Floka
Floka is a railroad siding east of Sulphur and west of Antelope.
Floka is at milepost 479.38.[1]
The name Floka was created from the initial syllables of Florence and Katherine, who were daughters of Charles M Levey, the 1916-1927 Western Pacific president.[2]
In 1970, there was a railroad accident at Floka that killed two people.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.trainweb.org/WPRRINFO/WPMilePostDetail.html
- ↑ Vic Neves, "What's in a name? Romance Among the ties of the W. P.", The Train Sheet," March/April 1990, number 42.
- ↑ Train accident at Floka," 1970.