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vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buffalo_and_Rochester_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.5</span> <span>Buffalo and Rochester Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buffalo_and_Rochester_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Schenectady_and_Troy_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Schenectady_and_Troy_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.6</span> <span>Schenectady and Troy Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Schenectady_and_Troy_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rochester,_Lockport,_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rochester,_Lockport,_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.7</span> <span>Rochester, Lockport, and Niagara Falls Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rochester,_Lockport,_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buffalo_and_Lockport_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buffalo_and_Lockport_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.8</span> <span>Buffalo and Lockport Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buffalo_and_Lockport_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mohawk_Valley_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mohawk_Valley_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.9</span> <span>Mohawk Valley Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mohawk_Valley_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.10</span> <span>Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1853_company_formation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1853_company_formation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>1853 company formation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1853_company_formation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Erastus_Corning_years:_1853–1867" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Erastus_Corning_years:_1853–1867"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Erastus Corning years: 1853–1867</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Erastus_Corning_years:_1853–1867-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hudson_River_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hudson_River_Railroad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Hudson River Railroad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hudson_River_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Heyday" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heyday"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Heyday</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Heyday-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Heyday subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Heyday-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Vanderbilt_years:_1867–1954" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vanderbilt_years:_1867–1954"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Vanderbilt years: 1867–1954</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vanderbilt_years:_1867–1954-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Topography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Topography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Topography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Topography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bypasses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bypasses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Bypasses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bypasses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Trains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Trains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-New_York_to_Chicago" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_York_to_Chicago"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.1</span> <span>New York to Chicago</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_York_to_Chicago-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Mercuries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Mercuries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.2</span> <span>The <i>Mercuries</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Mercuries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_York_to_St._Louis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_York_to_St._Louis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.3</span> <span>New York to St. Louis</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_York_to_St._Louis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_trains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_trains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4.4</span> <span>Other trains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_trains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Decline</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Decline-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Decline subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Decline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Robert_R._Young:_1954–1958" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Robert_R._Young:_1954–1958"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Robert R. Young: 1954–1958</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Robert_R._Young:_1954–1958-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alfred_E._Perlman:_1958–1968" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alfred_E._Perlman:_1958–1968"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Alfred E. 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id="toc-Merger_with_the_Pennsylvania_Railroad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Penn_Central:_1968–1976" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Penn_Central:_1968–1976"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Penn Central: 1968–1976</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Penn_Central:_1968–1976-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conrail_and_CSX:_1976–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conrail_and_CSX:_1976–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Conrail and CSX: 1976–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conrail_and_CSX:_1976–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Officers_of_the_New_York_Central_Railroad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibiliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibiliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Bibiliography</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%89%B4%EC%9A%95_%EC%84%BC%ED%8A%B8%EB%9F%B4_%EC%B2%A0%EB%8F%84" title="뉴욕 센트럴 철도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="뉴욕 센트럴 철도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E9%89%84%E9%81%93" title="ニューヨーク・セントラル鉄道 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ニューヨーク・セントラル鉄道" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="New York Central Railroad" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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height: 240px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="240" data-overlays="["_3a478957b541729850a211f87fd515d705421147"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=New_York_Central_Railroad&revid=1258939319&groups=_3a478957b541729850a211f87fd515d705421147" width="290" height="240" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=New_York_Central_Railroad&revid=1258939319&groups=_3a478957b541729850a211f87fd515d705421147 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">A map of the New York Central system in 1918</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Central Building">New York Central Building</a>, New York City</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a><br />Owner (1867–1877) & President (1869–1877)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Depew" title="Chauncey Depew">Chauncey Depew</a><br />President (1885–1898) & Chairman of the Board (1898–1928)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Corning" title="Erastus Corning">Erastus Corning</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_V._L._Pruyn" title="John V. L. Pruyn">John V. L. Pruyn</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Vibbard" title="Chauncey Vibbard">Chauncey Vibbard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">Reporting mark</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NYC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">May 17, 1853 – January 31, 1968</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Penn_Central_Transportation_Company" title="Penn Central Transportation Company">Penn Central Transportation Company</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">11,584 miles (18,643 km) (1926)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>New York Central Railroad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>NYC</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> primarily operating in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region" title="Great Lakes region">Great Lakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a> regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected <a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">greater New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in the east with <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Midwest">Midwest</a>, along with the intermediate cities of <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>. New York Central was headquartered in New York City's <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Central Building">New York Central Building</a>, adjacent to its largest station, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a>. </p><p>The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>, to form <a href="/wiki/Penn_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Penn Central">Penn Central</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penn Central went into bankruptcy in 1970 and, with extensive Federal government support, emerged as <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Conrail was broken-up, and portions of its system were transferred to <a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a> (NS), with CSX acquiring most of the NYC's eastern trackage and NS acquiring most of NYC's western trackage. </p><p>Extensive trackage existed in the states of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, plus additional trackage in portions of the Canadian provinces of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. At the end of 1925, New York Central Railroad operated 11,584 miles (18,643 km) of road and 26,395 miles (42,479 km) of track; at the end of 1967, the mileages were 9,696 miles (15,604 km) and 18,454 miles (29,699 km).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-New_York_Central:_1826–1853"><span id="Pre-New_York_Central:_1826.E2.80.931853"></span>Pre-New York Central: 1826–1853</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-New York Central: 1826–1853"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_(16377099101).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg/220px-Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg/330px-Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg/440px-Blizzard_of_2015-_Empty_Grand_Central_Terminal_%2816377099101%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1278" /></a><figcaption>The main concourse of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a> in New York City</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg/170px-Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg/255px-Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg/340px-Helmsley_Building_from_Above.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The former headquarters of the New York Central Railroad on <a href="/wiki/Park_Avenue" title="Park Avenue">Park Avenue</a>, known today as the <a href="/wiki/Helmsley_Building" title="Helmsley Building">Helmsley Building</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Albany_and_Schenectady_Railroad">Albany and Schenectady Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Albany and Schenectady Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_and_Hudson_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohawk and Hudson Railroad">Mohawk and Hudson Railroad</a> was the oldest segment of the railroad's merger and was the first permanent railroad in the state of New York and one of the <a href="/wiki/First_railroads_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="First railroads in the United States">first railroads in the United States</a>. It was chartered in 1826 to connect the <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_River" title="Mohawk River">Mohawk River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Schenectady" class="mw-redirect" title="Schenectady">Schenectady</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> at Albany, providing a way for freight and especially passengers to avoid the extensive and time-consuming locks on the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> between Schenectady and Albany. The Mohawk and Hudson opened on September 24, 1831, and changed its name to the <a href="/wiki/Albany_and_Schenectady_Railroad" title="Albany and Schenectady Railroad">Albany and Schenectady Railroad</a> on April 19, 1847. Until the 1840s it used an inclined plane and pulley system at either end of the line to pull passenger cars up the steep hills in Albany and Schenectady. As locomotive technology progressed, the mainline was extended to the Mohawk River in downtown Schenectady and the Hudson River waterfront in Albany.