Material on the Nickel Plate Road, 1869-1960.

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Material on the Nickel Plate Road, 1869-1960.

Manuscript notes and copies or originals of magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, blueprints, maps, annual reports, financial statements, stock certificates, time tables, charts, and letters used by Hampton to research her book, The Nickel Plate Road, the history of a great railroad.

2.8 linear ft.

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Cleveland Terminals Building Company.

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Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936

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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

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Railroad founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. From the description of Records 1846-1961. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725622 Nickel Plate Road on Oct. 16, 1964 was absorbed via merger by the N & W, or Norfolk and Western...

Toledo, Delphos, and Indianapolis Railway Company

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Formed in 1872; ran from Toledo, Ohio, to Indiana state line in Mercer County, Ohio; consolidated in 1879 with Delphos, Bluffton, and Frankfort Railroad Company, Delphos and Kokomo Railway Company, and Toledo and Maumee Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company to form Toledo, Delphos, and Burlington Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1872-1879. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411335 ...

Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, and Louisville Railroad Company

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Formed from the reorganization of Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Cincinnati Railroad Company in 1881; consolidated with other railroads to form New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company in 1923; ran from Muncie to Connersville, Ind. From the description of Records, 1881-1923. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28424673 ...

Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad

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Toledo, St. Louis, and Western Railroad Company

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Formed in 1900 from the reorganized Toledo, St. Louis, and Kansas City Railroad Company; ran from Toledo, Ohio, to East Saint Louis, Ill.; consolidated with New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company in 1923. From the description of Records, 1900-1923. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411344 ...

Cleveland Union Terminals Company

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Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company

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The railroad ran west from Cleveland, on an east-west line from Muncie to Frankfort, Ind., and on a north-south line from Muncie to Newcastle and on to other points in southern Indiana. From the description of Records, 1927-1930. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 25230839 Formed in 1887 after sale of Lake Erie and Western Railway Company; consolidated with other railroads in 1923 to form New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad. From th...

Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935

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Hampton, Taylor, (Virginia Taylor), 1910-

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Personal friend of the Van Sweringens who shared their interest in railroads. From the description of Material on the Nickel Plate Road, 1869-1960. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725136 ...

Toledo, St. Louis, and Kansas City Railroad Company

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Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad.

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Northern Ohio Food Terminal.

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