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>>Rick, your story is very interesting, but mostly pure fiction, although some of the actual history of what comprised the real "Nickle Plate Road" was even stranger. Like most railroads, the NYC&St.L was the product of a number of mergers The heart of the line ran from Buffalo, NY, to Chicago, in competition with Vanderbilt's Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. It is my understanding that the boiler jackets of its locomotives were actually nickel plated,<<<< <br /> <br /> <br />A-HEMMMM!! =) http://www.nkphts.org/history.html#name <br /> <br />t'WAS THE RAILS MY GOOD FRIEND, the "boiler story" was a good one though, I'll have to admit. =)
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