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Utica_and_Schenectady_Railroad">Utica and Schenectady Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Utica and Schenectady Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Utica_and_Schenectady_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Utica and Schenectady Railroad">Utica and Schenectady Railroad</a> was chartered April 29, 1833; as the railroad paralleled the Erie Canal, it was prohibited from carrying <a href="/wiki/Freight" class="mw-redirect" title="Freight">freight</a>. Revenue service began on August 2, 1836, extending the line of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad west from Schenectady along the north side of the Mohawk River, paralleling the Erie Canal, to <a href="/wiki/Utica,_New_York" title="Utica, New York">Utica</a>. Of the ten early railroads bordering the Erie Canal, the U&S was the most profitable. It was headed by <a href="/wiki/Erastus_Corning" title="Erastus Corning">Erastus Corning</a>, future president of the consolidated New York Central.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p14_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p14-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 7, 1844, the railroad was authorized to carry freight with some restrictions, and on May 12, 1847, the ban was fully dropped, but the company still had to pay the equivalent in canal <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">tolls</a> to the state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Syracuse_and_Utica_Railroad">Syracuse and Utica Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Syracuse and Utica Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_and_Utica_Railroad" title="Syracuse and Utica Railroad">Syracuse and Utica Railroad</a> was chartered on May 11, 1836, and similarly had to pay the state for any freight displaced from the canal.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p14_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p14-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full line opened July 3, 1839, extending the line further to <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a> via <a href="/wiki/Rome,_New_York" title="Rome, New York">Rome</a> (and further to <a href="/wiki/Auburn,_New_York" title="Auburn, New York">Auburn</a> via the already-opened <a href="/wiki/Auburn_and_Syracuse_Railroad" title="Auburn and Syracuse Railroad">Auburn and Syracuse Railroad</a>). This line was not direct, going out of its way to stay near the Erie Canal and serve Rome, and so the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad" title="Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad">Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad</a> was chartered on January 26, 1853. Nothing of that line was ever built, though the later <a href="/wiki/West_Shore_Railroad" title="West Shore Railroad">West Shore Railroad</a>, acquired by New York Central Railroad in 1885, served the same purpose. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Auburn_and_Syracuse_Railroad">Auburn and Syracuse Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Auburn and Syracuse Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Auburn and Syracuse Railroad was chartered on May 1, 1834, and opened mostly in 1838, the remaining 4 miles (6.4 km) opening on June 4, 1839. A month later, with the opening of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad, this formed a complete line from Albany west via Syracuse to Auburn. The <a href="/wiki/Auburn_and_Rochester_Railroad" title="Auburn and Rochester Railroad">Auburn and Rochester Railroad</a> was chartered on May 13, 1836, as a further extension via Geneva and <a href="/wiki/Canandaigua,_New_York" title="Canandaigua, New York">Canandaigua</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, opening on November 4, 1841. The two lines merged on August 1, 1850, to form the rather indirect <a href="/wiki/Rochester_and_Syracuse_Railroad" title="Rochester and Syracuse Railroad">Rochester and Syracuse Railroad</a> (known later as the <a href="/wiki/Auburn_and_Syracuse_Railroad" title="Auburn and Syracuse Railroad">Auburn Road</a>). To fix this, the <a href="/wiki/Direct_Railway_between_Syracuse_and_Rochester" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Railway between Syracuse and Rochester">Rochester and Syracuse Direct Railway</a> was chartered and immediately merged into the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad on August 6, 1850. That line opened June 1, 1853, running much more directly between those two cities, roughly parallel to the Erie Canal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Buffalo_and_Rochester_Railroad">Buffalo and Rochester Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Buffalo and Rochester Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Tonawanda_Railroad" title="Tonawanda Railroad">Tonawanda Railroad</a>, to the west of Rochester, was chartered on April 24, 1832, to build from that city to <a href="/wiki/Attica_(village),_New_York" title="Attica (village), New York">Attica</a>. The first section, from Rochester southwest to <a href="/wiki/Batavia,_New_York" title="Batavia, New York">Batavia</a>, opened May 5, 1837, and the rest of the line to Attica opened on January 8, 1843. The Attica and Buffalo Railroad was chartered in 1836 and opened on November 24, 1842, running from Buffalo southeast to Attica. When the Auburn and Rochester Railroad opened in 1841, there was no connection at Rochester to the Tonawanda Railroad, but with that exception there was now an all-rail line between Buffalo and Albany. On March 19, 1844, the Tonawanda Railroad was authorized to build the connection, and it opened later that year. The Albany and Schenectady Railroad bought all the baggage, mail and emigrant cars of the other railroads between Albany and Buffalo on February 17, 1848, and began operating through cars. </p><p>On December 7, 1850, the Tonawanda Railroad and Attica and Buffalo Railroad merged to form the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Rochester_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Rochester Railroad">Buffalo and Rochester Railroad</a>. A new direct line opened from Buffalo east to Batavia on April 26, 1852, and the old line between <a href="/wiki/Depew,_New_York" title="Depew, New York">Depew</a> (east of Buffalo) and Attica was sold to the Buffalo and New York City Railroad on November 1. The line was added to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_and_Erie_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York and Erie Railroad">New York and Erie Railroad</a> system and <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> to the Erie's <a href="/wiki/Erie_Gauge_War" title="Erie Gauge War"><span class="nowrap">6 ft</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,829 mm</span>) <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Schenectady_and_Troy_Railroad">Schenectady and Troy Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Schenectady and Troy Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_and_Troy_Railroad" title="Schenectady and Troy Railroad">Schenectady and Troy Railroad</a> was chartered in 1836 and opened in 1842, providing another route between the Hudson River and Schenectady, with its Hudson River terminal at <a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rochester,_Lockport,_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad"><span id="Rochester.2C_Lockport.2C_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad"></span>Rochester, Lockport, and Niagara Falls Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rochester, Lockport, and Niagara Falls Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad was originally incorporated on April 24, 1834, to run from <a href="/wiki/Lockport,_New_York" title="Lockport, New York">Lockport</a> on the Erie Canal west to <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_New_York" title="Niagara Falls, New York">Niagara Falls</a>; the line opened in 1838 and was sold on June 2, 1850. On December 14, 1850, it was reorganized as the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad, and an extension east to Rochester opened on July 1, 1852. The railroad was consolidated into the New York Central Railroad under the act of 1853. A portion of the line is currently operated as the <a href="/wiki/Falls_Road_Railroad" title="Falls Road Railroad">Falls Road Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Buffalo_and_Lockport_Railroad">Buffalo and Lockport Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Buffalo and Lockport Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Lockport_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo and Lockport Railroad">Buffalo and Lockport Railroad</a> was chartered on April 27, 1852, to build a branch of the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls from Lockport towards Buffalo. It opened in 1854, running from Lockport to <a href="/wiki/Tonawanda,_New_York" title="Tonawanda, New York">Tonawanda</a>, where it joined the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad">Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad</a>, opened in 1837, for the rest of the way to Buffalo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mohawk_Valley_Railroad">Mohawk Valley Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mohawk Valley Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mohawk Valley Railroad was chartered on January 21, 1851, and reorganized on December 28, 1852, to build a railroad on the south side of the Mohawk River from Schenectady to Utica, next to the Erie Canal and opposite the Utica and Schenectady. The company didn't build a line before it was absorbed, though the West Shore Railroad was later built on that location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad">Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_and_Utica_Direct_Railroad" title="Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad">Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad</a> was chartered in 1853 to rival the Syracuse and Utica Railroad by building a more direct route, reducing travel time by a half-hour. The company was merged before any line could be built. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1853_company_formation">1853 company formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1853 company formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png/220px-Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png/330px-Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png/440px-Water_Level_Route_on_US_map_cropped.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption>A map of the water level routes of the New York Central Railroad (in purple), the <a href="/wiki/West_Shore_Railroad" title="West Shore Railroad">West Shore Railroad</a> (in red), and the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> (in blue)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg/220px-New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg/330px-New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg/440px-New_York_Central_RR_1853.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2455" data-file-height="2109" /></a><figcaption>Bond of the New York Central Railroad Company, issued August 1, 1853 and signed by <a href="/wiki/Erastus_Corning" title="Erastus Corning">Erastus Corning</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Albany industrialist and Mohawk Valley Railroad owner <a href="/wiki/Erastus_Corning" title="Erastus Corning">Erastus Corning</a> managed to unite the above railroads together into one system, and on March 17, 1853, executives and stockholders of each company agreed to merge. The merger was approved by the state legislature on April 2 and, on May 17, 1853, the New York Central Railroad was formed. </p><p>Soon the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_State_Line_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo and State Line Railroad">Buffalo and State Line Railroad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erie_and_North_East_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Erie and North East Railroad">Erie and North East Railroad</a> converted to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span> from <span class="nowrap">6 ft</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,829 mm</span>) broad gauge and connected directly with the railroad in Buffalo, providing a through route to <a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie, Pennsylvania</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erastus_Corning_years:_1853–1867"><span id="Erastus_Corning_years:_1853.E2.80.931867"></span>Erastus Corning years: 1853–1867</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Erastus Corning years: 1853–1867"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rochester_and_Lake_Ontario_Railroad" title="Rochester and Lake Ontario Railroad">Rochester and Lake Ontario Railroad</a> was organized in 1852 and opened in fall 1853; it was leased to the <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Lockport_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad">Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad</a>, which became part of New York Central Railroad, before opening. In 1855, it was merged into the railroad, providing a branch from Rochester north to <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_New_York" title="Charlotte, New York">Charlotte</a> on <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ontario" title="Lake Ontario">Lake Ontario</a>. </p><p>The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad was also merged into the railroad in 1855. It had been chartered in 1834 and opened in 1837, providing a line between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. It was leased to New York Central Railroad in 1853. </p><p>Also in 1855 came the merger with the <a href="/wiki/Lewiston_Railroad" title="Lewiston Railroad">Lewiston Railroad</a>, running from Niagara Falls north to <a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_New_York" title="Lewiston, New York">Lewiston</a>. It was chartered in 1836 and opened in 1837, without connections to other railroads. In 1854, a southern extension opened to the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad and the line was leased to the railroad. