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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Erie Railroad</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Erie_Herald.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Erie_Herald.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="200" data-overlays="["_5dc9915d09b3be35c2b99eb5e893989d07a92237"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Erie_Railroad&groups=_5dc9915d09b3be35c2b99eb5e893989d07a92237" width="290" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Erie_Railroad&groups=_5dc9915d09b3be35c2b99eb5e893989d07a92237 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">A map of Erie Railroad's rail lines</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_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S. (1832–1931)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, U.S. (1931–60)</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">ERIE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</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/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eleazar_Lord" title="Eleazar Lord">Eleazar Lord</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">1832–1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">Erie Lackawanna Railway</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">Previous gauge</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erie_Gauge_War" title="Erie Gauge War"><span class="nowrap">6 ft</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,829 mm</span>) gauge</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">2,316 miles (3,727 kilometers)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Erie Railroad</b> (<a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">reporting mark</a> <b>ERIE</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> that operated in the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a>, originally connecting <a href="/wiki/Pavonia_Terminal" title="Pavonia Terminal">Pavonia Terminal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie">Lake Erie</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk,_New_York" title="Dunkirk, New York">Dunkirk, New York</a>. The railroad expanded west to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> following its 1865 merger with the former <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Great_Western_Railroad" title="Atlantic and Great Western Railroad">Atlantic and Great Western Railroad</a>, also known as the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_Pennsylvania_and_Ohio_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad">New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad</a> (NYPANO RR). </p><p>The mainline route of the Erie Railroad proved influential in the development and economic growth of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Tier" title="Southern Tier">Southern Tier</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York state</a>, including the cities of <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmira,_New_York" title="Elmira, New York">Elmira</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hornell,_New_York" title="Hornell, New York">Hornell</a>. The Erie Railroad repair shops were located in Hornell and was Hornell's largest employer. Hornell was also where Erie's mainline split into two routes with one proceeding northwest to <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> and the other west to Chicago. </p><p>On October 17, 1960, Erie Railroad merged with its former rival, <a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad</a>, to form the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">Erie Lackawanna Railway</a>. The Hornell repair shops were closed in 1976, when <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a> took over, and repair operations moved to the Lackawanna's facility in <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton, Pennsylvania</a>. Some of the former Erie line between Hornell and <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton</a> was damaged in 1972 by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes" title="Hurricane Agnes">Hurricane Agnes</a>, but the damage was quickly repaired and today this line is a key link in the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a>'s Southern Tier mainline. What was left of the Erie Lackawanna became part of Conrail in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-drury_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drury-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1983, remnants of the Erie Railroad became part of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Transit_rail_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Transit rail operations">New Jersey Transit rail operations</a>, including parts of its <a href="/wiki/Main_Line_(New_Jersey_Transit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Main Line (New Jersey Transit)">Main Line</a>, and most of the surviving Erie Railroad routes are now operated by the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_and_Erie_Railroad:_1832–1861"><span id="New_York_and_Erie_Railroad:_1832.E2.80.931861"></span>New York and Erie Railroad: 1832–1861</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New York and Erie Railroad: 1832–1861"><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:1834_Erie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/1834_Erie.jpg/220px-1834_Erie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/1834_Erie.jpg/330px-1834_Erie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/1834_Erie.jpg/440px-1834_Erie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="13824" data-file-height="6848" /></a><figcaption>Erie Railroad's 1834 rail line plan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1855_Erie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1855_Erie.jpg/220px-1855_Erie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1855_Erie.jpg/330px-1855_Erie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/1855_Erie.jpg/440px-1855_Erie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="10656" data-file-height="5375" /></a><figcaption>An 1855 map of the New York and Erie Railroad</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>New York and Erie Rail Road</b> was chartered on April 24, 1832, by <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">New York governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Enos_T._Throop" title="Enos T. Throop">Enos T. Throop</a> to connect the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Piermont,_New_York" title="Piermont, New York">Piermont</a>, north of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, west to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie">Lake Erie</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk,_New_York" title="Dunkirk, New York">Dunkirk</a>. On February 16, 1841, the railroad was authorized to cross into the northeast corner of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> on the west side of the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>, a few miles west of Port Jervis, NY, as the east side was already occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Canal" title="Delaware and Hudson Canal">Delaware and Hudson Canal</a> to a point several miles west of Lackawaxen, PA. Construction began in 1836 and was opened in sections until reaching the full length to Dunkirk on May 19, 1851. At Dunkirk, <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamboats</a> continued across <a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie">Lake Erie</a> to <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>. The line crossed the Kittatinny Mountains at 870 feet. </p><p>When the route was completed in May, 1851, President <a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a> and several members of his cabinet, including Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a>, made a special, two-day excursion run to open the railway. It is reported that Webster viewed the entire run from a rocking chair attached to a flatcar, with a steamer rug and jug of high-quality <a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a> <a href="/wiki/Rum" title="Rum">rum</a>.<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><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At stops, he would step off the flatcar and give speeches. </p><p>The line was built at <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_railway" title="Broad-gauge railway">wide gauge</a>; this was believed to be a superior technology to standard gauge, providing more stability. </p><p>In 1848, the railroad built the <a href="/wiki/Starrucca_Viaduct" title="Starrucca Viaduct">Starrucca Viaduct</a>, a stone railroad bridge over <a href="/wiki/Starrucca_Creek" title="Starrucca Creek">Starrucca Creek</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lanesboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Lanesboro, Pennsylvania">Lanesboro, Pennsylvania</a>, which has survived and is still in use today. In fact, current owner <a href="/wiki/Central_New_York_Railroad" title="Central New York Railroad">Central New York Railroad</a> spent $3.2 million in 2021 centering its single remaining track, re-<a href="/wiki/Track_ballast" title="Track ballast">ballasting</a> and repairing masonry. The viaduct is 1,040 feet (317 m) long, 100 feet (30.5 m) high and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide at the top. It is the oldest stone rail bridge in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> still in use. </p><p>As stated in the introduction, the shops in <a href="/wiki/Hornell,_New_York" title="Hornell, New York">Hornell, New York</a> were the largest on the Erie system beginning in the late 1920s, processing about 350 locomotives per year with "classified" (heavy) repairs. However, the first major repair facilities were built in <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Susquehanna, Pennsylvania">Susquehanna, Pennsylvania</a> in 1848, which were enlarged in 1863 to employ 700 workers. The primary car shops were located in <a href="/wiki/Meadville,_Pennsylvania" title="Meadville, Pennsylvania">Meadville, Pennsylvania</a> in the western part of the state, employing 3,500 in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erie_Railway:_1861–1878"><span id="Erie_Railway:_1861.E2.80.931878"></span>Erie Railway: 1861–1878</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Erie Railway: 1861–1878"><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:NutleyTracks.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/NutleyTracks.JPG/220px-NutleyTracks.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/NutleyTracks.JPG/330px-NutleyTracks.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/NutleyTracks.JPG/440px-NutleyTracks.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Former Erie Railroad tracks pass through <a href="/wiki/Nutley,_New_Jersey" title="Nutley, New Jersey">Nutley, New Jersey</a>; the track on the left is out of service</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NutleyRailSwitch.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NutleyRailSwitch.JPG/220px-NutleyRailSwitch.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NutleyRailSwitch.JPG/330px-NutleyRailSwitch.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NutleyRailSwitch.JPG/440px-NutleyRailSwitch.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The railway switch in Nutley, New Jersey</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1859, the company went into <a href="/wiki/Receivership" title="Receivership">receivership</a> due to inability to make payments on the debts incurred for the large costs of building, and, on June 25, 1861, it was reorganized as the Erie Railway. This was the first <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> of a major <a href="/wiki/Trunk_line_(railway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trunk line (railway)">trunk line</a> in the U.S. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Erie_War" title="Erie War">Erie War</a> of the 1860s, four well-known financiers struggled for control of the company; <a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt" title="Cornelius Vanderbilt">Cornelius Vanderbilt</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Drew" title="Daniel Drew">Daniel Drew</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Fisk_(financier)" title="James Fisk (financier)">James Fisk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jay_Gould" title="Jay Gould">Jay Gould</a>. Gould ultimately triumphed in this struggle, but was forced to relinquish control in 1872–73 due to unfavorable public opinion following his involvement in the 1869 <a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(1869)" title="Black Friday (1869)">gold-rigging scandal</a> and to his loss of $1 million of Erie Railroad stock to the British con-man <a href="/wiki/Lord_Gordon-Gordon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Gordon-Gordon">Lord Gordon-Gordon</a>. Investors in the railroad were also weary of Gould's financial wars with Vanderbilt that caused wild stock price fluctuations and operating losses from rate battles. Upon leaving the Erie he managed to take $4 million, which he claimed was the railroad's "debt" to him.