Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis - circa 1910's Unissued Railway Gold Bond - Various Denominations Available
Inv# RB5123 Bond
Unissued Railroad Bond printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. Various Denominations. Attractive bond with large vignette of Railroad Terminal in St. Louis. Rare!!! Available in Brown, Orange or Blue. Please specify color.
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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