New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

found: Report to the directors of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, to the stockholders, for the three months ending December 31, 1887:p. 3 (company placed in possession of its property on Oct. 1, 1887 and commenced operation the same day) p. 6 (New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. Co.)

found: Hirsimaki, E.E. The Nickel Plate years, c1989:p. 6, etc. (New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate); New York, Chicago & St. Louis R.R.; NYC&StL; Nickel Plate Road; on Oct. 16, 1964 absorbed via merger by the N & W [Norfolk and Western Railway Company])

found: NUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. for Chicago and State Line Railroad Company. Records, 1887-1923(Chicago and State Line Railroad consolidated in 1923 with New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company; Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company; Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad Company; and Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company to form New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company)

found: NUCMC data from VPI Libr. for Its Records, 1887-1952(New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company formed in 1887 through consolidation of New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company, Cleveland and State Line Railroad Company, Fort Wayne and Illinois Railroad Company, and Erie and State Line Railroad Company; ran from Buffalo, N.Y., to Indiana-Illinois border)