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1869, the railroad moved its main shop facilities from Dunkirk to <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>. Rather than demolishing the shops in Dunkirk, the facility was leased to <a href="/wiki/Horatio_G._Brooks" title="Horatio G. Brooks">Horatio G. Brooks</a>, the former chief engineer of the NY&E who was at the controls of the first train into Dunkirk in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Horatio Brooks used the facilities to begin <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Locomotive_Works" title="Brooks Locomotive Works">Brooks Locomotive Works</a>, which remained in independent business until 1901 when it was merged with seven other locomotive manufacturing firms to create <a href="/wiki/American_Locomotive_Company" title="American Locomotive Company">ALCO</a>. ALCO continued new locomotive production at this facility until 1934, then closed the plant completely in 1962. </p><p>The cost of <a href="/wiki/Break_bulk_cargo" class="mw-redirect" title="Break bulk cargo">breaking bulk cargo</a> in order to interchange with <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> lines led the Erie to introduce a line of cars designed to operate on both broad gauge and standard gauge <a href="/wiki/Bogie" title="Bogie">trucks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 1871, the railroad interchanged traffic by means of <a href="/wiki/Bogie_exchange" title="Bogie exchange">truck exchange</a>, including through passenger and freight connections to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, Missouri, using a Nutter car hoist in <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Ohio" title="Urbana, Ohio">Urbana, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 1876, the Erie carried out their plans to convert their trackage to standard gauge, since it was deemed that the standard gauge-broad gauge interchange operations could not justify the costs. By 1878, the Erie built a third rail along the entire mainline from Buffalo to Jersey City. The third rail installation and standard-gauge conversion projects were so expensive, that the railroad was forced into bankruptcy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York,_Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad:_1878–1895"><span id="New_York.2C_Lake_Erie_and_Western_Railroad:_1878.E2.80.931895"></span>New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: 1878–1895</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: 1878–1895"><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:Erie_Limited.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Erie_Limited.JPG/220px-Erie_Limited.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Erie_Limited.JPG/330px-Erie_Limited.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Erie_Limited.JPG/440px-Erie_Limited.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1481" data-file-height="884" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Erie_Limited" title="Erie Limited">Erie Limited</a></i>, which traveled between <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1884_Erie.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/1884_Erie.gif/220px-1884_Erie.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/1884_Erie.gif/330px-1884_Erie.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/1884_Erie.gif/440px-1884_Erie.gif 2x" data-file-width="1840" data-file-height="1404" /></a><figcaption>A rail line system map, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1884</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The Erie still did not see profits, and was sold in 1878 via bankruptcy reorganization to become the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad. On June 22, 1880, the railroad’s standard-gauge conversion process was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1886, it was reported that the Erie and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway shared ferry services between their two <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> terminals, the larger being <a href="/wiki/Pavonia_Terminal" title="Pavonia Terminal">Pavonia Terminal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fulton_Slip,_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulton Slip, Brooklyn">Fulton Ferry</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a> for 11 round trips on weekdays and Saturdays, and four round trips on Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1889, it opened a new bridge across the <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_River" title="Hackensack River">Hackensack River</a> improving service to its terminals.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erie_Railroad:_1895–1960"><span id="Erie_Railroad:_1895.E2.80.931960"></span>Erie Railroad: 1895–1960</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Erie Railroad: 1895–1960"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> By 1893, the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad went into bankruptcy reorganization again, and then the company emerged in 1895 as the Erie Railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-drury_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drury-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By that time, the company began to obtain financial support from <a href="/wiki/J._P._Morgan" title="J. P. Morgan">J. P. Morgan</a>. In 1898, the Erie obtained a subsidiary, the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad</a> (NYS&W), after Morgan purchased the majority of their shares, on the Erie's behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The control of the NYS&W allowed the Erie to gain access to anthracite coal mines south of <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton, Pennsylvania</a>, competing with coal operations from the <a href="/wiki/Delaware,_Lackawanna_and_Western_Railroad" title="Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad">Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad</a> (DL&W).<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg/220px-PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg/330px-PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg/440px-PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="349" /></a><figcaption>Erie Railroad's station in <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_New_York" title="Jamestown, New York">Jamestown, New York</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1909</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png/220px-ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png/330px-ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png/440px-ErieMainLine_PortJervis_19190406.png 2x" data-file-width="2840" data-file-height="2892" /></a><figcaption>The Erie Railroad Main Line's westbound passenger timetable for its New York City to Susquehanna service under the United States Railway Administration, effective April 1919</figcaption></figure> <p>George W. Perkins brought <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Douglas_Underwood" title="Frederick Douglas Underwood">Frederick D. Underwood</a> into the Erie Railroad in 1910. During the eastern railroad strike of 1913 Underwood agreed to accept any ruling made by mediators under the <a href="/wiki/Newlands_Reclamation_Act" title="Newlands Reclamation Act">Newlands Reclamation Act</a>. One of the demands made by Erie employees was a 20% increase in wages. Erie management had refused a wage increase, but compromised by asking employees to wait until January, 1915 for any advance. Union leaders agreed to make this an issue which Erie management would settle with its own men. However, W.G. Lee, president of the <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Railroad_Trainmen" title="Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen">Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen</a>, asserted that the only way "to deal with the Erie is through <a href="/wiki/J.P._Morgan_%26_Co." title="J.P. Morgan & Co.">J.P. Morgan & Company</a>, or the banks". Underwood responded from his home in <a href="/wiki/Wauwatosa,_Wisconsin" title="Wauwatosa, Wisconsin">Wauwatosa, Wisconsin</a>, stating "I am running the Erie Railroad: not George W. Perkins, nor J.P. Morgan, nor anybody else."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-1920s, the <a href="/wiki/Van_Sweringen_brothers" title="Van Sweringen brothers">Van Sweringen brothers</a> of Cleveland, Ohio, assumed control of the Erie, and they installed a new president for the railroad, <a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Bernet" title="John Joseph Bernet">John Joseph Bernet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:Bernet_1927_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Bernet_1927-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bernet only served as the Erie's president from January 1927 to May 1929, but during that time, he initiated a reorganization and cost-cutting program to improve the company's operations and finances.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:Bernet_1927_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Bernet_1927-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also arranged for the Erie to replace most of their steam locomotives and rolling stock with newly-built standardized equipment to speed up their freight operations, and it involved the introduction of the Erie's fleet of <a href="/wiki/2-8-4" title="2-8-4">2-8-4</a> "Berkshire" locomotives.<sup id="cite_ref-Trains_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trains-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1930s, both Van Sweringen brothers died at an early age, before they could carry out any further plans they had for the Erie and their other railroads.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EL_953_(Alco_RS3)_switching_Hoboken,_NJ_terminal_september_3,_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front,_EL_herald_on_side_(22349581239).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg/220px-EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg/330px-EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg/440px-EL_953_%28Alco_RS3%29_switching_Hoboken%2C_NJ_terminal_september_3%2C_1965_Note_Erie_herald_on_front%2C_EL_herald_on_side_%2822349581239%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1474" /></a><figcaption> An <a href="/wiki/ALCO_RS-3" title="ALCO RS-3">ALCO RS-3</a> with <a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">Erie Lackawanna</a> Railroad markings at Hoboken terminal, September 3, 1965</figcaption></figure><p> Despite the ravages of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> in the 1930s, the Erie managed to continue operations on their own, until they filed for bankruptcy again, on January 18, 1938. That same year, the Erie was involved in the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case, the <i><a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad_Co._v._Tompkins" title="Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins">Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins</a></i>. The <a href="/wiki/Erie_doctrine" title="Erie doctrine">Erie doctrine</a>, which governs the application of state common law in federal courts, is still taught in American <a href="/wiki/Law_school" title="Law school">law schools</a>, as of 2024. By December 1941, the Erie emerged from bankruptcy, following a reorganization process, which involved the purchase of the leased <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_and_Mahoning_Valley_Railroad" title="Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad">Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad</a>, swapping high rent for lower interest payments, and the purchase of formerly-subsidized and leased lines. In 1940, the NYS&W became disbanded from the Erie's control, as part of their own bankruptcy reorganization, and in the process, the Erie was entrusted ownership of their <a href="/w/index.php?title=Susquehanna_Connecting_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susquehanna Connecting Railroad (page does not exist)">Susquehanna Connecting Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Erie's reorganization was deemed a success, since the railroad managed to pay dividends to their shareholders.<sup id="cite_ref-drury_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drury-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Erie_Western_Electric_Railway,_Toledo,_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_(page_1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Erie Western Electric Railway car in Toledo, Ohio with one man standing in the entrance to the car while another stands on the ground next to the car." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg/220px-Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg/330px-Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg/440px-Erie_Western_Electric_Railway%2C_Toledo%2C_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_4c754203613a294242f0b2d42474487e_%28page_1%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4976" data-file-height="3190" /></a><figcaption>Erie Western Electric Railway, Toledo, Ohio</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 15, 1948, the Cleveland Union Terminal Company allowed the Erie to use the Union Terminal adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Terminal_Tower" title="Terminal Tower">Terminal Tower</a> in lieu of its old station.