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Toledo, Delphos And Burlington Railroad
The Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad (TC&StL) was a narrow-gauge railroad based in Ohio. It began as a subsidiary of the narrow-gauge Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad (TD&B), which was opened on July 4, 1875, but in 1882 the two companies merged and retained the TC&StL name, which was more descriptive of its extent. Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad itself originally came about from a merger of several other railroads, including the Iron Railroad founded on February 2, 1848, based in Ironton, Ohio. In 1881, the TD&B reached an agreement with the Iron Railroad to dual-gauge a segment of its line by laying its own narrow-gauge track in-between the Iron Railroad's track. Both railroads merged later that same year, retaining the TD&B name. The financially troubled Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad system eventually entered receivership in 1883 and was split at foreclosure in 1884 and 1885 as follows: * St. Louis and Toledo Divisions (split at Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Maps Showing The Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad And Its Connections, By G
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