Nickel Plate Road
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The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, 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. Its primary connections occurred in Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Toledo.
Nickel Plate Road GP9 number 526 switches a way freight at Gibson City, IL, on November 24, 1962.
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad train crossing Black River in Lorain, Ohio, 1906
Nickel Plate train number 5, City of Chicago at Englewood Union Station on April 21, 1965.
Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8100 in Nickel Plate Road colors on a run with former NKP S-2 Berkshire 765
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
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The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833, and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana. The line's trackage remains a major rail transportation corridor used by Amtrak passenger trains and several freight lines; in 1998, its ownership was split at Cleveland, Ohio, between CSX Transportation to the east and Norfolk Southern Railway in the west.
Part of the original route, now in Sylvania, Ohio
Drawing of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
LSMS double arch bridge over the East Branch of the Huron River, just west of Norwalk, Ohio. A similar, but smaller-sized bridge, exists to the east in the Ohio town of Wakeman.
Gold Bond of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, issued 1 June 1897.