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the Erie purchased a share of the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Junction_Railway" title="Niagara Junction Railway">Niagara Junction Railway</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Central">New York Central</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_Railroad" title="Lehigh Valley Railroad">Lehigh Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 17, 1954, the Erie completely dieselized its locomotive roster, when K-1 class <a href="/wiki/4-6-2" title="4-6-2">4-6-2</a> No. 2530 hauled the railroad's final steam-powered commuter train between <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_New_York" title="Spring Valley, New York">Spring Valley, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that same year, the railroad launched <a href="/wiki/Trailer-on-flatcar" title="Trailer-on-flatcar">trailer-on-flatcar</a> (TOFC) services.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Erie Railroad prospered throughout the mid-1950s, but its profits were simultaneously on a decline. The company's 1957 income was half of that of 1956; by 1958 and 1959, Erie Railroad posted large deficits. The Erie's financial losses resulted in them entering negotiations to merge with the nearby Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. The proposed merger led to the abandonment of duplicate freight facilities in <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton</a> and Elmira, New York. Between 1956 and 1957, the Erie shifted its passenger trains from its Pavonia Terminal to the DL&W's newer <a href="/wiki/Hoboken_Terminal" title="Hoboken Terminal">Hoboken Terminal</a>. The DL&W also abandoned most of their mainline between Binghamton and Elmira, in favor of the Erie's parallel mainline, in 1958. The merger negotiations subsequently accelerated, and they briefly considered including the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">Delaware and Hudson Railroad</a> (D&H); on October 17, 1960, the Erie and the DL&W merged together to create the <a href="/wiki/Erie_Lackawanna_Railway" title="Erie Lackawanna Railway">Erie Lackawanna Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-drury_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drury-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the merged railroad only operated for sixteen years, before their financial decline forced them to be absorbed into <a href="/wiki/Conrail" title="Conrail">Conrail</a> in 1976. Some former Erie trackage between Hornell and Binghamton were damaged in 1972 by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes" title="Hurricane Agnes">Hurricane Agnes</a>. The Erie's large repair facility in <a href="/wiki/Hornell,_New_York" title="Hornell, New York">Hornell</a> was closed following Conrail's takeover, and operations were consolidated at the Lackawanna's <a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a> facility.<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></p><div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:200px;"> <table class="wikitable center"> <caption>Revenue freight traffic, in millions of net ton-miles. </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Traffic </th></tr> <tr> <td>1925 </td> <td>9,474 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>6,318 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944 </td> <td>15,004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td>8,789<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="reflist" style="text-align:left">Source: ICC annual reports</div> </div></div><div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lines_operated">Lines operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lines operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Railroad </th> <th>Branch </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Approx. Mileage </th> <th>Years Erie-Operated </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b>Erie Railroad</b> </td> <td>Original Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piermont,_New_York" title="Piermont, New York">Piermont</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk,_New_York" title="Dunkirk, New York">Dunkirk</a> </td> <td>448 miles (721 km) </td> <td>1841 - 1960 </td> <td>Construction began in 1836, and opened from Piermont to <a href="/wiki/Goshen_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goshen (NY)">Goshen</a> on September 23, 1841. After some financial problems, construction resumed in August, 1846, and the next section, to <a href="/wiki/Port_Jervis_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Jervis (NY)">Port Jervis</a>, opened on January 7, 1848. Further extensions opened to <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Binghamton (NY)">Binghamton</a> December 27, 1848, <a href="/wiki/Owego_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Owego (NY)">Owego</a> January 1, 1849, and the full length to Dunkirk May 19, 1851. At Dunkirk <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamboats</a> continued across <a href="/wiki/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie">Lake Erie</a> to <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newburgh_Branch" title="Newburgh Branch">Newburgh Branch</a> </td> <td>Main Line at Greycourt near <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Orange_County,_New_York" title="Chester, Orange County, New York">Chester</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">Newburgh</a> </td> <td>18.6 miles (29.9 km) </td> <td>January 8, 1850 - 1960 (Except five miles at the east end) </td> <td>The Erie's charter was amended on April 8, 1845, to allow the building of the branch. This amendment was later used to spur the construction of a railroad line to the bustling port city of Newburgh, NY. Newburgh was once the site of coal piers owned by the Pennsylvania Coal Company and later served as a connection to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_and_New_England_Railroad" title="New York and New England Railroad">New York and New England Railroad</a> via a <a href="/wiki/Car_float" title="Car float">car float</a> operation across the river to Beacon, New York. When opened in 1850, it was Newburgh's first railroad. Today, the line is completely abandoned except for a small portion between Newburgh and Vails Gate that is used as an industrial spur. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Newburgh and New York Railroad (Newburgh Shortcut) </td> <td>Newburgh Junction, near <a href="/wiki/Harriman,_New_York" title="Harriman, New York">Harriman</a> </td> <td>Newburgh Branch at <a href="/wiki/Vails_Gate,_New_York" title="Vails Gate, New York">Vails Gate</a> </td> <td>12.7 miles (20.4 km) </td> <td>July 1869 - 1936 </td> <td>Known as "the shortcut" because it was a more direct link between Newburgh and the southern section of the mainline when compared to the Newburgh Branch. When the Graham Line was constructed between 1906 and 1909, the first two to three miles of the "Shortcut" right of way were utilized and elevated to eliminate any grade crossings. Due to the decline of Newburgh's coal industry, the line was formally abandoned between 1936 and 1937. Parts of it remain in service today as Metro North's Port Jervis line and a short industrial spur in Vails Gate, NY, while others, like a small section in Highland Mills, NY, remain intact but abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Line" title="Graham Line">Graham Line</a> </td> <td>Newburgh Junction, near <a href="/wiki/Harriman,_New_York" title="Harriman, New York">Harriman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otisville,_New_York" title="Otisville, New York">Otisville</a> </td> <td>42.3 miles (68.1 km) </td> <td>1909 - 1960 </td> <td>Due to the steep grades, sharp curves, and numerous grade crossings of the Erie mainline between Harriman and Otisville, NY, the Graham Line was constructed between 1906 and 1909 as a freight bypass. In order to eliminate any grade crossings, the line was elevated considerably. Numerous local railroad marvels were built as a part of the Graham Line, such as the <a href="/wiki/Moodna_Viaduct" title="Moodna Viaduct">Moodna Viaduct</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Otisville_Tunnel" title="Otisville Tunnel">Otisville Tunnel</a>. The line remains in service today as the <a href="/wiki/Metro-North" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro-North">Metro-North</a> <a href="/wiki/Port_Jervis_Line" title="Port Jervis Line">Port Jervis Line</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Paterson_and_Ramapo_Railroad" title="Paterson and Ramapo Railroad">Paterson and Ramapo Railroad</a></b> </td> <td>New Jersey Line </td> <td>New York Line at <a href="/wiki/Mahwah,_New_Jersey" title="Mahwah, New Jersey">Mahwah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a> </td> <td>14.5 miles (23.3 km) </td> <td rowspan="2">1852 - 1960 </td> <td rowspan="2">Opened as an independent company in 1848. Through ticketing began in 1851, with a required change of cars at Ramapo due to the <a href="/wiki/Gauge_break" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauge break">gauge break</a>. A third gauge rail was built by 1853. </td></tr> <tr> <td>New York Line: <b>Union Railroad</b> </td> <td>New Jersey Line at <a href="/wiki/Suffern,_New_York" title="Suffern, New York">Suffern</a> </td> <td>Main Line in <a href="/wiki/Suffern,_New_York" title="Suffern, New York">Suffern</a> </td> <td>0.82 miles (1.32 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Paterson_and_Hudson_River_Railroad" title="Paterson and Hudson River Railroad">Paterson and Hudson River Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Rail_Road_and_Transportation_Company" title="New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company">New Jersey Rail Road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td>15.7 miles (25.3 km) </td> <td>1852 - 1960 </td> <td>Opened as an independent company in 1833. Through ticketing began in 1851. In November 1853, Erie stock began operating to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Rail_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Rail Road">New Jersey Rail Road's</a> <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> terminal after a <a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">third rail</a> for <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">wide gauge</a> was finished. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Buffalo and New York City Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hornellsville,_New_York" title="Hornellsville, New York">Hornellsville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td>92.3 miles (148.5 km) </td> <td>Leased November 17, 1852 – 1857; owned October 31, 1857 – 1859 </td> <td>Founded as the Attica and Hornellsville Railroad in 1845. In 1852, bought the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Rochester_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Rochester Railroad">Buffalo and Rochester Railroad</a>'s old alignment from Buffalo to Attica, and subsequently renamed itself to the Buffalo and New York City Railroad, and <a href="/wiki/Track_gauge_conversion" title="Track gauge conversion">converted</a> to the Erie's <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">wide gauge</a>. The Buffalo and New York City began leasing their track to the Erie upon the completion of their extension from Attica southeast to <a href="/wiki/Hornellsville_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hornellsville (NY)">Hornellsville</a>, opened on November 17, 1852, giving the Erie access to Buffalo, a better terminal than Dunkirk- thus it became a branch of the Erie's mainline.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the Erie's bankruptcy, sold line from Buffalo to Attica to the Buffalo, New York, and Erie. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Chemung_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemung Railroad">Chemung Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horseheads_(village),_New_York" title="Horseheads (village), New York">Horseheads</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watkins_Glen,_New_York" title="Watkins Glen, New York">Watkins</a> </td> <td>16.7 miles (26.9 km) </td> <td>Leased 1850–1853; 1857-1859 </td> <td>Upon independence of Canandaigua and Elmira, the Erie subleased the Chemung Railroad to the Canandaigua and Elmira. Reverted to the Erie in 1858 during the C&E's bankruptcy. