New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad

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Class I railroad defunct railroad railroad company

The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road, was a prominent Midwestern and Great Lakes region railroad in the United States that operated major freight and passenger services between key industrial cities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nickel Plate Road 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad ⓘ
defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
beganOperations 1881 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endedOperations 1964 ⓘ
famousForLocomotiveClass Berkshire 2-8-4 steam locomotives NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasCommonName Nickel Plate Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritagePreservedBy Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporated 1881 ⓘ
knownFor fast freight service ⓘ
high-speed mainline track ⓘ
serving key industrial cities in the Midwest and Great Lakes ⓘ
laterOwnedBy Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterPartOf Norfolk Southern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLineRoute Buffalo–Cleveland–Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland–St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
nicknameExplanation nickname reportedly referred to the high quality of construction and perceived value of the line ⓘ
nicknameOrigin Nickel Plate Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened 1881 ⓘ
operatedInRegion Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedNotableTrain Blue Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ
City of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nickel Plate Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy New York Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryServiceType freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
servedCity Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erie, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toledo, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedState Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Norfolk and Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ
usedLocomotiveType diesel locomotives ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lima Locomotive Works → majorCustomer → New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
Van Sweringen brothers → owned → New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nickel Plate Road
Cleveland Union Terminal → servedRailway → New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nickel Plate Road