Uncut Sheet of 3 New York Central Railroad Co. Checks - Unissued Railway Check Sheet of Three

Uncut Sheet of 3 Unissued New-York Central Rail-Road Co. Checks. Great red and green coloring! Sheet measures 14" x 12 1/2".

The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railway that primarily operated in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It mainly connected the Greater New York area and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, including key cities such as Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester, and Syracuse. The New York Central was headquartered in the New York Central Building, which was located next to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal.

Established in 1853, the railroad was created by consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. However, Penn Central filed for bankruptcy in 1970 and, with extensive support from the federal government, was restructured as Conrail in 1976. In 1999, Conrail was divided, and parts of its system were transferred to CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), with CSX acquiring most of the NYC's eastern trackage and NS acquiring the majority of the NYC's western trackage.