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Elmira,_Canandaigua_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad">Elmira, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Watkins_Glen,_New_York" title="Watkins Glen, New York">Watkins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canandaigua_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canandaigua (NY)">Canandaigua</a> </td> <td>47.7 miles (76.8 km) </td> <td>Leased 1851–1853; 1859-1866 </td> <td>Founded as the Canandaigua and Corning Railroad on May 14, 1845. Upon completion, was renamed to the Canandaigua and Elmira Railroad, and immediately leased to Erie. Upon independence from Erie, began subleasing the Chemung. Renamed to EC&NF 1857. Went bankrupt from 1858 to 1859, during which time the Chemung was leased to Erie. Reorganized in 1859 as Elmira, Jefferson and Canandaigua Railroad, at which time the Erie leased it again. In 1866 transferred to the Northern Central, and a <a href="/wiki/Dual_gauge" title="Dual gauge">third rail</a> was built to allow the Northern Central's <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> trains to operate over it. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Canandaigua_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad">Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canandaigua_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canandaigua (NY)">Canandaigua</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Tonawanda,_New_York" title="North Tonawanda, New York">North Tonawanda</a> </td> <td>86.5 miles (139.2 km) </td> <td>Leased 1853 - 1858 </td> <td>Leased by the Canandaigua and Elmira to continue it beyond Canandaigua. When the line went <a href="/wiki/Bankrupt" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankrupt">bankrupt</a> in 1858, it was reorganized as the Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad and was leased by <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">New York Central Railroad</a>. The NYC converted it to <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> and blocked the Erie from it. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Niagara_Falls_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad">Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Tonawanda,_New_York" title="North Tonawanda, New York">North Tonawanda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge" title="Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge">Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niagara Falls (NY)">Niagara Falls</a> </td> <td>12.2 miles (19.6 km) </td> <td>Trackage rights 1853 - 1858 </td> <td>Trackage rights obtained by C&NF </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Buffalo, Bradford and Pittsburgh Railroad Company</b> </td> <td>Erie Main Line at <a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_New_York" title="Carrollton, New York">Carrollton</a> </td> <td>Gilesville (later Buttsville) in southeast <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Township,_McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania">Lafayette</a> </td> <td>25.97 miles (41.79 km) </td> <td>February 26, 1859 </td> <td>Formed by the merger of two earlier railroads in northwest Pennsylvania for the Erie to acquire a source of fuel for its locomotives. Extended from Bradford to Gilesville, the site of a <a href="/wiki/Bituminous" class="mw-redirect" title="Bituminous">bituminous</a> mine, by January 1, 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-erie22_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erie22-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>New York, Lake Erie, and Western Coal and Railroad</b> </td> <td>BB&P in <a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Township,_McKean_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania">Lafayette</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnsonburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania">Johnsonburg</a> </td> <td>29.68 miles (47.77 km) </td> <td>1882- </td> <td>This section encompassed the once significant <a href="/wiki/Kinzua_Bridge" title="Kinzua Bridge">Kinzua Bridge</a>: partially destroyed by a microburst "tornado" in by 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-erie22_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erie22-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Section of <b><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnsonburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania">Johnsonburg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brockway,_Pennsylvania" title="Brockway, Pennsylvania">Brockway, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>27.76 miles (44.68 km) </td> <td>Trackage rights 1897-1907 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Section of <b><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_Rochester,_and_Pittsburgh_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway">Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway</a></b> </td> <td>Clarion Junction, north of <a href="/wiki/Johnsonburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania">Johnsonburg</a> </td> <td>Eleanora Junction (later Cramer), northeast of <a href="/wiki/Stump_Creek,_Pennsylvania" title="Stump Creek, Pennsylvania">Stump Creek</a> </td> <td>50.67 miles (81.55 km) </td> <td>Leased 1907- </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-erie22_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erie22-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Eriton Railroad</b> </td> <td>Eriton Junction, SE of West Liberty </td> <td>Eriton Mines, south of West Liberty </td> <td>0.869 miles (1.399 km) </td> <td>1908-(1940s) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad</b> </td> <td>Original Main Line </td> <td>Erie Main Line at <a href="/wiki/Corning_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Corning (city), New York">Corning</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td>41.6 miles (66.9 km) </td> <td rowspan="2">Leased 1863- </td> <td>Created during the Erie's bankruptcy in 1858. Took over the Buffalo and New York City from Attica to Buffalo in 1859. Acquired the <b>Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad</b> the same year and connected the two lines. Leased the Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad in 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Rochester and Genesee Valley Railroad</b> </td> <td>BNY&E at <a href="/wiki/Avon_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Avon (NY)">Avon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester (NY)">Rochester</a> </td> <td>98.5 miles (158.5 km) </td> <td>Completed 1853; leased to Buffalo, NY, and then Erie in 1858. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Avon, Geneseo and Mt. Morris Railroad</b> </td> <td>BNY&E at <a href="/wiki/Avon_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Avon (NY)">Avon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Morris_(village),_New_York" title="Mount Morris (village), New York">Mount Morris</a> </td> <td>15.3 miles (24.6 km) </td> <td>Leased 1872- </td> <td>Founded as Genesee Valley Company. Acquired land initially bought by Rochester and Genesee Valley in 1856. In 1859, reorganized as the AG&MM. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_and_Great_Western_Railroad" title="Atlantic and Great Western Railroad">Atlantic and Great Western Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><b>Erie and New York City Railroad</b> </td> <td>Erie main line at <a href="/wiki/Salamanca_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Salamanca (city), New York">Salamanca</a> </td> <td>Pennsylvania Line near Niobe in <a href="/wiki/Harmony,_New_York" title="Harmony, New York">Harmony</a> </td> <td>47.7 miles (76.8 km) </td> <td rowspan="4">1868–1880, 1874–1880, 1883-1960 </td> <td rowspan="4">Founded in 1862, as all three railroads merged were renamed in their respective states as the A&GW Rail<i>way.</i> Reorganized as the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway in 1880 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Meadville Railroad</b> </td> <td>New York Line in <a href="/wiki/Freehold_Township,_Warren_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Freehold Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania">Freehold Township</a> </td> <td>Ohio Line in <a href="/wiki/South_Pymatuning_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="South Pymatuning Township, Pennsylvania">South Pymatuning Township</a> </td> <td>87.9 miles (141.5 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Franklin and Warren Railroad</b> </td> <td>Pennsylvania Line in <a href="/wiki/Orangeville,_Ohio" title="Orangeville, Ohio">Orangeville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton</a> </td> <td>250 miles (402 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oil City Branch </td> <td>At Meadville near <a href="/wiki/Meadville,_Pennsylvania" title="Meadville, Pennsylvania">Meadville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oil_City,_Pennsylvania" title="Oil City, Pennsylvania">Oil City</a> </td> <td>33.3 miles (53.6 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Suspension Bridge and Erie Junction Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge" title="Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge">Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Niagara Falls (NY)">Niagara Falls</a> </td> <td>23.2 miles (37.3 km) </td> <td>1871- </td> <td>Chartered by Erie in 1868 to restore access to the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Suspension_Bridge" title="Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge">Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Erie International Railway</b> </td> <td>International Junction in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Bridge_(Buffalo)" class="mw-redirect" title="International Bridge (Buffalo)">International Bridge</a> </td> <td>4.86 miles (7.82 km) </td> <td> </td> <td>Erie-chartered in 1872 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Lockport and Buffalo Railway</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tonawanda_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonawanda (city), New York">Tonawanda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockport_(NY)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockport (NY)">Lockport</a> </td> <td>13.1 miles (21.1 km) </td> <td>1879 </td> <td>Erie-chartered in 1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>Jefferson Railroad</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lanesboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Lanesboro, Pennsylvania">Lanesboro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbondale, Pennsylvania">Carbondale</a> </td> <td>37.5 miles (60.4 km) </td> <td>1870-1960 </td> <td>As far back as 1840, there had been a number of attempts to build a railroad from the Erie mainline to the <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Wyoming Valley</a> of Pennsylvania. The Jefferson was incorporated in 1851 by the Pennsylvania legislature, which squashed local attempts to build a line on that route. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edgerton Branch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayfield,_Pennsylvania" title="Mayfield, Pennsylvania">Mayfield</a> </td> <td>Coal mines of Hosie and Park </td> <td>1.5 miles (2.4 km) </td> <td>1884-1910 </td> <td>Abandoned 1910<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Honesdale Branch </td> <td>Erie and Wyoming Valley at <a href="/wiki/Hawley,_Pennsylvania" title="Hawley, Pennsylvania">Hawley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Honesdale,_Pennsylvania" title="Honesdale, Pennsylvania">Honesdale</a> </td> <td>9.03 miles (14.53 km) </td> <td>1869-1960 </td> <td>Built to create a more direct connection from the Jefferson's southern terminus at Carbondale to points east via the E&WV and the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Gravity_Railroad" title="Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad">Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad</a> (though the two companies' rails were not explicitly linked) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><b>Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lackawaxen,_Pennsylvania" title="Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania">Lackawaxen</a> </td> <td>Plains Junction in <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a> </td> <td>63.8 miles (102.7 km) </td> <td>1863-1960 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:02_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jefferson Railroad Connection </td> <td>E&WV Mainline </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessup,_Pennsylvania" title="Jessup, Pennsylvania">Jessup</a> </td> <td>7.72 miles (12.42 km) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DL&W and WB&E Connection </td> <td>Plains Junction in <a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashley,_Pennsylvania" title="Ashley, Pennsylvania">Ashley</a> </td> <td>11.3 miles (18.2 km) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Scranton Branch </td> <td>E&WV main line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania" title="Scranton, Pennsylvania">Scranton</a> </td> <td>2.4 miles (3.9 km) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Jones Lake Railroad</b> </td> <td>Manning Junction </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ariel,_Pennsylvania" title="Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania">Lake Ariel</a> </td> <td>2.142 miles (3.447 km) </td> <td>1888- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Susquehanna Connecting Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suscon,_Pennsylvania" title="Suscon, Pennsylvania">Suscon</a> Junction </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Forge,_Lackawanna_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania">Old Forge</a> </td> <td>7.72 miles (12.42 km) </td> <td>June, 1938 - </td> <td>Consolidated from existing railroads </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Railway" title="Delaware and Hudson Railway">Delaware and Hudson Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carbondale,_Pennsylvania" title="Carbondale, Pennsylvania">Carbondale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moosic,_Pennsylvania" title="Moosic, Pennsylvania">Moosic</a> </td> <td>24.1 miles (38.8 km) </td> <td>1900(?)