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Canandaigua_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad">Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad</a> was chartered in 1851. The first stage opened in 1853 from Canandaigua on the Auburn Road west to Batavia on the main line. A continuation west to <a href="/wiki/North_Tonawanda,_New_York" title="North Tonawanda, New York">North Tonawanda</a> opened later that year and, in 1854, a section opened in Niagara Falls connecting it to the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge" title="Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge">Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge</a>. New York Central Railroad bought the company at bankruptcy in 1858 and reorganized it as the Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad, merging it into itself in 1890. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Saratoga_and_Hudson_River_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad">Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad</a> was chartered in 1864 and opened in 1866 as a branch of the railroad from Athens Junction, southeast of Schenectady, southeast and south to <a href="/wiki/Athens,_New_York" title="Athens, New York">Athens</a> on the west side of the Hudson River. On September 9, 1876, the company was merged into the railroad, but in 1876 the terminal at Athens burned down and the line was abandoned. </p><p>The primary repair shops were established in Corning's hometown of Albany along with a classification yard and livestock pens on 300 acres of land (known as West Albany). Facilities included locomotive shops, freight and passenger car shops, and roundhouse terminals. These were the New York Central's primary back shops until the end of steam in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hudson_River_Railroad">Hudson River Railroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Hudson River Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For current operations, see <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Line_(Metro-North)" title="Hudson Line (Metro-North)">Hudson Line (Metro-North)</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Side_Line" title="West Side Line">West Side Line</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson Division">Hudson Division</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg/220px-Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg/330px-Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg/440px-Western_Electric_complex_NYC_1936.jpg 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="767" /></a><figcaption>A New York Central Railroad train on the <a href="/wiki/High_Line" title="High Line">High Line</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Bell_Laboratories_Building_(Manhattan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Laboratories Building (Manhattan)">Bell Laboratories Building</a> in 1936</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Troy_and_Greenbush_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Troy and Greenbush Railroad (page does not exist)">Troy and Greenbush Railroad</a> was chartered in 1845 and opened later that year, connecting Troy south to Greenbush (now <a href="/wiki/Rensselaer,_New_York" title="Rensselaer, New York">Rensselaer</a>) on the east side of the Hudson River. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12, 1846, to extend this line south to New York City; the full line opened on October 3, 1851. Prior to completion, on June 1, it leased the Troy and Greenbush. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a> obtained control of the Hudson River Railroad in 1864, soon after he bought the parallel <a href="/wiki/New_York_and_Harlem_Railroad" title="New York and Harlem Railroad">New York and Harlem Railroad</a>. </p><p>Along the line of the Hudson River Railroad, the <a href="/wiki/West_Side_Line" title="West Side Line">West Side Line</a> was built in 1934 in the borough of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> as an elevated bypass of then-abandoned <a href="/wiki/Street_running" class="mw-redirect" title="Street running">street running</a> trackage on Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. The elevated section has since been abandoned, and the tunnel north of 35th Street is used only by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> trains to <a href="/wiki/New_York_Penn_Station" title="New York Penn Station">New York Penn Station</a> (all other trains use the <a href="/wiki/Spuyten_Duyvil_and_Port_Morris_Railroad" title="Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad">Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad</a> to reach the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_Line" title="Harlem Line">Harlem Line</a>). The surviving sections of the West Side Line south of 34th Street reopened as the <a href="/wiki/High_Line" title="High Line">High Line</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Linear_park" title="Linear park">linear park</a> built between 2009 and 2014. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heyday">Heyday</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Heyday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vanderbilt_years:_1867–1954"><span id="Vanderbilt_years:_1867.E2.80.931954"></span>Vanderbilt years: 1867–1954</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Vanderbilt years: 1867–1954"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">New York Central system maps</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1876_NYCRR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1876_NYCRR.jpg/220px-1876_NYCRR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1876_NYCRR.jpg/330px-1876_NYCRR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1876_NYCRR.jpg/440px-1876_NYCRR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5036" data-file-height="3977" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1876</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1893_NYCRR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/1893_NYCRR.jpg/220px-1893_NYCRR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/1893_NYCRR.jpg/330px-1893_NYCRR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/1893_NYCRR.jpg/440px-1893_NYCRR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="12048" data-file-height="4800" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1893</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1900_NYCRR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/1900_NYCRR.jpg/220px-1900_NYCRR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/1900_NYCRR.jpg/330px-1900_NYCRR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/1900_NYCRR.jpg/440px-1900_NYCRR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10788" data-file-height="6402" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1900</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg/220px-1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg/330px-1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg/440px-1918_NYCRR_map_only.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4692" data-file-height="2600" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">1918</div></div></div></div></div> <p>In 1867, <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a> acquired control of the <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a> to <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>-running New York Central Railroad, with the help of maneuverings related to the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River_Bridge_(Albany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson River Bridge (Albany)">Hudson River Bridge</a> in Albany. On November 1, 1869, he merged the railroad with his Hudson River Railroad to form the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. This extended the system south from Albany along the east bank of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> to New York City, with the leased Troy and Greenbush Railroad running from Albany north to <a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy</a>. </p><p>Vanderbilt's other lines were operated as part of the railroad included the New York and Harlem Railroad, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway" title="Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway">Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_Southern_Railway" title="Canada Southern Railway">Canada Southern Railway</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railroad" title="Michigan Central Railroad">Michigan Central Railroad</a>. </p><p>The Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad was chartered in 1869 and opened in 1871, providing a route on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Harlem_River" title="Harlem River">Harlem River</a> for trains along the Hudson River to head southeast to the New York and Harlem Railroad. Trains could head toward <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Central Depot">Grand Central Depot</a>, built by NYC and opened in 1871, or to the freight facilities at <a href="/wiki/Port_Morris,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Morris, New York">Port Morris</a>. From opening, it was leased by the NYC. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Geneva_and_Lyons_Railroad" title="Geneva and Lyons Railroad">Geneva and Lyons Railroad</a> was organized in 1877 and opened in 1878, leased by the NYC from opening. This was a connection between Syracuse and Rochester, running from the main line at <a href="/wiki/Lyons,_New_York" title="Lyons, New York">Lyons</a> to the Auburn Road at Geneva. It was merged into the NYC in 1890. </p><p>In 1885, the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_West_Shore_and_Buffalo_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway">New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway</a>, a competitor since 1883 with trackage along the west shore of the Hudson River and on to Buffalo closely paralleling the NYC, was taken over by the NYC as the West Shore Railroad and developed passenger, freight, and <a href="/wiki/Car_float" title="Car float">car float</a> operations at <a href="/wiki/Weehawken_Terminal" title="Weehawken Terminal">Weehawken Terminal</a>. The NYC assumed control of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad">Pittsburgh and Lake Erie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_and_Albany_Railroad" title="Boston and Albany Railroad">Boston and Albany Railroads</a> in 1887 and 1900, respectively, with both roads remaining as independently-operating subsidiaries. William H. Newman, president of the New York Central lines, resigned in 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-1909Resignation_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1909Resignation-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newman had been president since 1901, when he replaced <a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Callaway" title="Samuel R. Callaway">Samuel R. Callaway</a> (who had replaced Depew as president in 1898).<sup id="cite_ref-1901NewHead_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1901NewHead-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1914, the operations of eleven subsidiaries were merged with the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, re-forming the New York Central Railroad. From the beginning of the merger, the railroad was publicly referred to as the New York Central Lines. In the summer of 1935, the identification was changed to the New York Central System, that name being kept until the merger with the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a> in 1968. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway">Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway</a>, also known as the Big Four, was formed on June 30, 1889, by the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Columbus,_Cincinnati_and_Indianapolis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway">Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Indianapolis,_St._Louis_and_Chicago_Railway" title="Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway">Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway</a> and the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway. The following year, the company gained control of the former <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Bloomington_and_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana Bloomington and Western Railway">Indiana Bloomington and Western Railway</a>. By 1906, the Big Four was itself acquired by the New York Central Railroad. It operated independently until 1930; it was then referred to as the Big Four Route. In 1930, New York Central Railroad acquired a 99-year lease of both Michigan Central and the ''Big Four'' (Cleveland, Chicago Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The back shops at West Albany, New York were unable to keep up with repairs to rolling stock, so additional shops were established east of Buffalo at Depew (1892), Croton-on-Hudson (Harmon Shops, 1907), and Oak Grove, Pennsylvania (Avis Shops, 1902). The Harmon Shops were particularly important as locomotive power was switched out from steam to electric at that point as trains approached New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Topography">Topography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The generally level topography of the NYC system had a character distinctively different from the mountainous terrain of its archrival, the Pennsylvania Railroad. Most of its major routes, including New York to Chicago, followed rivers and had no significant grades other than West Albany Hill and the Berkshire Hills on the Boston and Albany. This influenced a great deal about the line, from advertising to locomotive design, built around its flagship New York-Chicago Water Level Route.