.P., by Dennis Hedlund: photos and text ..... about connections between the Katy and Southern Pacific RR's, pp 4-5 The Country Boy in the City, by Graves Schmidt: photos and text ..... about traveling to Granger, TX in the 1920's, pp 6-7 Late 19th Century M.K. & T. Freight Cars, by Jerry Pitts: photos and text ..... Prototype and modeling info on Katy freight cars from 1870's and 1880's, pp 10-11 M.K.& T. 1899 Reorganization and Line Extensions, by J. Pitts: photos and text ..... about early Katy reorganization and building, pp 12-13 The Texas Special, First Day Postal Cover, by R. B. George Jr.: photos and text ..... discription of souvenir from 1948, The first run of the Texas Special, p 13 The New Katy Bluebonnet China, by Chris Cruz: photos and text ..... about reproduction of Bluebonnet Dining Car China, p 16 BACK ISSUES CAN BE ORDERED BY PRINTING OUT THE ORDER FORM ON THE KATY FLYER BACK ISSUES PAGE AND MAILING TO KRHS, 1364 Timothyridge Drive, St. Charles, MO 63304   Mail to: K.R.H.S. Top of Page KatyRailroad.org This site is courtesy of the Katy Railroad Historical Society