-<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Connected the Erie and Wyoming Valley and the Jefferson </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Moosic Mountain and Carbondale Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Throop,_Pennsylvania" title="Throop, Pennsylvania">Throop</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jessup,_Pennsylvania" title="Jessup, Pennsylvania">Jessup</a> </td> <td>3.43 miles (5.52 km) </td> <td>1888- </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:02_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_and_Jamestown_Railroad" title="Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad">Buffalo and Jamestown Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_New_York" title="Jamestown, New York">Jamestown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a> </td> <td>57.3 miles (92.2 km) </td> <td>1881- </td> <td>Chartered in 1872 to connect the A&GW with the Erie mainline. Soon after the line was completed in 1873, the company was reorganized as the Buffalo and Southwest Railroad.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>Chicago and Erie Railroad</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Ohio" title="Marion, Ohio">Marion</a> </td> <td>Illinois Line at <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Indiana" title="Hammond, Indiana">Hammond</a> </td> <td>249 miles (401 km) </td> <td rowspan="2">1895- </td> <td>Founded in 1871 as the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Atlantic_Railway" title="Chicago and Atlantic Railway">Chicago and Atlantic Railway</a> and went into bankruptcy in 1890. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_and_Western_Indiana_Railroad" title="Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad">Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad</a> </td> <td>Indiana Line at <a href="/wiki/Calumet_City,_Illinois" title="Calumet City, Illinois">Calumet City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </td> <td>19 miles (31 km) </td> <td>Already owned by C&E in joint ownership with 4 other companies </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway"><b>New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway</b></a> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stroudsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania">Stroudsburg</a> </td> <td>100.7 miles (162.1 km) </td> <td rowspan="3">1898-1940 </td> <td rowspan="3">American financier <a href="/wiki/J._P._Morgan" title="J. P. Morgan">J.P. Morgan</a> began to take notice of the railroad, which by the 1890s had become a rapidly expanding coal-hauler; he quietly bought up its stock on behalf of the Erie. The railroad was leased, and soon after took over complete operation of the line. The depression caused the bankruptcy of the NYSW, which was spun off as a private company in 1940, working closely with the <a href="/wiki/NYO%26W" class="mw-redirect" title="NYO&W">NYO&W</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgewater_Branch" title="Edgewater Branch"><b>Erie Terminals Railroad</b></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ridgefield,_New_Jersey" title="Ridgefield, New Jersey">Ridgefield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_New_Jersey" title="Edgewater, New Jersey">Edgewater</a> </td> <td>3.74 miles (6.02 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Middletown Branch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ogdensburg,_New_Jersey" title="Ogdensburg, New Jersey">Ogdensburg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Orange_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Middletown, Orange County, New York">Middletown</a> </td> <td>33.8 miles (54.4 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stroudsburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania">Stroudsburg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plains,_Pennsylvania" title="Plains, Pennsylvania">Plains</a> </td> <td>64.4 miles (103.6 km) </td> <td>1898-1939 </td> <td>Since the Erie chose to send all of its traffic along the Erie and Wyoming Valley, the line was doomed to failure, and was abandoned in 1939. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lodi_Branch_Railroad" title="Lodi Branch Railroad">Lodi Branch Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teterboro,_New_Jersey" title="Teterboro, New Jersey">Teterboro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> </td> <td>0.996 miles (1.603 km) </td> <td>1883- 1898 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hackensack and Lodi Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hackensack,_New_Jersey" title="Hackensack, New Jersey">Hackensack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lodi,_New_Jersey" title="Lodi, New Jersey">Lodi</a> </td> <td>1.403 miles (2.258 km) </td> <td>1898-1940 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Macopin Railroad</b> </td> <td>Macopin Lake Junction in <a href="/wiki/West_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="West Milford, New Jersey">Charlottesburg</a> </td> <td>Macopin Pond (Echo Lake) in <a href="/wiki/West_Milford,_New_Jersey" title="West Milford, New Jersey">West Milford</a> </td> <td>1.533 miles (2.467 km) </td> <td>1887-1940 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Bath and Hammondsport Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bath,_New_York" title="Bath, New York">Bath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hammondsport,_New_York" title="Hammondsport, New York">Hammondsport</a> </td> <td>8.2 miles (13.2 km) </td> <td>1903-1935 </td> <td>After a flood in 1935, the line was purchased by locals who renamed it the <a href="/wiki/B%26H_Rail_Corporation" title="B&H Rail Corporation">B&H Railroad</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_and_Mahoning_Valley_Railroad" title="Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad">Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad</a></b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown</a> </td> <td>68.4 miles (110.1 km) </td> <td rowspan="3">1941- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hubbard Branch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown</a> </td> <td>Pennsylvania Line in <a href="/wiki/Masury,_Ohio" title="Masury, Ohio">Masury</a> </td> <td>12.1 miles (19.5 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Niles and New Lisbon Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niles,_Ohio" title="Niles, Ohio">Niles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisbon,_Ohio" title="Lisbon, Ohio">Lisbon</a> </td> <td>33.1 miles (53.3 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>Sharon Railway</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Middlesex,_Pennsylvania" title="West Middlesex, Pennsylvania">West Middlesex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pymatuning_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Pymatuning Township, Pennsylvania">Pymatuning Township</a> </td> <td>13.6 miles (21.9 km) </td> <td>C&MV owned </td> <td>During construction absorbed <b>Sharpsville, Wheatland, Sharon and Greenfield Railroad</b> in 1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Westerman Coal and Iron Railroad</b> </td> <td>Ohio Line in <a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Ohio" title="Sharon, Ohio">Sharon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wheatland,_Pennsylvania" title="Wheatland, Pennsylvania">Wheatland</a> </td> <td>1.5 miles (2.4 km) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>New Castle and Shenango Valley Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Middlesex,_Pennsylvania" title="West Middlesex, Pennsylvania">West Middlesex</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Pennsylvania" title="New Castle, Pennsylvania">New Castle</a> </td> <td>16.1 miles (25.9 km) </td> <td>1900- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><b>Tioga Railroad</b> </td> <td>Northern Extension </td> <td>Pennsylvania Line in <a href="/wiki/Lindley,_New_York" title="Lindley, New York">Lindley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corning_(city),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Corning (city), New York">Corning</a> </td> <td>11.392 miles (18.334 km) </td> <td>1876- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Corning and Blossburg Railroad</b> </td> <td>New York Line in <a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_Pennsylvania" title="Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania">Lawrenceville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blossburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Blossburg, Pennsylvania">Blossburg</a> </td> <td>27.00 miles (43.45 km) </td> <td>1882- </td> <td>Chartered under the Tioga Navigation Company<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southern Extension </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blossburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Blossburg, Pennsylvania">Blossburg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morris_Run,_Pennsylvania" title="Morris Run, Pennsylvania">Morris Run</a> </td> <td>3.592 miles (5.781 km) </td> <td>1853- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Goshen and Deckertown Railway</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goshen,_New_York" title="Goshen, New York">Goshen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_Island,_New_York" title="Pine Island, New York">Pine Island</a> </td> <td>11.3 miles (18.2 km) </td> <td>1872- </td> <td>Operated independently 1869-1872<sup id="cite_ref-:02_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Wallkill_Valley_Railroad" title="Wallkill Valley Railroad">Wallkill Valley Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_New_York" title="Montgomery, New York">Montgomery</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_New_York" title="Kingston, New York">Kingston</a> </td> <td>33.0 miles (53.1 km) </td> <td>1866-1876 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/New_York_and_Greenwood_Lake_Railway_(1878%E2%80%931943)" title="New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878–1943)">New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad</a></b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Forest,_New_York" title="Sterling Forest, New York">Sterling Forest</a> </td> <td>41.2 miles (66.3 km) </td> <td rowspan="2">1878- </td> <td rowspan="2">Company formed under Erie as reorganization of the Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway. Parts were realigned due to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Wanaque_Reservoir" title="Wanaque Reservoir">Wanaque Reservoir</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ringwood Branch </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ringwood,_New_Jersey" title="Ringwood, New Jersey">Ringwood</a> </td> <td>3.8 miles (6.1 km) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Arlington Railroad</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td>Newark and Hudson near Hackensack River </td> <td>1.128 miles (1.815 km) </td> <td>1890- </td> <td>Built to offer a more direct connection with Jersey City<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Orange Branch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange,_New_Jersey" title="Orange, New Jersey">Orange</a> </td> <td>4.04 miles (6.50 km) </td> <td>1895- </td> <td>Founded as Watchung Railway </td></tr> <tr> <td>Caldwell Branch </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Falls,_New_Jersey" title="Little Falls, New Jersey">Little Falls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caldwell,_New_Jersey" title="Caldwell, New Jersey">Caldwell</a> </td> <td>5.51 miles (8.87 km) </td> <td>1897- </td> <td>Founded as Caldwell Railway and the Roseland Railway </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Newark_Branch" title="Newark Branch">Paterson and Newark Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a> </td> <td>16.5 miles (26.6 km) </td> <td>1869- </td> <td>Founded 1864 as Erie subsidiary </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_and_New_York_Railroad" title="New Jersey and New York Railroad">New Jersey and New York Railroad</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanuet,_New_York" title="Nanuet, New York">Nanuet</a> </td> <td>20.7 miles (33.3 km) </td> <td>1896- </td> <td>Founded as <a href="/wiki/Hackensack_and_New_York_Railroad" title="Hackensack and New York Railroad">Hackensack and New York