Wiggins Ferry Co. signed by Samuel B. Wiggins - 1866 dated Transfer Receipt
Inv# AG1805 Autograph
State(s):
Missouri
Years:
1866
Stock signed by Samuel B. Wiggins. Ferry named after him? St. Louis, Missouri. The Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (reporting mark TRRA) serves as a switching and terminal railroad for the Wiggins Ferry Company, managing traffic within the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan region. This railroad is jointly owned by multiple Class I railroads that connect to the city.
It was founded in 1889 in a deal orchestrated by Jay Gould with:
- Missouri Pacific Railroad
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, later part of the Missouri Pacific
- Wabash Railroad, later part of the Norfolk and Western Railway
- Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, later part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, later part of the New York Central Railroad
Its current owners are:
- BNSF Railway (1/7)
- Canadian National Railway (1/7) (Illinois Central Railroad until 1999)
- CSX Transportation (1/7)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (1/7)
- Union Pacific Railroad (3/7)
It also links to the Kansas City Southern Railway; the Canadian Pacific Railway is the sole Class I railroad that does not extend to St. Louis.
Condition:
Excellent
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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