A Splendid Ride: The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957

Richly documented and vividly illustrated with photographs and maps, A Splendid Ride : The Streetcars of Kansas City, takes you on those rides through town - and on a ride through time. You'll read about the coming and going of Kansas City's streetcars, the sentimental story as well as the practical one. You'll find out how we gained such a marvelous network of rails - and how we lost it.