I believe this company was a C&EI predecessor. If so, can anyone tell me a little history for the Chicago, Paducah & Memphis Railroad? Boxcab E50
CHICAGO PADUCAH & MEMPHIS RAILROAD (Projected), a road chartered, Dec. 19, 1893, to run between Altamont and Metropolis, Ill., 152 miles, with a branch from Johnston City to Carbondale, 20 miles-total length, 172 miles. The gauge is standard, and the track laid with sixty-pound steel rails. By Feb. 1, 1895, the road from Altamont to Marion (100 miles) was completed, and work on the remainder of the line has been in progress. It is intended to connect with the Wabash and the St. Louis Southern systems. Capital stock authorized and subscribed, $2, 500,-000; bonds issued, $1,575,000. Funded debt, authorized, $15,000 per mile in five per cent first mortgage gold bonds. Cost of road up to Feb. 1, 1895, $20,000 per mile; estimated cost of the entire line, $2,000,000. In December, 1896, this road passed into the hands of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.
Jim- Thanks! It's often hard to know for certain, what happened to these companies. The area where it seemed to be located, indicated possibly C&EI. But the company title was so much more grandiose than it's apparent size..... I also wondered if there was some possibility of ICRR. As both Memphis and Paducah were named. Boxcab E50