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bypasses">Bypasses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bypasses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of bypasses and cutoffs were built around congested areas. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Junction_Railroad_(Buffalo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Junction Railroad (Buffalo) (page does not exist)">Junction Railroad</a>'s Buffalo Belt Line opened in 1871, providing a bypass of Buffalo to the northeast as well as a loop route for passenger trains via downtown. The West Shore Railroad, acquired in 1885, provided a bypass around Rochester. The <a href="/wiki/Terminal_Railway_of_Buffalo" title="Terminal Railway of Buffalo">Terminal Railway</a>'s Gardenville Cutoff, allowing through traffic to bypass Buffalo to the southeast, opened in 1898. </p><p>The Schenectady Detour consisted of two connections to the West Shore Railroad, allowing through trains to bypass downtown Schenectady. The full project opened in 1902. The <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Short_Line_Railway" title="Cleveland Short Line Railway">Cleveland Short Line Railway</a> built a bypass of Cleveland, Ohio, completed in 1912. In 1924, the <a href="/wiki/Alfred_H._Smith_Memorial_Bridge" title="Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge">Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge</a> was constructed as part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hudson_River_Connecting_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hudson River Connecting Railroad (page does not exist)">Hudson River Connecting Railroad</a>'s Castleton Cut-Off, a 27.5-mile-long freight bypass of the congested <a href="/wiki/West_Albany,_New_York" title="West Albany, New York">West Albany</a> terminal area and West Albany Hill. </p><p>An unrelated realignment was made in the 1910s at Rome, when the Erie Canal was realigned and widened onto a new alignment south of downtown Rome. The NYC main line was shifted south out of downtown to the south bank of the new canal. A bridge was built southeast of downtown, roughly where the old main line crossed the path of the canal, to keep access to and from the southeast. West of downtown, the old main line was abandoned, but a brand-new railroad line was built, running north from the NYC main line to the NYC's former <a href="/wiki/Rome,_Watertown_and_Ogdensburg_Railroad" title="Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad">Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad</a>, allowing all NYC through traffic to bypass Rome. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trains">Trains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg/220px-Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg/330px-Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg/440px-Test_run_of_streamlined_20th_Century_Limited_1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="928" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>The streamlined steam-powered <i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Limited" title="20th Century Limited">20th Century Limited</a></i> departs <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Street_Station" title="LaSalle Street Station">LaSalle Street Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> behind a <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Hudson" title="New York Central Hudson">New York Central Hudson</a> locomotive in 1938</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Mercury_1936.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Mercury_1936.jpg/220px-The_Mercury_1936.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Mercury_1936.jpg/330px-The_Mercury_1936.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/The_Mercury_1936.jpg/440px-The_Mercury_1936.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2033" data-file-height="478" /></a><figcaption>A full steam-powered New York Central Railroad <i><a href="/wiki/Mercury_(train)" title="Mercury (train)">Mercury</a></i> train in 1936</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rexall_train_1936.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rexall_train_1936.JPG/220px-Rexall_train_1936.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rexall_train_1936.JPG/330px-Rexall_train_1936.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rexall_train_1936.JPG/440px-Rexall_train_1936.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption>A 1936 postcard featuring the <a href="/wiki/Rexall" title="Rexall">Rexall</a> train</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotives" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam locomotives">Steam locomotives</a> of the New York Central Railroad were optimized for speed on that flat raceway of a main line, rather than slow mountain lugging. Famous locomotives of the system included the well-known <a href="/wiki/4-6-4" title="4-6-4">4-6-4</a> <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Hudson" title="New York Central Hudson">Hudsons</a>, particularly the 1937–38 J-3a's; <a href="/wiki/4-8-2" title="4-8-2">4-8-2</a> World War II–era 1940 L-3 and 1942 L-4 <a href="/wiki/NYC_Mohawk" class="mw-redirect" title="NYC Mohawk">Mohawks</a>; and the 1945–46 S-class <a href="/wiki/NYC_Niagara" class="mw-redirect" title="NYC Niagara">Niagaras</a>: fast <a href="/wiki/4-8-4" title="4-8-4">4-8-4</a> locomotives often considered the epitome of their breed by steam locomotive aficionados (<a href="/wiki/Railfan" title="Railfan">railfans</a>). </p><p>For the first two-thirds of the 20th century, New York Central Railroad had some of the most famous trains in the United States. Its <i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Limited" title="20th Century Limited">20th Century Limited</a></i> (<i>Century</i>), begun in 1902, ran between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and <a href="/wiki/LaSalle_Street_Station" title="LaSalle Street Station">LaSalle Street Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and was its most famous train, known for its red carpet treatment and first-class service. Its last run was made on December 2–3, 1967. </p><p>In the mid-1930s, many railroad companies were introducing <a href="/wiki/Streamlined" class="mw-redirect" title="Streamlined">streamlined</a> locomotives; until the New York Central introduced the <i>Commodore Vanderbilt</i>, all were diesel-electric. The <i>Vanderbilt</i> was the NYC's first streamlined steam locomotive.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The railroad hosted the streamlined steam-powered <a href="/wiki/Rexall_Train" class="mw-redirect" title="Rexall Train">Rexall Train</a> of 1936, which toured 47 states to promote the <a href="/wiki/Rexall" title="Rexall">Rexall</a> chain of drug stores and to provide space for company conventions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The steam-powered <i>Century</i>, which followed the Water Level Route, could complete the 960.7-mile trip in 16 hours after its June 15, 1938 streamlining (and did it in 15<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> hours for a short period after World War II). Also famous were the NYC's <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Express" title="Empire State Express">Empire State Express</a></i>, which traveled from New York City through upstate New York to Buffalo and Cleveland, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Limited" title="Ohio State Limited">Ohio State Limited</a></i>, which ran between New York City and Cincinnati. </p><p>At various times, beginning in 1946 and continuing into the mid-1950s, the <i>Century</i> and other NYC trains exchanged <a href="/wiki/Sleeping_car" title="Sleeping car">sleeping cars</a> in Chicago with western trains such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Chief" title="Super Chief">Super Chief</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/City_of_San_Francisco_(train)" title="City of San Francisco (train)">City of San Francisco</a></i>. The cars, which contained <a href="/wiki/Roomette#North_America" title="Roomette">roomettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sleeping_cars#Compartments_and_Double_Bedrooms" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping cars">double bedrooms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sleeping_cars#Drawing_Rooms_and_Larger_Accommodations" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping cars">drawing rooms</a>, provided through sleeper service between New York City and Los Angeles or San Francisco (<a href="/wiki/Oakland_Long_Wharf" title="Oakland Long Wharf">Oakland Pier</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite having some of the most modern <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotives</a> anywhere, NYC's difficult financial position caused it to convert to more-economical <a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">diesel-electric</a> power rapidly. The Boston and Albany line was completely dieselized by 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p65_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p65-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All lines east of Cleveland, Ohio were dieselized between August 7, 1953 (east of Buffalo) and September 1953 (Cleveland-Buffalo). Niagaras were all retired by July 1956. On May 3, 1957, H7e class <a href="/wiki/2-8-2" title="2-8-2">2-8-2</a> Mikado type steam locomotive No. 1977 is reported to have been the last steam locomotive to retire from service on the railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-Drury2015p234_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Drury2015p234-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But, the economics of northeastern railroading became so dire that not even this switch could change things for the better. </p><p>Prominent New York Central trains: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_to_Chicago">New York to Chicago</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: New York to Chicago"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Limited" title="20th Century Limited">20th Century Limited</a></i>: New York to Chicago (limited stops) via the Water Level Route 1902–1967</li> <li><i>Commodore Vanderbilt</i>: New York–Chicago (a few more stops) via the Water Level Route</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_Limited_(NYC_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Shore Limited (NYC train)">Lake Shore Limited</a></i>: New York–Chicago via Cleveland with branch service to Boston and St. Louis 1896–1956, 1971–present (Reinstated and combined with <i>New England States</i> by Amtrak in 1971)</li> <li><i>Chicagoan</i>: New York–Chicago</li> <li><i>Pacemaker</i>: New York–Chicago all-coach train via Cleveland</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wolverine_(NYC_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverine (NYC train)">Wolverine</a></i>: New York-Chicago via southern Ontario and Detroit</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Mercuries">The <i>Mercuries</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: The Mercuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Chicago <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(train)" title="Mercury (train)">Mercury</a></i>: Chicago-Detroit</li> <li><i>Cincinnati Mercury</i>: Cleveland-Cincinnati</li> <li><i>Cleveland Mercury</i>: Detroit–Cleveland</li> <li><i>Detroit Mercury</i>: Cleveland-Detroit</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_York_to_St._Louis">New York to St. Louis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: New York to St. Louis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Knickerbocker</i>: New York–St. Louis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Limited_(New_York_Central_train)" title="Southwestern Limited (New York Central train)"><i>Southwestern Limited</i></a>: New York–St. Louis, from 1889 to 1966</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_trains">Other trains</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Other trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Express" title="Empire State Express">Empire State Express</a></i>: New York–Buffalo and Cleveland via the Empire Corridor 1891–present (as far as Niagara Falls, New York as Empire Service).