Railroad</a> in 1856 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Branch" title="Northern Branch">Northern Railroad of New Jersey</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sparkill,_New_York" title="Sparkill, New York">Sparkill</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td>26.8 miles (43.1 km) </td> <td>1859- </td> <td>Founded 1854 as Erie subsidiary </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Nyack and Southern Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nyack,_New_York" title="Nyack, New York">Nyack</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piermont,_New_York" title="Piermont, New York">Piermont</a> </td> <td>4.343 miles (6.989 km) </td> <td>1870- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Middletown and Crawford Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Middletown,_Orange_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Middletown, Orange County, New York">Middletown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pine_Bush,_New_York" title="Pine Bush, New York">Pine Bush</a> </td> <td>11.3 miles (18.2 km) </td> <td>1882- </td> <td>Chartered 1868. Completed in 1872 under lease of the <a href="/wiki/New_York,_Ontario_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Ontario and Western Railway">New York and Oswego Midland Railroad</a>; spun off as a private company 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Montgomery and Erie Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goshen_(village),_New_York" title="Goshen (village), New York">Goshen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_New_York" title="Montgomery, New York">Montgomery</a> </td> <td>10.1 miles (16.3 km) </td> <td>1872- </td> <td>Built to connect to the Wallkill Valley Railroad </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Arnot and Pine Creek Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnot,_Pennsylvania" title="Arnot, Pennsylvania">Arnot</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoytville,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoytville, Pennsylvania">Hoytville</a> </td> <td>11.4 miles (18.3 km) </td> <td>1883- </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:02_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Bergen_County_Line" title="Bergen County Line">Bergen County Railroad</a></b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glen_Rock,_New_Jersey" title="Glen Rock, New Jersey">Glen Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a> </td> <td>9.8 miles (15.8 km) </td> <td>1883- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bergen and Dundee Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garfield,_New_Jersey" title="Garfield, New Jersey">Garfield</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passaic,_New_Jersey" title="Passaic, New Jersey">Passaic</a> </td> <td>1.1 miles (1.8 km) </td> <td>1885- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Columbus and Ohio Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Pennsylvania" title="Columbus, Pennsylvania">Columbus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niobe,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Niobe, New York">Niobe</a> </td> <td>13.1 miles (21.1 km) </td> <td>1908- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Conesus Lake Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avon,_New_York" title="Avon, New York">Avon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Livonia,_New_York" title="Livonia, New York">Lakeville</a> </td> <td>1.4 miles (2.3 km) </td> <td>1882- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Long_Dock_Tunnel" title="Long Dock Tunnel">Long Dock Company</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croxton,_Jersey_City" title="Croxton, Jersey City">Croxton</a> </td> <td>Docks at <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td>2.882 miles (4.638 km) </td> <td>1861- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Docks Connecting Railroad</b> </td> <td> </td> <td>New Jersey Junction Railroad in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td>0.916 miles (1.474 km) </td> <td>1886- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Junction_Railroad" title="New Jersey Junction Railroad">New York and Fort Lee Railroad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Dock_Tunnel" title="Long Dock Tunnel">Long Dock Tunnel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_New_York,_New_Jersey" title="West New York, New Jersey">West New York</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>1870-1886 </td> <td>Assumed part of the former <a href="/wiki/Morris_and_Essex_Railroad" title="Morris and Essex Railroad">Morris and Essex</a> line from the Long Dock Tunnel. The line was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Junction_Railroad" title="New Jersey Junction Railroad">New Jersey Junction Railroad</a> in 1886, with the Erie keeping a lease on the former Fort Lee line south of Weehawken. Connection to the Long Dock Tunnel was kept as the Docks Connecting Railroad </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Company</b> </td> <td>New Jersey Junction Railroad in <a href="/wiki/Weehawken,_New_Jersey" title="Weehawken, New Jersey">Weehawken</a> </td> <td>Hudson River </td> <td>26.895 miles (43.283 km) </td> <td>1881- </td> <td>Track composed entirely of siding; maximum distance from junction with NJJ is just over half a mile. Accessed via the Docks Connecting Railroad and a lease over the New Jersey Junction Railroad </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Elmira State Line Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmira,_New_York" title="Elmira, New York">Elmira</a> </td> <td>Pennsylvania Line in <a href="/wiki/Pine_City,_New_York" title="Pine City, New York">Pine City</a> </td> <td>6.503 miles (10.466 km) </td> <td>1876- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Erie and Black Rock Railroad</b> </td> <td>Black Rock Junction in <a href="/wiki/Black_Rock,_Buffalo" title="Black Rock, Buffalo">Black Rock</a> </td> <td>Docks at <a href="/wiki/Black_Rock,_Buffalo" title="Black Rock, Buffalo">Black Rock</a> </td> <td>1.455 miles (2.342 km) </td> <td>1883- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Arches" title="Bergen Arches">Penhorn Creek Railroad</a></b> </td> <td>Jersey Avenue in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secaucus,_New_Jersey" title="Secaucus, New Jersey">Seacaucus</a> </td> <td>5.422 miles (8.726 km) </td> <td>1910- </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>West Clarion Railroad</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brockway,_Pennsylvania" title="Brockway, Pennsylvania">Brockway</a> </td> <td>West Clarion </td> <td>2.646 miles (4.258 km) </td> <td>1898-1925 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><b>Youngstown and Austintown Railroad</b> </td> <td>Main Line </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austintown,_Ohio" title="Austintown, Ohio">Austintown</a> </td> <td>3.777 miles (6.078 km) </td> <td rowspan="2">1882- </td> <td>Parts constructed by the <b>Youngstown Railroad Company</b> and the <b>Wicks and Wells Railroad</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Manning Branch </td> <td>Main Line in <a href="/wiki/Austintown,_Ohio" title="Austintown, Ohio">Austintown</a> </td> <td>Tippecanoe Shaft in Austintown<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>6.088 miles (9.798 km) </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A map from 1960 shows that the Erie had some control over the former <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Columbus,_Cincinnati_and_Indianapolis_Railway" title="Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway">Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway</a> and the New York Central from Lawrenceville to Newberry Junction, near Williamsport, PA.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passenger_service">Passenger service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Passenger service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg/220px-FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg/330px-FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg/440px-FWPNW026Rutherford1516A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>Erie Railroad passengers at <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_station" title="Rutherford station">Rutherford station</a>, circa 1940</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Electric_traction_for_railway_trains;_a_book_for_students,_electrical_and_mechanical_engineers,_superintendents_of_motive_power_and_others_(1911)_(14758768665).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Electric_traction_for_railway_trains%3B_a_book_for_students%2C_electrical_and_mechanical_engineers%2C_superintendents_of_motive_power_and_others_%281911%29_%2814758768665%29.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Electric_traction_for_railway_trains%3B_a_book_for_students%2C_electrical_and_mechanical_engineers%2C_superintendents_of_motive_power_and_others_%281911%29_%2814758768665%29.jpg/375px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Electric_traction_for_railway_trains%3B_a_book_for_students%2C_electrical_and_mechanical_engineers%2C_superintendents_of_motive_power_and_others_%281911%29_%2814758768665%29.jpg/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2284" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>One of the Erie's electric commuter trains on its Rochester Branch, ca. 1911</figcaption></figure> <p>The Erie Railroad operated a number of named passenger trains, although none were as well-known or successful as others like the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Limited" title="Broadway Limited">Broadway Limited</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">New York Central Railroad</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Limited" title="20th Century Limited">20th Century Limited</a></i>. Some of the Erie's most well known trains included the <i><a href="/wiki/Erie_Limited" title="Erie Limited">Erie Limited</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cities_(Erie_Railroad_train)" title="Lake Cities (Erie Railroad train)">Lake Cities</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Express_and_Pacific_Express" title="Atlantic Express and Pacific Express">Pacific Express</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Express_and_Pacific_Express" title="Atlantic Express and Pacific Express">Atlantic Express</a></i>, <i>Midlander</i>, <i>Southern Tier Express</i> and <i>Mountain Express</i>. All of these had their western termini in Chicago, except the <i>Mountain Express</i> which terminated in <a href="/wiki/Hornell,_New_York" title="Hornell, New York">Hornell</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Tier" title="Southern Tier">Southern Tier</a> of New York.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 52–53">: 52–53 </span></sup> </p><p>The Erie operated an extensive network of commuter routes in northern New Jersey and the lower <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Valley" title="Hudson Valley">Hudson Valley</a> of New York. Most of these routes became part of Conrail along with the rest of Erie Lackawanna's rail operations in 1976. The New Jersey routes are now part of NJ Transit's Hoboken Division, originating and terminating at Hoboken Terminal. The Hudson Valley routes are now part of <a href="/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad" title="Metro-North Railroad">Metro-North Railroad</a>. </p><p>In addition to its steam and diesel services the Erie also operated an electric commuter rail line to its <a href="/wiki/Erie_Railroad_Depot_(Rochester,_New_York)" title="Erie Railroad Depot (Rochester, New York)">terminal station in Rochester, New York</a>. The station was one of the Erie's few electrified railroad stations,<sup id="cite_ref-rochny_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rochny-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the railroad became one of the first to provide electric commuter services in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-donsdepot_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donsdepot-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Company_officers">Company officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Company officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HughJJewett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/HughJJewett.jpg/220px-HughJJewett.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/HughJJewett.jpg/330px-HughJJewett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/HughJJewett.jpg/440px-HughJJewett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hugh_J._Jewett" title="Hugh J. Jewett">Hugh J. Jewett</a>, President 1874–1884.