TOLEDO ANGOLA & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, RAILROAD CHECK, SEPT 1939, NICE 🚂 for Sale

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TOLEDO ANGOLA & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, RAILROAD CHECK, SEPT 1939, NICE 🚂 For Sale

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TOLEDO ANGOLA & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, RAILROAD CHECK, SEPT 1939, NICE 🚂:
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WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY,
SEPTEMBER 1939 🚂NOTE: Are you a railroad memorabilia collector that wants something from every railroad that ever existed - but are running out of space? Then this is a perfect addition to your collection! Doesn\'t take up much space. Easy to store. Comes in a plastic protective sleeve. The name of the small obscure railroad is printed right on the face of the document -and- it\'s dated!
TYPE OF SCRIPOPHILY, EXONUMIA, NOTAPHILY: Ohio railway / railroad bank check.
RAILROAD NAME: The Toledo, Angola and Western Railway Company.
CITY, COUNTY & STATE: Toledo (Lucas) Ohio.
CHECK PRINTED BY: Reserve Litho Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
DATE ON CHECK & YEARS OLD: September 16, 1939 (83-years old).
PAY TO THE ORDER OF: M. A. Nearhood.
AMOUNT OF CHECK: $37.81..
TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Railroad bank check.
GENERAL COLOR(S): Yellow and gray safety paper with black and red inks.
MEASUREMENTS: 3⅛” x 8⅜”.
EMBOSSING: The amount of the check is embossed into the check with red ink as a safety feature.
TAXATION/REVENUE/OTHER STAMPS: None.
WATERMARKS ON PAPER: None. Standard bank safety paper.
FOLDS: Appears to be three vertical and no horizontal.
CORNERS: Good condition.
HOLES, TEARS, DAMAGE: Two edges of the check are serrated (so it could be torn from a sheet of checks). The check has been “hole punch canceled.”
ADDITIONAL NOTES: The check is signed by both the railroad\'s General Manager and Auditor. ABOUT THE TOLEDO, ANGOLA AND WESTERN RAILWAY: The Toledo, Angola, and Western Railway began life on July 11, 1902, intended as a spur between the New York Central and the Toledo Terminal, with the stone quarries in Silica. Initially, the line was constructed from Vulcan to Silica, a little over eight-miles. Their general office was in Toledo, Ohio. Originally eight-miles long, in later years, it would stretch twelve-miles. It ran along the New York Central\'s Old Road division (itself abandoned just beyond a grain elevator near the Ohio/Michigan border) for the first five-miles, then split, where it headed to Silica. The line was built mainly to haul stone, cement, sand and coal for the stone and sand companies, but the railway also serviced various lumber yards, a fertilizer plant and other factories like Hickock Oil, Owens Bottling Machine Company, Toledo Owens Glass Sand Company, Toledo Stone and Glass Sand Company, Western White Sand Company, Ohio Standard Chemical Company, France Stone Company and others. The line eventually folded in 1979 but was subsequently purchased by a club, which ran a few tourist excursions. By the late 1980\'s however the club had folded too. Lucas County (Ohio) purchased the line, turning it into a recreational trail, the University / Parks Trail. Today, almost the entire length of the right-of-way is used as a trail. (Research credited and our thanks to abandonedrails.com and “Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio: From Footpaths to Expressways and Beyond” by Gayleen Gindy). SHIPPING COST꞉ Your shipping cost is calculated when checking out. To keep your shipping cost as low as possible, it\'s based on “DIM” (i.e. weight, package size and final destination). This item ships by United States First Class Mail or International Delivery. Orders typically ship within one business day of your payment being received.