Nickel Plate Road

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NKP
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1964
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Fort_Wayne_Railroad_Historical_Society
gptkbp:founded 1881
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio
gptkbp:heritageUnit gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_8100
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nickel Plate Road
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Norfolk_and_Western_Railway
1964
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road_High_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent acquired Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad
acquired Clover Leaf Route
acquired Connotton Valley Railway
acquired Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway
acquired Lake Erie and Western Railroad
acquired Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad
acquired Peoria and Eastern Railway
acquired Sandusky and Columbus Short Line Railway
acquired Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
acquired Western Ohio Railway
acquired Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Bellevue_Yard
gptkbp:notableLocomotiveNumber gptkb:NKP_765
gptkbp:notableStation Berkshire 2-8-4 steam locomotive
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Van_Sweringen_brothers
gptkbp:primaryCommodities gptkb:coal
gptkb:wheat
manufactured goods
gptkbp:reportingMark gptkb:NKP
gptkbp:route Chicago to Buffalo
gptkbp:servesCity gptkb:Buffalo
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Cleveland
gptkb:Indianapolis
gptkb:St._Louis
gptkb:Bellevue,_Ohio
gptkb:Fort_Wayne
gptkb:Toledo
Peoria
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Norfolk_Southern_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4