</li> <li><i>Cleveland Limited</i>: New York–Cleveland</li> <li><i>Detroiter</i>: New York–Detroit</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aerotrain_(GM)#History" title="Aerotrain (GM)">Great Lakes Aerotrain</a></i>: Chicago-Detroit/Cleveland 1956 (Special experimental lightweight train)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley_(train)" title="James Whitcomb Riley (train)">James Whitcomb Riley</a></i>: Chicago-Cincinnati</li> <li><i>Michigan</i>: Chicago-Detroit</li> <li><i>Motor City Special</i>: Chicago–Detroit</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_England_States" title="New England States">New England States</a></i>: Boston-Chicago via the Water Level Route 1938–1971 (Retained by Penn Central and, for Amtrak, combined with reinstated <i>Lake Shore Limited</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/North_Star_(NYC_train)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Star (NYC train)">North Star</a></i>: New York-Cleveland, branches to Toronto and Lake Placid</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Limited" title="Ohio State Limited">Ohio State Limited</a></i>: New York-Cincinnati via Empire Corridor</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Xplorer_(New_York_Central_Railroad_train)" title="Xplorer (New York Central Railroad train)">Ohio Xplorer</a></i>: Cleveland-Cincinnati 1956–1957 (Special experimental lightweight train)</li> <li><i>Twilight Limited</i>: Chicago–Detroit</li></ul> <p>Trains left from Grand Central Terminal in New York, <a href="/wiki/Weehawken_Terminal" title="Weehawken Terminal">Weehawken Terminal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Weehawken,_New_Jersey" title="Weehawken, New Jersey">Weehawken, New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Station" title="South Station">South Station</a> in Boston, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Union_Terminal" title="Cincinnati Union Terminal">Cincinnati Union Terminal</a> in Cincinnati, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station" title="Michigan Central Station">Michigan Central Station</a> in Detroit, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Union_Station" title="St. Louis Union Station">St. Louis Union Station</a>, and LaSalle Street Station and Central Station (for some Detroit and CincinnatI trains) in Chicago. </p><p>The New York Central had a network of commuter lines in New York and Massachusetts. <a href="/wiki/Westchester_County,_New_York" title="Westchester County, New York">Westchester County, New York</a> had the railroad's Hudson, Harlem, and Putnam lines into Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan (Putnam Division trains required a change at High Bridge, New York), while New Jersey and Rockland County, New York were serviced by the <a href="/wiki/West_Shore_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="West Shore Line">West Shore Line</a> between Weehawken and Kingston, New York, on the west side of the Hudson River. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline">Decline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The New York Central, like many U.S. railroads, declined after the Second World War. Problems resurfaced that had plagued the railroad industry before the war, such as over-regulation by the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Commerce_Commission" title="Interstate Commerce Commission">Interstate Commerce Commission</a> (ICC), which severely regulated the rates charged by the railroad, along with continuing competition from automobiles and trucks. These problems were coupled with even more-formidable forms of competition, such as airline service in the 1950s that began to deprive NYC of its long-distance passenger trade. The <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Highway_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate Highway Act">Interstate Highway Act</a> of 1956 helped create a network of government subsidized highways for motor vehicle travel throughout the country, enticing more people to travel by car, as well as haul freight by truck. The 1959 opening of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Lawrence Seaway">Saint Lawrence Seaway</a> also adversely affected NYC freight business: container shipments could now be directly shipped to ports along the Great Lakes, eliminating the railroads' freight hauls between the east and the Midwest. </p><p>The NYC also carried a substantial tax burden from governments that saw rail infrastructure as a source of property tax revenues – taxes that were not imposed upon interstate highways. To make matters worse, most railroads, including the NYC, were saddled with a World War II-era tax of 15% on passenger fares, which remained until 1962: 17 years after the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Robert_R._Young:_1954–1958"><span id="Robert_R._Young:_1954.E2.80.931958"></span>Robert R. Young: 1954–1958</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Robert R. Young: 1954–1958"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1954, management of the New York Central System lost a <a href="/wiki/Proxy_fight" title="Proxy fight">proxy fight</a> in 1954 to <a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Young" title="Robert R. Young">Robert Ralph Young</a> and the Alleghany Corporation he led.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_Corp." class="mw-redirect" title="Alleghany Corp.">Alleghany Corporation</a> was a real estate and railroad empire, built by the <a href="/wiki/Van_Sweringen_brothers" title="Van Sweringen brothers">Van Sweringen brothers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> in the 1920s, that had controlled the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">Chesapeake and Ohio Railway</a> (C&O) and the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">Nickel Plate Road</a>. It fell under the control of Young and financier Allan Price Kirby during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. </p><p>Young was considered a railroad visionary but found the NYC in worse shape than he had imagined. Unable to keep his promises, Young was forced to suspend dividend payments in January 1958. He committed suicide later that month at his mansion in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Klein1985pp105-109_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein1985pp105-109-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alfred_E._Perlman:_1958–1968"><span id="Alfred_E._Perlman:_1958.E2.80.931968"></span>Alfred E. Perlman: 1958–1968</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Alfred E. Perlman: 1958–1968"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066032864">.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>table{background:none;margin:0}@media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .thumbinner table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .thumbinner caption{display:table-caption}}</style><div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:200px;"> <table class="wikitable center"> <caption>Revenue freight traffic, in millions of net ton-miles<sup id="cite_ref-total_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-total-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Traffic </th></tr> <tr> <td>1925 </td> <td>35,929 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>20,692 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td>51,922 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>32,329 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>38,901 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="reflist" style="text-align:left">Source: ICC annual reports</div> </div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066032864"><div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:200px;"> <table class="wikitable center"> <caption>Revenue passenger traffic, in millions of passenger-miles<sup id="cite_ref-total_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-total-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Traffic </th></tr> <tr> <td>1925 </td> <td>4,261 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>2,238 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td>9,292 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>1,797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>939 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="reflist" style="text-align:left">Source: ICC annual reports</div> </div></div> <p>After Young's suicide, his role in NYC management was assumed by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Perlman" title="Alfred E. Perlman">Alfred E. Perlman</a>, who had been working with the NYC under Young since 1954. Despite the dismal financial condition of the railroad, Perlman was able to streamline operations and save the company money. In 1959, Perlman was able to reduce operating deficits by $7.7 million, which nominally raised NYC stock to $1.29 per share, producing dividends of an amount not seen since the end of the war. By 1964 he was able to reduce the NYC long-term debt by nearly $100 million, while reducing passenger deficits from $42 to $24.6 million. </p><p>Perlman also enacted several modernization projects throughout the railroad. Notable was the use of Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) systems on many of the NYC lines, which reduced the four-track mainline to two tracks. He oversaw construction and/or modernization of many hump or <a href="/wiki/Classification_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Classification yards">classification yards</a>, notably the $20 million Selkirk Yard, which opened south of Albany in 1924 and was modernized in 1966. Perlman also experimented with <a href="/wiki/Turbojet_train" title="Turbojet train">jet trains</a>, creating a Budd RDC car (the <a href="/wiki/M-497_Black_Beetle" title="M-497 Black Beetle">M-497 Black Beetle</a>) powered by two <a href="/wiki/J47" class="mw-redirect" title="J47">J47</a> <a href="/wiki/Jet_engine" title="Jet engine">jet engines</a> stripped from a <a href="/wiki/B-36_Peacemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="B-36 Peacemaker">B-36 Peacemaker</a> bomber as a solution to increasing car and airplane competition. This project did not leave the prototype stage. </p><p>Perlman's cuts resulted in the curtailing of many of the railroad's services; commuter lines around New York were particularly affected. In 1958–1959, service was suspended on the NYC's <a href="/wiki/Putnam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Putnam Division">Putnam Division</a> in Westchester and Putnam counties, and the NYC abandoned its ferry service across the Hudson to Weehawken Terminal. This negatively impacted the railroad's West Shore Line, which ran along the west bank of the Hudson River from Jersey City to Albany, which saw long-distance service to Albany discontinued in 1958 and commuter service between Jersey City and <a href="/wiki/West_Haverstraw,_New_York" title="West Haverstraw, New York">West Haverstraw, New York</a> terminated in 1959. Ridding itself of most of its commuter service proved impossible due to the heavy use of these lines around metro New York, where governments mandated that the railroad still operate. </p><p>Many long-distance and regional passenger trains were either discontinued or downgraded in service, with coaches replacing Pullman, parlor, and sleeping cars on routes in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The <a href="/wiki/Empire_Corridor" title="Empire Corridor">Empire Corridor</a> between Albany and Buffalo saw service greatly reduced, with service beyond Buffalo to <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls</a> discontinued in 1961. On December 3, 1967, most of the great long-distance trains ended, including the famed <i>Twentieth Century Limited</i>. The railroad's branch-line service off the Empire Corridor in upstate New York was also gradually discontinued, the last being its Adirondack Division line between Utica and Lake Placid, on April 24, 1965. Many of the railroad's great train stations in <a href="/wiki/Rochester_New_York_Central_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester New York Central Station">Rochester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schenectady_Union_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Schenectady Union Station">Schenectady</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Union_Station_(Albany,_New_York)" title="Union Station (Albany, New York)">Albany</a> were demolished or abandoned. Despite the savings these cuts created, it was apparent that, if the railroad was to become solvent again, a more permanent solution was needed. