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Can anyone give me me any info on the Star Union Railway? Especially in the late 1880s. I have a Colt revolver that was shipped to this rail line, and I am trying to research its history. It was shipped to Chicago, Illinois. I’d appreciate any information. Thank you
Google and I can find no railway by that name, not even in Google books of that era. There was a Kansas Star newspaper and a Kansas Star train in a Superman movie.
Not even in the Library of Congress newspaper records:
"0 Results were found for the search “the phrase "Kansas Star Line"”
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I suspect it is a misspelling of Kansas State Line Railway.
i didn't find anything that showed anything had actually been built, but I didn't read everything above. There were hundreds of railroad companies in those days that never actually laid tracks and ran trains, just proposals that got no financing, or if they did, it all went into planning, expenses, surveys, etc.
Railroad Crew Group Photo Some clues allow us to estimate timeline on this image. In the 19th Century railroads provided quick transportation for goods as the population expanded to the West. The Star Union Line offered shipping between cities on the East Coast and the Midwest as a fast freight...
Antique OLD Train Car Blueprint Paper - RARE____________________________________________P.R.R. STANDARD BOX CAR - 1876andPLAN OF END SILL STAR UNION LINE Pennsylvania RailroadNote the illustration on
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This article has several pages about the Star Union:
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