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleazer_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleazer Lord">Eleazer Lord</a> (1833–35), (1839–41), (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gore_King" class="mw-redirect" title="James Gore King">James Gore King</a> (1835–1839)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Bowen_(railroad_executive)" title="James Bowen (railroad executive)">James Bowen</a> (1841–1842)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Maxwell_(railroad_executive)" title="William Maxwell (railroad executive)">William Maxwell</a> (1842–1843)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Allen" title="Horatio Allen">Horatio Allen</a> (1843–1844)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Loder" title="Benjamin Loder">Benjamin Loder</a> (1845–1853)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Ramsdell" title="Homer Ramsdell">Homer Ramsdell</a> (1853–1857)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Moran_(railroad_executive)" title="Charles Moran (railroad executive)">Charles Moran</a> (1857–1859)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Marsh_(railroad_executive)" title="Samuel Marsh (railroad executive)">Samuel Marsh</a> (1859–1861), (1864)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathaniel_Marsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathaniel Marsh (page does not exist)">Nathaniel Marsh</a> (1861–1864)</li> <li>Robert H. Berdell (1864–1867)</li> <li>John S. Eldridge (1867–1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Gould" title="Jay Gould">Jay Gould</a> (1868–1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">John A. Dix</a> (1872)</li> <li>Peter H. Watson (1872–1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_J._Jewett" title="Hugh J. Jewett">Hugh J. Jewett</a> (1874–1884)</li> <li>John King (1884–1894)</li> <li>Eben B. Thomas (1894–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Douglas_Underwood" title="Frederick Douglas Underwood">Frederick Douglas Underwood</a> (1901–1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Bernet" title="John Joseph Bernet">John Joseph Bernet</a> (1927–1929)<sup id="cite_ref-:Bernet_1927_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Bernet_1927-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Eugene_Denney" title="Charles Eugene Denney">Charles Eugene Denney</a> (1929–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Eastman_Woodruff" title="Robert Eastman Woodruff">Robert Eastman Woodruff</a> (1941–1949)</li> <li>Paul W. Johnston (1949–1956)</li> <li>Harry W. Von Willer (1956–1960)</li></ul> </div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heritage_unit">Heritage unit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Heritage unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the 30th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a> being formed, NS decided to paint 20 new locomotives into the paint scheme of predecessor railroads. NS #1068, an <a href="/wiki/EMD_SD70ACe" class="mw-redirect" title="EMD SD70ACe">EMD SD70ACe</a>, was painted into Erie Railroad's green passenger scheme. It was released on May 25, 2012. </p><p>In October 2023, as part of the 40th Anniversary of <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit" title="NJ Transit">NJ Transit</a> <a href="/wiki/NJ_Transit_Rail_Operations" title="NJ Transit Rail Operations">Rail Operations</a>, <a href="/wiki/EMD_GP40PH-2" class="mw-redirect" title="EMD GP40PH-2">EMD GP40PH-2</a>B No. 4210 was painted into the Erie Railroad's black-and-yellow scheme. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg/32px-Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg/48px-Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg/64px-Locomotive_J_1211_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Railways">Railways portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Erie_Railroad_locomotives&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Erie Railroad locomotives (page does not exist)">List of Erie Railroad locomotives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Erie_Railroad_structures_documented_by_the_Historic_American_Engineering_Record" title="List of Erie Railroad structures documented by the Historic American Engineering Record">List of Erie Railroad structures documented by the Historic American Engineering Record</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Totals include Chicago & Erie and NJ&NY, but not NYS&W/WB&E or L&WV. Total for 1960 is Erie through 16 October and then Erie-Lackawanna.</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=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-drury-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-drury_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-drury_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-drury_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-drury_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDrury1994" class="citation book cs1">Drury, George H. 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U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 230.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Interstate+Commerce+Commission+Reports%3A+Decisions+of+the+Interstate+Commerce+Commission+of+the+United+States.+Valuation+reports&rft.pages=230&rft.pub=U.S.+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1931&rft.aulast=Commission&rft.aufirst=United+States+Interstate+Commerce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dg8MFAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/scranton-railroad-map.pdf">"Scranton Railroad Map"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Trains Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-04-19</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=explorepahistory.com&rft.atitle=Corning+and+Blossburg+Railroad+Historical+Marker&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fexplorepahistory.com%2Fhmarker.php%3FmarkerId%3D1-A-1A7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.labellemodels.com/manuals/Erie.pdf">Erie Railroad</a>" (PDF). <i>Inventory June 1918</i>. June 30, 1918. Retrieved 2012-06-06.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFullerSturgeon1941" class="citation book cs1">Fuller, J. Osborn; Sturgeon, Myron T. (1941). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geosurvey.ohiodnr.gov/portals/geosurvey/PDFs/OpenFileReports/OFR_1941-1.pdf"><i>The Sharon Coal Mines of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. p. 14.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Sharon+Coal+Mines+of+Trumbull+and+Mahoning+Counties&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Ohio+Department+of+Natural+Resources&rft.date=1941&rft.aulast=Fuller&rft.aufirst=J.+Osborn&rft.au=Sturgeon%2C+Myron+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgeosurvey.ohiodnr.gov%2Fportals%2Fgeosurvey%2FPDFs%2FOpenFileReports%2FOFR_1941-1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:1_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffs4653/5173503248/">"Erie Railroad And Connections"</a>. <i>Flickr</i>. 1960.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Flickr&rft.atitle=Erie+Railroad+And+Connections&rft.date=1960&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fjeffs4653%2F5173503248%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchafer2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schafer_(author)" title="Mike Schafer (author)">Schafer, Mike</a> (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m78vZ6z-RNgC"><i>More Classic American Railroads</i></a>. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Publishing Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-0758-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7603-0758-8"><bdi>978-0-7603-0758-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=More+Classic+American+Railroads&rft.place=Osceola%2C+Wisconsin&rft.pub=MBI+Publishing+Co.&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-7603-0758-8&rft.aulast=Schafer&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dm78vZ6z-RNgC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rochny-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-rochny_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLawrence2006" class="citation web cs1">Lawrence, Scot (October 25, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083343/http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychaos/Rochester">"Railroad History of Rochester, New York"</a>. <i>Scot's Train Pages</i>. Rochester, New York. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychaos/Rochester/">the original</a> on March 24, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Scot%27s+Train+Pages&rft.atitle=Railroad+History+of+Rochester%2C+New+York&rft.date=2006-10-25&rft.aulast=Lawrence&rft.aufirst=Scot&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgold.mylargescale.com%2FScottychaos%2FRochester%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-donsdepot-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-donsdepot_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr919.htm">"Rochester-Mount Morris Electrification"</a>. <i>Don Ross Group: Don's Rail Photos</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Don+Ross+Group%3A+Don%27s+Rail+Photos&rft.atitle=Rochester-Mount+Morris+Electrification&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdonsdepot.donrossgroup.net%2Fdr919.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAckerman2011" class="citation book cs1">Ackerman, Kenneth D. (2011). <i>The Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gold+Ring%3A+Jim+Fisk%2C+Jay+Gould%2C+and+Black+Friday%2C+1869&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Ackerman&rft.aufirst=Kenneth+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/The-Gold-Ring-Gould-Friday/dp/1619450054">excerpt</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHalstead1892" class="citation book cs1">Halstead, Murat (1892). <i>Life of Jay Gould: How He Made His Millions</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Life+of+Jay+Gould%3A+How+He+Made+His+Millions&rft.date=1892&rft.aulast=Halstead&rft.aufirst=Murat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeyerMacGill1917" class="citation book cs1">Meyer, B.H.; MacGill, Caroline E. (1917). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160110155607/https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/47132/ttu_stc001_000035.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y"><i>History of Transportation in the United States before 1860</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. pp. <span class="nowrap">366–</span>72. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/bitstream/handle/2346/47132/ttu_stc001_000035.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2016-01-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-01-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Transportation+in+the+United+States+before+1860&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E366-%3C%2Fspan%3E72&rft.date=1917&rft.aulast=Meyer&rft.aufirst=B.H.&rft.au=MacGill%2C+Caroline+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fttu-ir.tdl.org%2Fttu-ir%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F2346%2F47132%2Fttu_stc001_000035.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Mott, Edward Harold (1908). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924030109122">Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie.</a> New York: Ticker Publishing Co., 1908.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReynoldsGiffordIlisevich2002" class="citation book cs1">Reynolds, William; Gifford, Peter K.; Ilisevich, Robert D. (2002). <i>European Capital, British Iron, and an American Dream: The Story of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad</i>. The University of Akron Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=European+Capital%2C+British+Iron%2C+and+an+American+Dream%3A+The+Story+of+the+Atlantic+%26+Great+Western+Railroad&rft.pub=The+University+of+Akron+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Reynolds&rft.aufirst=William&rft.au=Gifford%2C+Peter+K.&rft.au=Ilisevich%2C+Robert+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStarr,_Timothy2022" class="citation book cs1">Starr, Timothy (2022). <i>The Back Shop Illustrated, Volume 1: Northeast and New England Regions</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Back+Shop+Illustrated%2C+Volume+1%3A+Northeast+and+New+England+Regions&rft.date=2022&rft.au=Starr%2C+Timothy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_sources">Primary sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Primary sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Daniel C. McCallum, "Superintendent's report: 1856" in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShafritz2015" class="citation book cs1">Shafritz, Jay; et al., eds. (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lOTrBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA47"><i>Classics of Organization Theory</i></a>. Cengage Learning. pp. <span class="nowrap">47–</span>48. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781305688056" title="Special:BookSources/9781305688056"><bdi>9781305688056</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Classics+of+Organization+Theory&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E47-%3C%2Fspan%3E48&rft.pub=Cengage+Learning&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=9781305688056&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlOTrBQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA47&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span>; another copy in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChandler" class="citation book cs1">Chandler, Alfred D. Jr. