Re: [CBQ] Northern Cross Railroad

["Rupert Gamlen" <gamlenz@hotmail.com>]

Stephen

There were two railroad companies with the same name but not operating at the 
same time. 

The CB&Q's company was Northern Cross Railroad Company, incorporated in 1849.  
According to Wikipedia, the Wabash' company of the same name started operations 
in 1838, and was operated by the State of Illinois for the first 10 years. In 
1847 the company was sold and became the  Sangamon and Morgan Railroad, and was 
later acquired and operated by the Wabash. 

So two years elapsed between the first company changing it name and the birth 
of the Burlington's company.

Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ


-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 7:01 pm
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Subject: [CBQ] Northern Cross Railroad


Can someone clear up some confusion I have.  Histories of the CB&Q state that 
the portion of the Railway between Galesburg and Quincy incorporated what was 
the Northern Cross Railroad of Illinois.  Yet histories of the Wabash Railway 
also cite its origins in the Northern Cross Railroad.  Furthermore, the 
Wikipedia article on the Northern Cross states it became part of the Wabash and 
makes no mention of the Q.  Can someone resolve this discrepancy? It has always 
puzzled me.



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