Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co. - 1890's-1920's dated Railway Stock Certificate

Railroad Stock. Locomotive engine vignette in upper right corner. Available in Orange, Green or Brown. Please specify color. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly called the Pan Handle Route (Panhandle Route in later days), was a railroad that was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Its common name came from its main line, which began at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, & continued west to Bradford, Ohio, where it split into a northern line to Chicago and a southern one through Indianapolis, Indiana, to East St. Louis, Illinois.

The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure on January 10, 1883. The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, & the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad. That company was merged with the PC&StL, Cincinnati & Richmond Railroad & Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad on September 30, 1890, to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (PCC&StL).

In 1891, the PCC&StL acquired stock ownership of the Little Miami Railroad. On December 21, 1916 (taking effect January 1, 1917), the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway merged with the Vandalia Railroad, Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad, Anderson Belt Railway & Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway, forming the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad