Canada Southern Railway
The Canada Southern Railway (AAR reporting marks CASO) was a railroad in southern Ontario, Canada, founded on February 28, 1868 as the Erie and Niagara Extension Railway and later adopted the Canada Southern Railway name on December 24, 1869. In 1904 the railroad was leased to the Michigan Central Railroad for 9 years; in 1929 it was leased to the New York Central Railroad. Its successors Penn Central (formed 1968) and Conrail (formed 1976) later exercised control.
On April 30 1985, the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway jointly purchased the former CASO from Conrail in order to acquire the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel.[1]
The CASO rarely operated its own rolling stock after acquisition, and its reporting mark was abolished in 1977.
References
- ↑ Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (2006-03-17). Retrieved on 2006-04-26.
New York Central Railroad subsidiaries | |
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| 1850s | 1853: Auburn Road · Falls Road · Schenectady and Troy · Buffalo and Lockport. 1854: Lewiston. 1855: Buffalo and Niagara Falls · Rochester and Lake Ontario. 1858: Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua |
| 1860s | 1869: Hudson River . |
| 1880s | 1882: Nickel Plate. 1885: West Shore. |
| 1890s | 1891: Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. 1894: Putnam. 1898: Gardenville. |
| 1900s | 1900: Boston and Albany Railroad. 1904: Rutland. 1905: New York and Ottawa. |
