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Post Office Box 9 North Hampton, OH 45349-0009 NKPHTS.Org Contact PURPOSE OF THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD largely by mail and email. The membership has an opportunity to In 1880, a survey was made from St. Louis to HISTORICAL & TECHNICAL SOCIETY, INC. meet each year at our annual Convention, which is held in a Fort Wayne, Indiana, to connect with the Lake Erie & Nickel Plate city. These meetings include displays, model Western Railroad, of which Mr. Brice was President. The The purpose of the NKPHTS is to maintain an railroad tours, swap and sale tables, slide, movie and video survey was purchased by the Syndicate and two new association of persons interested in the former New York, sessions, and tours of rail facilities. A general business meeting surveys made, one from Chicago to Fort Wayne, the other Post Office Box 9 Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road), and to obtain, and banquet are the highlights of these weekends, where the from Fort Wayne to Cleveland, originally intended as an North Hampton, OH 45349-0009 preserve, and distribute information and material related to the Society's officers are elected and important business is handled. eastern terminus of the road. It was finally determined to NKPHTS.org former Nickel Plate Road, its predecessors, and lessees. It shall temporarily abandon the St. Louis branch and instead build [email protected] be the intent of the corporation to promote, support, and from Cleveland to Buffalo. preserve the historic legacy of the Nickel Plate Road through the Early in April 1881, Major Henry L. Merill, an creation of programs designed to be of benefit and service to its experienced railroad builder, assumed charge of members, as well as to assist qualified, non-profit museums, construction. Contracts were let for 45,000 tons of steel rails libraries, rail groups, and historical organizations, either at $65.00 per ton. Right of way was secured as fast as the financially or technically, in the preservation, conservation, surveys were made. The first rails were laid between and/or collection of material, equipment, and memorabilia Arcadia and McComb, Ohio, and the road was practically relating to the railroad and its predecessors. finished by September 1882. The first train was run over the road October 22, 1882. ABOUT US The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, later a part of the New York Central System, quickly realized the Founded in 1966, the Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical The original Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Our Society also offers numerous Internet and online value of the Nickel Plate Road as a competitor, purchased Society is America's only rail-history organization dedicated Society, was formed in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1966. The NKPHTS activities free of charge to all of its members. We have an the road and held controlling interest in it until July 1916. solely to preserving the history and legacy of the Nickel Plate was incorporated in the state of Ohio in 1972 as a nonprofit, non- extensive website at NKPHTS.org which displays information, The Van Sweringen brothers were looking for ways to Road and its predecessors. stock corporation organized for educational purposes. We are photos, documents, and Society news. We have a “Members expand their real estate business in Cleveland and bought recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the Internal Revenue Area” which can only be accessed by current members of the the Nickel Plate to acquire a right-of-way for a new traction Service, so all contributions of material and money are tax Society and which contains many items of interest, including line. The Vans soon found how nice railroading was and in a The Society publishes a quarterly magazine, maintains an deductible. Information on donating money and materials to the Howard W. Ameling’s collection of 5000+ Nickel Plate Road matter of a few years became very powerful railroad barons. award-winning website at NPKHTS.org, provides stewardship NKPHTS may be found on our website. photos. Members with an email address receive a monthly E-List On July 1, 1922, the Nickel Plate Road was of a major archive of historical material at the Western New The NKPHTS publishes a quarterly magazine Newsletter with the latest Society information and various articles operating 523 miles of track between Chicago and Buffalo. York Railway Historical Society and offers numerous member devoted to the history of the Nickel Plate Road, Lake Erie & of interest to NKP fans. We host an online discussion forum at On this date the NKP secured control of the properties programs and projects, including an annual convention. Western, Wheeling & Lake Yahoo.com. You will also find us at youtube.com/nickelplateroad, formerly operated, managed, and controlled by the Lake Erie, and the Toledo, St. facebook.com/nkphts, and twitter.com/nkphts. Erie & Western Railroad