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The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (reporting mark NKP), abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States.Commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", the railroad served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.
The 2-8-4 design was quickly adopted by the New York Central, Erie Railroad, Illinois Central, Pere Marquette, Boston & Maine, Chesapeake & Ohio and the Nickel Plate Road. [5] The Nickel Plate Road was able to eventually employ 80 Berkshires on high-speed freight and passenger trains with the first order (designated S Class) 15 were supplied by ...
It operated 450.72 miles of line between Toledo and East St. Louis. The Clover Leaf became part of the larger New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the "Nickel Plate") on December 28, 1922, [1] [2] which eventually became part of Norfolk Southern.
The Nickel Plate Road also owned two other lines to the west of Cleveland - the Cloverleaf, and the Lake Erie and Western. The Cloverleaf was the route from Toledo to St. Louis, and the L.E. & W. - nicknamed "Leave Early and Walk" - went from Sandusky to Peoria.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (reporting mark WLE) was a Class I railroad mostly within the U.S. state of Ohio.It was leased to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) in 1949, and merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1988.
Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merged into the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad , commonly referred to as the " Nickel Plate Road ", and allocated 587 as its ...
State Line Road/Paulding Road in Benton Township: SR 111 in Paulding: 1937: current SR 501: 11.93: 19.20 US 33/SR 67/SR 198 in Wapakoneta: SR 117 in Shawnee Township: 1937: current SR 502: 9.71: 15.63 Greenville Pike in Washington Township: SR 49/SR 121/SR 571 in Greenville: 1937: current SR 503: 40.53: 65.23 US 127 in Seven Mile
Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk and Western, and Norfolk Southern (1949-1990) [ edit ] In 1949, the New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, or Nickel Plate Road (NKP) as it was known, leased the W&LE.