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demise">Demise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Demise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger_with_the_Pennsylvania_Railroad">Merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One problem that many of the Northeastern railroads faced was the fact that the railroad market was saturated for the dwindling rail traffic that remained. The NYC had to compete with its two biggest rivals: the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a> (B&O), in addition to more moderate-size railroads such as the <a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna,_and_Western_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad">Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad</a> (DLW), the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">Erie Railroad</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">Reading Company</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey">Central Railroad of New Jersey</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">Lehigh Valley Railroad</a>. </p><p>Mergers of these railroads seemed a promising way for these companies to streamline operations and reduce the competition. The DL&W and Erie railroads had showed some success when they began merging their operations in 1958, finally leading to the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Erie Lackawanna Railroad">Erie Lackawanna Railroad</a> in 1960. </p><p>Other mergers combined the <a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">Virginian Railway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">Wabash Railroad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nickel_Plate_Road" title="Nickel Plate Road">Nickel Plate Road</a> and several others into the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway" title="Norfolk and Western Railway">Norfolk and Western Railway</a> (N&W) system, and the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a> (B&O), <a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railway" title="Western Maryland Railway">Western Maryland Railway</a> (WM) and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) combined with others to form the <a href="/wiki/Chessie_System" title="Chessie System">Chessie System</a>. Heavy streamlining and reduction in passenger services led to the success of many of these mergers. </p><p>Following this trend, the NYC began to look for a potential railroad to merge with as early as the mid-1950s and had originally sought-out mergers with the B&O, Milwaukee Road and the NYC-controlled Nickel Plate Road. Unlike the aforementioned mergers, however, a NYC merger proved tricky due to the fact that it still operated a fairly-extensive amount of regional and commuter passenger services that was under mandates by the Interstate Commerce Commission to maintain. </p><p>It soon became apparent that the only other railroad with enough capital to allow for a potentially-successful merger was the NYC's chief rival, the PRR: itself a railroad that still had a large passenger trade. Merger talks between the two roads were discussed as early as 1955; however, this was delayed due to a number of factors: among them, interference by the Interstate Commerce Commission, objections from operating unions, concerns from competing railroads and the inability of the two companies themselves to formulate a merger plan, thus delaying progress for over a decade. </p><p>Two major points of contention centered on which railroad should have the majority controlling-interest going into the merger. Perlman's cost-cutting during the '50s and '60s put NYC in a more financially-healthy situation than the PRR. Nevertheless, the ICC, with urging by PRR President <a href="/wiki/Stuart_T._Saunders" title="Stuart T. Saunders">Stuart T. Saunders</a>, wanted the PRR to absorb the NYC. Another point centered on the ICC's wanting to force the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven, into the new system, which it did in 1969: something to which both companies strongly objected (with excellent financial cause). Eventually, both points would ultimately lead to the new Penn Central's demise. </p><p>On January 26, 1968, the NYC's last passenger timetable became effective. The final timetable revealed a drastically truncated schedule in anticipation of its merger with the PRR. Most local and long-distance passenger service had ended on December 3, 1967, including that of the <i>20th Century Limited</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penn_Central:_1968–1976"><span id="Penn_Central:_1968.E2.80.931976"></span>Penn Central: 1968–1976</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Penn Central: 1968–1976"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 1, 1968, the New York Central was absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad was renamed Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company and then eventually renamed to the Penn Central Transportation Company (PC), with NYC's Perlman elected as PC's president.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PC was quickly saddled with debt when the ICC forced the money-losing New Haven into the railroad in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-Klein1985pp105-109_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein1985pp105-109-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, there was a conflict between Perlman and PC's CEO <a href="/wiki/Stuart_T._Saunders" title="Stuart T. Saunders">Stuart T. Saunders</a>, where the former requested $25 million to refurbish PC's freight car roster and the latter declined, thus leading to Perlman's resignation.<sup id="cite_ref-Klein1985p111_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein1985p111-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p125_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p125-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two companies' competing corporate cultures, union interests and incompatible operating and computer systems sabotaged any hope for a success. Additionally, in an effort to look profitable, the board of directors authorized the use of the railroad's reserve cash to pay dividends to company stockholders. Nevertheless, on June 1, 1970, Penn Central declared bankruptcy: the largest private bankruptcy in the United States up to that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p125_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p125-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under bankruptcy protection, many of Penn Central's outstanding debts owed to other railroads were frozen, while debts owed to Penn Central by the other roads were not. This sent a trickle effect throughout the already-fragile railroad industry, forcing many of the other Northeastern railroads into insolvency: among them the Erie Lackawanna, Boston and Maine, Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Reading Company and the Lehigh Valley.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p125_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p125-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Penn Central marked the last hope of privately funded passenger rail service in the United States. In response to the bankruptcy, President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> signed into law the <a href="/wiki/Rail_Passenger_Service_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail Passenger Service Act">Rail Passenger Service Act</a> of 1970 which formed the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a>: a government-subsidized railroad system. On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over the operation of most regional and long-distance intercity passenger trains in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Klein1985p115_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klein1985p115-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amtrak would eventually assume ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" title="Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a>, a mostly-electrified route between Boston and Washington, D.C., inherited primarily from the PRR and New Haven systems. Penn Central and the other railroads were still obligated to operate their commuter services for the next five years while in bankruptcy, eventually turning them over to the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a> in 1976. There was some hope that Penn Central, and the other Northeastern railroads, could be restructured toward profitability once their burdensome passenger deficits were unloaded. However, this was not to be, and the railroads never recovered from their respective bankruptcies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conrail_and_CSX:_1976–present"><span id="Conrail_and_CSX:_1976.E2.80.93present"></span>Conrail and CSX: 1976–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Conrail and CSX: 1976–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conrail, officially the Consolidated Rail Corporation, created by the U.S. government to salvage Penn Central and the other bankrupt railroads' freight business, beginning its operations on April 1, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Solomon&Schafer1999p125_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon&Schafer1999p125-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As mentioned, Conrail assumed control of Penn Central's commuter lines throughout the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Hudson_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Hudson Valley">Lower Hudson Valley</a> of New York, Connecticut, and in and around Boston. In 1983, these commuter services would be turned over to the state-funded <a href="/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad" title="Metro-North Railroad">Metro-North Railroad</a> in New York and Connecticut, and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority</a> in Massachusetts. Conrail would go on to achieve profitability by the 1990s and was sought by several other large railroads in a continuing trend of mergers, eventually having its assets absorbed by <a href="/wiki/CSX" class="mw-redirect" title="CSX">CSX</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern">Norfolk Southern</a> in 1999. </p><p>Conrail, in an effort to streamline its operations, was forced to abandon miles of both NYC and PRR trackage. Nevertheless, the majority of the NYC system is still intact and used by both CSX and Amtrak. Among the lines still used are the famed Water Level Route between New York and Chicago, as well as the former Boston & Albany line between these points, the Kankakee Belt Route through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and the West Shore Line between Jersey City and the Albany suburb of Selkirk, where the old NYC (now CSX) Selkirk Yard is among the busiest freight yards in the country. </p><p>On June 6, 1998, most of Conrail was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX. <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Lines_LLC" title="New York Central Lines LLC">New York Central Lines LLC</a> was formed as a subsidiary of Conrail, containing the lines to be operated by CSX: this included the old Water Level Route as far as Cleveland, Ohio (the Cleveland–Chicago portion going to Norfolk Southern since the ex-PRR Fort Wayne line had been downgraded under Conrail), the Big Four route between Cleveland and St. Louis, and many other lines of the New York Central, as well as various lines from other companies, and also assumed the NYC <a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a>. CSX eventually fully absorbed the subsidiary as part of a streamlining of Conrail operations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Officers_of_the_New_York_Central_Railroad">Officers of the New York Central Railroad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Officers of the New York Central Railroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Corning" title="Erastus Corning">Erastus Corning</a> (1853–1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a> (1867 – ?)</li> <li>James H. Rutter (1883–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_M._Depew" class="mw-redirect" title="Chauncey M. Depew">Chauncey M. Depew</a> (1885–1898)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Callaway" title="Samuel R. Callaway">Samuel R. Callaway</a> (1898–1901)</li> <li>William C. Brown (? – 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_H._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred H. Smith">Alfred H. Smith</a> (1914–1918, 1919–1924)</li> <li>Patrick E. Crowley (1924–1931)</li> <li>Frederic E. Williamson (1931–1944)</li> <li>Gustav Metzman (1944–1952)</li> <li>William White (1952–1954)</li> <li>Robert R. Young (1954–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_E._Perlman" title="Alfred E. Perlman">Alfred E. 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Totals include B&A, MC, CCC&StL, Cinc Northern and EI&TH, but not P&LE, Fulton Chain, Raquette Lake, Federal Valley, Kankakee & Seneca or Chicago Kalamazoo & Saginaw</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-total-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-total_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-total_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Totals include subsidiary roads like B&A, MC, Big Four, EI&TH, K&M etc but not P&LE, Kankakee & Seneca, Fulton Chain, Raquette Lake or Federal Valley</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 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(2015). <i>Guide to North American Steam Locomotives</i> (2nd ed.). Kalmbach Media. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62700-259-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62700-259-2"><bdi>978-1-62700-259-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guide+to+North+American+Steam+Locomotives&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Kalmbach+Media&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-62700-259-2&rft.aulast=Drury&rft.aufirst=George+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+York+Central+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKlein1985" class="citation book cs1">Klein, Aaron E. (1985). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newyorkcentral0000klei"><i>The History of the New York Central System</i></a></span> (1st ed.). Brompton Books Corp. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-46085-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-46085-8"><bdi>0-517-46085-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+New+York+Central+System&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Brompton+Books+Corp&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-517-46085-8&rft.aulast=Klein&rft.aufirst=Aaron+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewyorkcentral0000klei&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+York+Central+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSolomonSchafer1999" class="citation book cs1">Solomon, Brian; <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schafer_(author)" title="Mike Schafer (author)">Schafer, Mike</a> (1999). