Rare CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN Railroad Working Proof
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Product Details
Company
Chicago and North Western Holdings Corp.
Certificate Type
Working Proof for one of the company's Common stock certificates
Time Period
1990's
Printer
American Bank Note Company
Format & Approximate Size
This proof is housed in a standard 12" x 8 1/2" cardboard folder. The proof is protected by a clear protective and editing layer which can be lifted away, and is adhered to the folder itself.
Images
You will receive the exact proof pictured as it is the only one of it's kind. The first image shows the proof in the folder with the cover flipped up and the protective/editing plastic layer in place atop the proof. The second image shows the proof with the plastic layer lifted away and out of view.
Guaranteed Authentic
Yes
Additional Details
Fascinating piece of financial history from this railroad giant!
The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. Until 1972, when the employees purchased the company, it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway (or Chicago and North Western Railway Company).
The C&NW became one of the longest railroads in the United States as a result of mergers with other railroads, such as the Chicago Great Western Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and others. By 1995, track sales and abandonment had reduced the total mileage to about 5,000. The majority of the abandoned and sold lines were lightly trafficked branches in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Large line sales, such as those that resulted in the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, further helped reduce the railroad to a mainline core with several regional feeders and branches. The Union Pacific purchased the company in April 1995 and integrated it with its own operation.
Additional Information
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