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newhampshiresens00chanrich"><i>The Railroads: The Nation's First Big Business</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railroads%3A+The+Nation%27s+First+Big+Business&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewhampshiresens00chanrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elmags.railfan.net/">Scanned issues of the Erie, Lackawanna, and Erie-Lackawanna magazines, primarily for employees</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMott1882" class="citation book cs1">Mott, E. H. [Edward Harold] (1882). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/erierouteguideto00mott"><i>The Erie route: a guide to the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway and its branches, with Sketches of the Cities, Villages, Scenery and Objects of Interest along the Route, and Railroad, Steamboat and Stage Connections. Map and Illustrations</i></a>. The author is identified as "Of the General Passenger Department of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad". Taintor Brothers.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Erie+route%3A+a+guide+to+the+New+York%2C+Lake+Erie+%26+Western+Railway+and+its+branches%2C+with+Sketches+of+the+Cities%2C+Villages%2C+Scenery+and+Objects+of+Interest+along+the+Route%2C+and+Railroad%2C+Steamboat+and+Stage+Connections.+Map+and+Illustrations&rft.pub=Taintor+Brothers&rft.date=1882&rft.aulast=Mott&rft.aufirst=E.+H.+%5BEdward+Harold%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ferierouteguideto00mott&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErie+Railroad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/erierailwaytouri00erier"><i>Erie Railway Tourist</i>, 1874</a>. "The management of the Erie Railway Company presents the <i>Tourist</i> to its patrons, friends, and the general public, in this form, to introduce a more intimate and detailed knowledge of the beauties, advantages, and resources of its line. The route of the Erie Railway is peculiarly rich among American railroads in the variety and extent of its scenery."</li></ul> <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=Erie_Railroad&action=edit&section=15" 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 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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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 href="/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad" title="New York Central Railroad">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_Railroad" title="Southern Pacific Railroad">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> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_New_England_Railway" title="Central New England Railway">CNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_and_Atlantic_Railroad" title="St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad">CNNE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Railway" title="Canadian Northern Railway">CNOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Peoria_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad">CP&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Lines_in_Vermont" title="Canadian Pacific Lines in Vermont">CPVT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Gulf_Railway" title="Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway">CRI&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper_River_and_Northwestern_Railway" title="Copper River and Northwestern Railway">CR&NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Railroad_of_Pennsylvania" title="Central Railroad of Pennsylvania">CRP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad" title="Cumberland Valley Railroad">CVRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Grand_Haven_and_Milwaukee_Railway" title="Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway">DGH&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_and_Iron_Range_Railroad" title="Duluth and Iron Range Railroad">D&IR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_and_Mackinac_Railway" title="Detroit and Mackinac Railway">D&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Northern_Railway" title="Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway">DM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">DNW&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_and_Salt_Lake_Railway" title="Denver and Salt Lake Railway">D&SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_Railroad" title="El Paso and Southwestern Railroad">EP&SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_and_Crawfordsville_Railroad" title="Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad">E&TH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_and_Cripple_Creek_Railroad" title="Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad">F&CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fonda,_Johnstown_and_Gloversville_Railroad" title="Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad">FJ&G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith_and_Western_Railway" title="Fort Smith and Western Railway">FS&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_and_Rio_Grande_Railway" title="Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway">FW&RG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Colorado_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway">GC&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bayou,_Brazos_and_Colorado_Railway" title="Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway">GH&SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad">GM&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad" title="Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad">GR&I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Ship_Island_Railroad" title="Gulf and Ship Island Railroad">G&SI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_East_and_West_Texas_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston East 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 Railway">NCRY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_and_New_York_Railroad" title="New Jersey and New York Railroad">NJ&NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Northern_Railway" title="Nevada Northern Railway">NN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Texas_and_Mexico_Railway" title="New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway">NOT&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Philadelphia_and_Norfolk_Railroad" title="New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad">NYP&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_%E2%80%93_Ada_%E2%80%93_Atoka_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway">OCAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Electric_Railway" title="Oregon Electric Railway">OE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oahu_Railway_and_Land_Company" title="Oahu Railway and Land Company">OR&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Short_Line_Railroad" title="Oregon Short Line Railroad">OSL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Railroad_and_Navigation_Company" title="Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company">OWRN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad" title="Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad">PB&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad" title="Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad">PCC&STL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Company" title="Pennsylvania Company">PCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Electric" title="Pacific Electric">PE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoria_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Peoria and Eastern Railway">P&E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pere_Marquette_Railway" title="Pere Marquette Railway">PM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Reading_Railroad" title="Port Reading Railroad">PRDG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_and_Shawmut_Railroad" title="Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad">P&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panhandle_and_Santa_Fe_Railway" title="Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway">P&SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_Shawmut_and_Northern_Railroad" title="Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad">PS&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_and_Aransas_Pass_Railway" title="San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway">SA&AP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_and_Binghamton_Railroad" title="Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad">SB&NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_and_Arizona_Railway" title="San Diego and Arizona Railway">SD&A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_Prescott_and_Phoenix_Railway" title="Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway">SFP&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_and_Inland_Empire_Railroad" title="Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad">S&IE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_and_Grand_Island_Railway" title="St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway">SJ&GI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Brownsville_and_Mexico_Railway" title="St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway">SLB&M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Iron_Mountain_and_Southern_Railway" title="St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway">SLIM&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_and_Greenville_Railway" title="Columbus and Greenville Railway">SOUMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway_of_Texas" title="St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas">SSWTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_and_Brazos_Valley_Railway" title="Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway">T&BV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana_and_Fort_Smith_Railway" title="Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway">T&FS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_and_Northern_Railway" title="Texas and Northern Railway">T&N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo_and_Ohio_Central_Railway" title="Toledo and Ohio Central Railway">T&OC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_St._Louis_and_Western_Railroad" title="Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad">TSTL&W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_and_Delaware_Railroad" title="Ulster and Delaware Railroad">U&D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Railway" title="Utah Railway">UTAH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandalia_Railroad_(1905%E2%80%9317)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandalia Railroad (1905–17)">VAND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicksburg,_Shreveport_and_Pacific_Railway" title="Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway">VS&P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey_and_Seashore_Railroad" title="West Jersey and Seashore Railroad">WJ&S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheeling_and_Lake_Erie_Railway_(1916%E2%80%9388)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–88)">W&LE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_West_Virginia_Railway" title="Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway">WPT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad" title="Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad">WSN</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wichita_Valley_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wichita Valley Railway (page does not exist)">WV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazoo_and_Mississippi_Valley_Railroad" title="Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad">Y&MV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Management: Bethlehem Division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lycoming_Valley_Railroad" title="Lycoming Valley Railroad">Lycoming Valley Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middletown_and_Hummelstown_Railroad" title="Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad">Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad</a></li> <li>McKeesport Connecting Railroad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Midland_Railway" title="Maryland Midland Railway">Maryland Midland Railway</a></li> <li>Mittal Steel Railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nittany_and_Bald_Eagle_Railroad" title="Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad">Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad</a></li> <li>New Castle Industrial Railroad</li> <li>NDC Railroad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hope_Railroad" title="New Hope Railroad">New Hope Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Susquehanna_and_Western_Railway" title="New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway">New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern 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