Wiggins Ferry Co. signed by Samuel B. Wiggins - Transfer Receipt

Stock signed by Samuel B. Wiggins. Ferry named after him? St. Louis, Missouri. In relation to Wiggins Ferry Company, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (reporting mark TRRA) is a switching and terminal railroad that handles traffic in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. It is co-owned by several Class I railroads that reach 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 connects with the Kansas City Southern Railway; the Canadian Pacific Railway is the only Class I railroad that does not reach St. Louis. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Railroad_Association_of_St._Louis

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