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newyorkcentralra0000solo"><i>New York Central Railroad</i></a></span>. Railroad Color History (1st ed.). <a href="/wiki/The_Quarto_Group" title="The Quarto Group">MBI Publishing Company</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7603-0613-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7603-0613-3"><bdi>0-7603-0613-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+York+Central+Railroad&rft.series=Railroad+Color+History&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=MBI+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-7603-0613-3&rft.aulast=Solomon&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Schafer%2C+Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewyorkcentralra0000solo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+York+Central+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_Central_Railroad&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_York_Central_Railroad" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:New York Central Railroad"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">New York Central Railroad</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nycshs.org/">New York Central System Historical Society</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nycrrmuseum.org/">National New York Central Railroad Museum</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070905140410/http://www.nycrrmuseum.org/">Archived</a> September 5, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ptt/timetables.htm">"Public Timetables of the New York Central"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210303170421/http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ptt/timetables.htm">Archived</a> from the original on March 3, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current<br />operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metra" title="Metra">Metra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Corridor" title="Heritage Corridor">Heritage Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_District_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee District North">Milwaukee District North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_District_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee District West">Milwaukee District West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Service" title="North Central Service">North Central Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SouthWest_Service" title="SouthWest Service">SouthWest Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_District" title="Rock Island District">Rock Island District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metra_Electric_District" title="Metra Electric District">Metra Electric District</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF Railway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BNSF_Line" title="BNSF Line">BNSF Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific Railroad</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_North_Line" title="Union Pacific North Line">North Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Northwest_Line" title="Union Pacific Northwest Line">Northwest Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_West_Line" title="Union Pacific West Line">West Line</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore_Line" title="South Shore Line">NICTD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Station" title="Dearborn Station">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calumet_(train)" title="Calumet (train)">Calumet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Eastern_Illinois_Railroad" title="Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad">Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Station" title="Dearborn Station">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/Momence,_Illinois" title="Momence, Illinois">Momence</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Erie_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and Erie Railroad">Chicago and Erie Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Station" title="Dearborn Station">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Indiana" title="Rochester, Indiana">Rochester</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago and North Western Railroad">Chicago and North Western Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ogilvie_Transportation_Center" title="Ogilvie Transportation Center">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/St._Charles,_Illinois" title="St. Charles, Illinois">St. Charles</a>/<a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Illinois" title="Aurora, Illinois">Aurora</a>/<a href="/wiki/Freeport,_Illinois" title="Freeport, Illinois">Freeport</a>/<a href="/wiki/Crystal_Lake,_Illinois" title="Crystal Lake, Illinois">Crystal Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenosha_station" title="Kenosha station">Kenosha</a>–<a href="/wiki/Harvard,_Illinois" title="Harvard, Illinois">Harvard</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Western_Indiana_Railroad" title="Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad">Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Station" title="Dearborn Station">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/Dolton,_Illinois" title="Dolton, Illinois">Dolton</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Aurora_Transportation_Center" title="Aurora Transportation Center">Aurora</a>–<a href="/wiki/West_Chicago,_Illinois" title="West Chicago, Illinois">West Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Transportation_Center" title="Aurora Transportation Center">Aurora</a>–<a href="/wiki/Geneva,_Illinois" title="Geneva, Illinois">Geneva</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Great_Western_Railway" title="Chicago Great Western Railway">Chicago Great Western Railway</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Station_(Chicago)" title="Grand Central Station (Chicago)">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/DeKalb,_Illinois" title="DeKalb, Illinois">DeKalb</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">Grand Trunk Western Railroad</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dearborn_Station" title="Dearborn Station">Chicago</a>–<a href="/wiki/Valparaiso,_Indiana" title="Valparaiso, 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and Eastern Traction Company</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woodstock_and_Sycamore_Traction_Company" title="Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company">Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inter-city_rail" title="Inter-city rail">Inter-city</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_historical_passenger_rail_services_in_Chicago" title="List of historical passenger rail services in Chicago">List of historical intercity services</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/People_mover" title="People mover">People mover</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">AMTK</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNSF_Railway" title="BNSF Railway">BNSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Corporation" title="Grand Trunk Corporation">GTC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_Railway" title="Kansas City Southern Railway">KCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soo_Line_Railroad" title="Soo Line Railroad">SOO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">UP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Canada" title="Rail transport in Canada">Canada</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_National_Railway" title="Canadian National Railway">CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">CP</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_Rail" title="Via Rail">VIA</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Mexico" title="Rail transport in Mexico">Mexico</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City" title="Canadian Pacific Kansas City">CPKC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">KCSM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferromex" title="Ferromex">FXE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1956–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895%E2%80%931976)" title="Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)">AA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad">ACL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Canton_and_Youngstown_Railroad" title="Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad">AC&Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Great_Southern_Railroad" title="Alabama Great Southern Railroad">AGS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_St._Andrews_Bay_Railroad" title="Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad">ASAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama,_Tennessee_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad">AT&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway">AT&SF</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Auto-Train_Corporation" title="Auto-Train Corporation">AUT</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_and_West_Point_Railroad" title="Atlanta and West Point Railroad">A&WP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_and_Aroostook_Railroad" title="Bangor and Aroostook Railroad">B&AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_and_Maine_Railroad" title="Boston and Maine Railroad">B&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington_Northern_Railroad" title="Burlington Northern Railroad">BN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">B&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Carolina and Northwestern Railway">CAR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">CB&Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Eastern_Illinois_Railroad" title="Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad">C&EI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_of_Georgia_Railway" title="Central of Georgia Railway">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Great_Western_Railway" title="Chicago Great Western Railway">CGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_and_Midland_Railroad" title="Illinois and Midland Railroad">C&IM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey" title="Central Railroad of New Jersey">CNJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_New_Orleans_and_Texas_Pacific_Railway" title="Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway">CNO&TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_Transportation_Company" title="Chicago and North Western Transportation Company">C&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway" title="Chesapeake and Ohio Railway">C&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Maine" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Maine">CPME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">CR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinchfield_Railroad" title="Clinchfield Railroad">CRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Southern_Railway" title="Colorado and Southern Railway">C&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessie_System" title="Chessie System">CS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_St._Paul,_Minneapolis_and_Omaha_Railway" title="Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway">CSPM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Vermont_Railway" title="Central Vermont Railway">CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_and_Wyoming_Railway" title="Colorado and Wyoming Railway">C&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_and_Western_Carolina_Railway" title="Charleston and Western Carolina Railway">C&WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">DL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway">DM&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad" title="Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad">D&RGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_South_Shore_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway">DSS&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Toledo_and_Ironton_Railroad" title="Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad">DT&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Toledo_Shore_Line_Railroad" title="Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad">D&TSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Winnipeg_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway">DW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Joliet_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway">EJ&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">EL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad" title="Erie Railroad">ERIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway" title="Florida East Coast Railway">FEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Denver_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Denver Railway">FW&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Railroad_and_Banking_Company" title="Georgia Railroad and Banking Company">GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_and_Western_Railroad" title="Green Bay and Western Railroad">GB&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_and_Florida_Railroad_(1926%E2%80%9363)" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia and Florida Railroad (1926–63)">G&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad">GM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Great Northern Railway (U.S.)">GN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_and_Florida_Railway" title="Georgia Southern