Question about NKP

[Anonymous]

what was the actual name of the Nickel Plate Road
I was told Wheeling And Lake Erie but They werent sure
So if any one should know it should be yall[:)]

[Anonymous]

NKP was the New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad. Nickel Plate is a nickname that stuck -- it was a reference to the quality of its route and construction.

Wheeling & Lake Erie is an entirely separate railroad, though at one time it did have partial common ownership with the Nickel Plate.

[Anonymous]

thanks Mark that helps a lot[swg]