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Missouri History Today

Missouri History Today September 24, 1987: Consultant Revives State’s Fast-Track Dreams

by Missouri Life

A consultant gets to work analyzing a possible high-speed railroad between Kansas City and St. Louis. To date, multiple attempts at getting traction on such transportation infrastructure have been unsuccessful.

Based upon content from the book Missouri 365: This Day in Missouri History by John W. Brown, broadcaster and Missouri historian. Get your copy at Reedy Press. 

Photo credit: Vachon, John, photographer. Railroad bridge, St. Charles County, Missouri. May. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2017720129/.