Co. The LE&W added 707 miles of As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, financial donations Louis & Western (Clover Leaf) track reaching from Sandusky, Ohio to Peoria, Illinois, with and contributions of historical photos, documents, and railroads. Included from time HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS two branches in Indiana. ephemera are tax-deductible and always appreciated. to time are articles on RAILROAD COMPANY THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD On July 15, 1922, another 453 miles were added modeling the Nickel Plate, to the system by affiliation with the cloverleaf (TStL&W RR) current status of Nickel Plate Main Line Nickel Plate reaching from Toledo, Ohio to St. Louis, Missouri. Thus, the facilities and rolling stock, and Nickel Plate became a 1683-mile system of trackage other railroads' joint operation serving the industrial, agricultural, and distributing region with the Nickel Plate. The It is said that the New York, Chicago & between the Mississippi River on the west, the Great Lakes magazine is printed in color, St. Louis Railroad Company was on the north, and the Niagara Frontier on the east, with on high-quality gloss paper probably the only railroad in the United close traffic arrangements and service to the New England and is generously illustrated States built for cash in advance of the States and the Atlantic Seaboard reached through with photos and maps. issue of stocks and bonds. The connecting lines. Occasional newsletters are subscribers to the founding syndicate The Nickel Plate purchased its first fifteen provided to keep members informed of current Society events agreed to furnish the money in ten Berkshire (2-8-4) steam locomotives in 1934. Until that time and news, along with timely updates and/or supplements to the percent calls as fast as required. It the NKP had never had a locomotive that was out of the magazine. was February 1881, that a party of aggressive men met in the ordinary. With the Berkshire, the NKP acquired an engine For over twenty-five years the NKPHTS has office of George I. Seney, President of the Metropolitan National perfectly suited to its needs and virtually every 2-8-4 published an annual calendar with fourteen high-quality Bank of New York City. Among those in attendance was locomotive built afterwards was based on the very photographs of the NKP, TStL&W, LE&W, and W&LE railroads. Columbus R. Cummings of Chicago, the first NKP president, successful design of the 700's. From time to time the Society has embarked on a Walston H. Brown, Calvin S. Brice, General San Thomas, and The 1940's found the Nickel Plate setting record limited run offering of a special project. These have included John G. Kennaday, who formed what was known to be the after record with the Berkshires. An additional fifty-five were timetable reprints, lithographs, books, and scale models. financial world as the Seney Syndicate. Later, others who built during the War. In 1947, the Nickel Plate received its The NKPHTS logo and the name "Nickel Plate Road" The staff of the Nickel Plate Road Historical & participated included General D.W. Caldwell, Dan P. Ellis, and first diesel road engines from American Locomotive Co. The are registered trademarks of the NKPHTS, Inc. Technical Society is all-volunteer and its business is conducted Hon. William Flemming. streamlined diesels were affectionately called BLUEBIRDS and were the only motive power on the post 1900 Clover Leaf Wheeling via the Wheeling Bridge & Terminal Co., and powerful carriers always has been a major factor in the Nickel Plate not painted black. completed a branch to Steubenville in 1891. growth and stability of the smaller railroads. The greater In 1949, the Nickel Plate leased the long The Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad The Wheeling of 1899 also took control of the Nickel Plate Road was a result of the consolidation of the sought Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, which it had became part of the Nickel Plate on December Cleveland Belt & Terminal Railroad Company and the Zanesville Lake Erie & Western and the Clover Leaf with the original controlled for a number of years. The Wheeling gave 28, 1922. Finally, after forty years the New York Belt & Terminal Railway Co., two belt and industrial switching Nickel Plate in 1922. Each of these roads was, of course, a the Nickel Plate a financially stable railroad that was a Chicago & St. Louis reached St. Louis. For the lines in their respective cities. result of earlier consolidations and mergers. consistent moneymaker. With the addition of the Clover Leaf, the TStL&W's nickname, their line In 1901, the Adena Railroad bought the Bellaire & In the late fifties, the greater Nickel Plate found W&LE, the stage was set for Nickel Plate's spectacular from Toledo to St. Louis was nearly ten years in building. The Valley Junction Railway, a proposed twenty-mile line extending itself in a precarious competitive position.
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