Robert A. Frederick railroad photographs, 1891-1989.
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Monon (Railroad)
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The origin of the Monon Railroad dates back to 1847 with the founding of the New Albany and Salem Railroad in Borden, Ind. The railroad got its nickname "Monon" from a creek near Bradford, Ind. Alfter several mergers, expansions and reorganizations, the Monon became an independent line in 1946. In 1971 it merged with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and in 1985 L. & N.'s successor, Seaboard System, removed the last of the old Monon rails. From the description of Dispatch ...
Pennsylvania Railroad
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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...
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...
Frederick, Robert A.
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Robert A. Frederick was employed with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He photographed trains and purchased photographs from others. From the description of Robert A. Frederick railroad photographs, 1891-1989. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 773191339 ...
