New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company.

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The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company, better known as the Nickel Plate Railroad, was founded in 1881. It connected Buffalo and Chicago by way of Cleveland, Ohio. When the line was completed, the company was christened the "Nickel Plated Road" by the editor of the Norwalk Chronicle . This nickname was formally adopted by the railroad for its trade name and subsequently utilized by each company that emerged from its consolidations with other railroads in 1887, 1916, and 1923.

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