and Florida Railway">GS&F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad" title="Grand Trunk Western Railroad">GTW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">IC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" title="Illinois Central Railroad">ICG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Terminal_Railroad" title="Illinois Terminal Railroad">ITC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas,_Oklahoma_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway">KO&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_and_Arkansas_Railway" title="Louisiana and Arkansas Railway">L&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_Hudson_River_Railway" title="Lehigh and Hudson River Railway">L&HR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">LI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_and_Madison_Railway" title="Litchfield and Madison Railway">L&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad" title="Louisville and Nashville Railroad">L&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_and_New_England_Railroad" title="Lehigh and New England Railroad">L&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior_and_Ishpeming_Railroad" title="Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad">LS&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">LV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Maine Central Railroad Company">MEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_Railway" title="Monongahela Railway">MGA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Illinois_Railroad" title="Missouri–Illinois Railroad">MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee,_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad">MILW/CMStP&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Interstate_Railway" title="Michigan Interstate Railway">MIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad" title="Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad">MKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Northfield_and_Southern_Railway" title="Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway">MN&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monon_Railroad" title="Monon Railroad">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad" title="Missouri Pacific Railroad">MP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway">M&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Chattanooga_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway">NC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_Haven_and_Hartford_Railroad" title="New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">NKP/ NYC&StL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">NYS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_and_Northeastern_Railroad" title="New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad">NO&NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Northern Pacific Railway">NP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway_(1942%E2%80%9382)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern Railway (1942–82)">NS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Western_Railway" title="Norfolk and Western Railway">N&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Northwestern Pacific Railroad">NWP</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">NYC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Connecting_Railroad" title="New York Connecting Railroad">NYCN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Ontario_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Ontario and Western Railway">NYO&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_Central_Transportation_Company" title="Penn Central Transportation Company">PC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad">P&LE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_and_Northern_Railway" title="Piedmont and Northern Railway">P&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">PRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-Reading_Seashore_Lines" title="Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines">PRSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway" title="Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway">P&WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Company" title="Reading Company">RDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad" title="Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad">RF&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Railroad" title="Rutland Railroad">RUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quanah,_Acme_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway">QA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railroad" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad">RI/CRIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savannah_and_Atlanta_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah and Atlanta Railway">S&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Air Line Railroad">SAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_System_Railroad" title="Seaboard System Railroad">SBD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Coast_Line_Railroad" title="Seaboard Coast Line Railroad">SCL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Eastern_Railway" title="San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway">SD&AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_International_Railroad" title="Spokane International Railroad">SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staten_Island_Railway" title="Staten Island Railway">SIRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis%E2%80%93San_Francisco_Railway" title="St. Louis–San Francisco Railway">SLSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_San_Francisco_and_Texas_Railway" title="St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway">SLSFTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Northern_Railway" title="Sacramento Northern Railway">SN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_St._Paul_and_Sault_Ste._Marie_Railroad" title="Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad">SOO/MStP&SSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Southern Railway (U.S.)">SOU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company" title="Southern Pacific Transportation Company">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_Railway" title="Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway">SP&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway">SSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Central_Railway" title="Tennessee Central Railway">TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Kansas City Southern de México">TFM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Mexican_Railway" title="Texas Mexican Railway">TM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_New_Orleans_Railroad" title="Texas and New Orleans Railroad">T&NO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Texas and Pacific Railway">T&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Peoria_and_Western_Railway" title="Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway">TP&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">VGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_of_Alabama" title="Western Railway of Alabama">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Railroad" title="Wabash Railroad">WAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Central_Railway_(1897%E2%80%931954)" title="Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954)">WC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maryland_Railway" title="Western Maryland Railway">WM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pacific_Railroad" title="Western Pacific Railroad">WP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">pre-1956</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway">AB&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Birmingham_and_Coast_Railroad" title="Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad">AB&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Railroad" title="Atlantic City Railroad">AC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Danville_Railway" title="Atlantic and Danville Railway">A&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">A&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte,_Anaconda_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway">BA&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Chesapeake_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway">BC&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennecott_Utah_Copper_rail_line" title="Kennecott Utah Copper rail line">B&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington-Rock_Island_Railroad" title="Burlington-Rock Island Railroad">BRI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Rochester_and_Pittsburgh_Railway" title="Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway">BR&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Susquehanna_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad">B&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Sour_Lake_and_Western_Railway" title="Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway">BSL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_Railroad" title="Alton Railroad">C&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Akron_and_Columbus_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway">CA&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_and_Coke_Railway" title="Coal and Coke Railway">C&C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway">CCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Chicago and Atlantic Railway">C&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">C&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Hamilton_and_Dayton_Railway_(1846%E2%80%931917)" title="Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway (1846–1917)">CH&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Cambria and Indiana Railroad">C&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Northern_Railroad_(1894%E2%80%931938)" title="Cincinnati Northern Railroad (1894–1938)">CINN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Indiana_and_Southern_Railroad" title="Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad">CI&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Indianapolis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad">CI&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Lebanon_and_Northern_Railway" title="Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway">CL&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Midland_Railway" title="Colorado Midland Railway">CM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Milwaukee_and_Puget_Sound_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway">CM&PS</a></li> 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and West Texas Railway">HE&WT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_and_Texas_Central_Railway" title="Houston and Texas Central Railway">H&TC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hocking_Valley_Railway" title="Hocking Valley Railway">HV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Central_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Central Railway">ICRY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International%E2%80%93Great_Northern_Railroad" title="International–Great Northern Railroad">IGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Mexico_and_Orient_Railway" title="Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway">KCM&OTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_and_Salt_Lake_Railroad" title="Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad">LA&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad" title="Lake Erie and Western Railroad">LE&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway" title="Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway">LS&MS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Central_Railroad" title="Michigan Central Railroad">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland,_Delaware_and_Virginia_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway">MD&V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_and_International_Railway" title="Minnesota and International Railway">M&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_and_North_Arkansas_Railroad" title="Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad">M&NA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad" title="Mobile and Ohio Railroad">M&O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Central_Railroad_(1901%E2%80%931967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi Central Railroad (1901–1967)">MSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montour_Railroad" title="Montour Railroad">MTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Valley_Railroad" title="Midland Valley Railroad">MV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Central_Railway" title="Northern Central 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Mississippi Valley Railroad">Y&MV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1910%E2%80%931929)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1910–1929)">1910–1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1930%E2%80%931976)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976)">1930–1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Class_I_railroads_(1977%E2%80%93present)" title="Timeline of Class I railroads (1977–present)">1977–present</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Railroads in <i>italics</i> meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight 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