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St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad was originally incorporated as the St. Louis & Keokuk RR on February 16, 1857. The Civil war and various depressions and recessions prevented its actual construction until 1871. Beginning in its early construction, it was largely financed and (later) owned by John Insley Blair, Blairstown, New Jersey (1802–1899 ...
The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, and the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad.
The Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad (CP&StL) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Illinois that operated a main line between Pekin (near Peoria) and Madison (near St. Louis) via Springfield. Its property was sold at foreclosure to several new companies in the 1920s; the portion north of Springfield has since become the Illinois and ...
The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, also known as the Big Four Railroad and commonly abbreviated CCC&StL, was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central system. Its primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. At the end of 1925 it reported ...
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad: Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad and Telegraph Company: ATSF: 1868 1879 Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad: Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad: SLSF: 1884 1897 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad: Kansas City and Southwestern Railway: MP: 1884 1909 Missouri Pacific Railway: Kansas City Suburban ...
Passenger trains of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (1 P) Predecessors of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (2 C, 14 P)
It was the first rail bridge across the Missouri River when it opened July 3, 1869, and established Kansas City rather than Leavenworth or St. Joseph as the dominant city in the region. Acquisition by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad used the railroad for through traffic to Chicago almost from ...
The Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad was a 19th- and early-20th-century railway company in Kentucky in the United States. It operated from 1877 and was created from the merger of the Mississippi Central Railroad and the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad until 1882, when control was obtained by the Illinois Central . In ...