Railroad company waybills collection, 1896-1904.

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...

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

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Wabash Railroad

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Toledo, St. Louis, and Kansas City Railroad Company

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Wabash Railway Company

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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 ...

Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company

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The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company was originally chartered the Terre Haute & Richmond Railroad Company in 1847. By the end of the Civil War the TH&R became an important east-west trunk line and in March 1865, to better reflect reality, the Indiana legislature changed the name of the TH&R to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. In 1867 William Riley McKeen became its president. He renamed the system the Vandalia line in 1868, and to keep the railroad independ...