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On April 13, 1881, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company bought the Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago Railway, a railroad that had been surveyed from the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, to Buffalo, New York, running parallel to William Vanderbilt's Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.
The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, popularly known as the “Nickel Plate Road” (reporting mark NKP), had a storied 83-year existence. Starting as a single road from Chicago to Buffalo to compete with the New York Central’s Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line, it ended with four districts crisscrossing Illinois, Indiana ...
The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (reporting mark NKP), abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", the railroad served parts of the states of NY, PA, OH, IN, IL, and MO.
2 dni temu · New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, American railroad that began operations between Buffalo, N.Y., and Chicago in 1882. That same year William H. Vanderbilt purchased control because its tracks paralleled those of his Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road between Buffalo and Cleveland , Ohio .
The Nickel Plate fell into receivership in 1885 and was reorganized as the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. in 1887 but was still popularly known as the Nickel Plate. The New York Central's ownership of the Nickel Plate gave it a monopoly on the east-west rail traffic between Buffalo and Chicago.
30 sty 2020 · The New York, Chicago & St. Louis opened between Buffalo and Chicago on October 23, 1882, in many spots east of Cleveland just a stone’s throw from rival Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. What would become the Nickel Plate became a Vanderbilt property in January 1883.
On February 3, 1881, the Seney Syndicate met at Seney's New York bank and organized the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad. The original proposal was for a 340-mile railroad from Cleveland, OH, to Chicago, IL, and a 325-mile branch to St. Louis, MO.
