Next door to Murray yard in North Kansas City was Wabash’s Avondale yard. Being the western-most point on the Wabash system, the yard in North KC was busy and active, receiving traffic from St Louis, Chicago & Detroit. The yard featured a large roundhouse and locomotive servicnig facilities, which became property of the Norfolk & Western in 1964. On October 19, 1968, no Wabash heritage can be found as a high-hood N&W U28B and three N&W RS3s idle in front of the roundhouse. (Bill Gibson)

This selection from “Rails Around Missouri” comes from Chapter Three: Kansas City & Surrounding Area. “Rails Around Missouri” is a new 224-page, hard-cover book filled with over 500 all-color photos like this one, and will be released on May 1, 2013. You can reserve your copy today at the pre-release price of $47.95 plus shipping. Choose between the KCS or Frisco cover (inside contents are the same). Books will come autographed by the suthor and will ship the week of May 1.