2168:, with the NYC's Alfred E. Perlman as president. Penn Central was quickly saddled with debt when the ICC forced the money-losing New Haven into the railroad in 1969. In addition, the merger was handled in a haphazard manner, with no formal merger plan implemented. The two companies' competing corporate cultures, union interests and incompatible operating and computer systems sabotaged any hope for a success. Additionally, in an effort to look profitable, the board of directors authorized the use of the railroad's reserve cash to pay dividends to company stockholders. Nevertheless, on June 21, 1970, Penn Central declared bankruptcy: the largest private bankruptcy in the United States up to that time. Under bankruptcy protection, many of Penn Central's outstanding debts owed to other railroads were frozen, while debts owed to Penn Central by the other roads were not. This sent a trickle effect throughout the already-fragile railroad industry, forcing many of the other Northeastern railroads into insolvency: among them the Erie Lackawanna, Boston and Maine, Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Reading Company and the Lehigh Valley.
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685:, opened May 5, 1837, and the rest of the line to Attica opened on January 8, 1843. The Attica and Buffalo Railroad was chartered in 1836 and opened on November 24, 1842, running from Buffalo southeast to Attica. When the Auburn and Rochester Railroad opened in 1841, there was no connection at Rochester to the Tonawanda Railroad, but with that exception there was now an all-rail line between Buffalo and Albany. On March 19, 1844, the Tonawanda Railroad was authorized to build the connection, and it opened later that year. The Albany and Schenectady Railroad bought all the baggage, mail and emigrant cars of the other railroads between Albany and Buffalo on February 17, 1848, and began operating through cars.
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1986:, who had been working with the NYC under Young since 1954. Despite the dismal financial condition of the railroad, Perlman was able to streamline operations and save the company money. Starting in 1959, Perlman was able to reduce operating deficits by $ 7.7 million, which nominally raised NYC stock to $ 1.29 per share, producing dividends of an amount not seen since the end of the war. By 1964 he was able to reduce the NYC long-term debt by nearly $ 100 million, while reducing passenger deficits from $ 42 to $ 24.6 million.
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750:; the line opened in 1838 and was sold on June 2, 1850. On December 14, 1850, it was reorganized as the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad, and an extension east to Rochester opened on July 1, 1852. The railroad was consolidated into the New York Central Railroad under the act of 1853. A portion of the line is currently operated as the
1250:. By 1906, the Big Four was itself acquired by the New York Central Railroad. It operated independently until 1930; it was then referred to as the Big Four Route. In 1930, New York Central Railroad acquired a 99-year lease of both Michigan Central and the ''Big Four'' (Cleveland, Chicago Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad).
1790:(ICC), which severely regulated the rates charged by the railroad, along with continuing competition from automobiles and trucks. These problems were coupled with even more-formidable forms of competition, such as airline service in the 1950s that began to deprive NYC of its long-distance passenger trade. The
2187:, a mostly-electrified route between Boston and Washington, D.C., inherited primarily from the PRR and New Haven systems. Penn Central and the other railroads were still obligated to operate their commuter services for the next five years while in bankruptcy, eventually turning them over to the newly formed
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was formed as a subsidiary of
Conrail, containing the lines to be operated by CSX: this included the old Water Level Route as far as Cleveland, Ohio (the Cleveland–Chicago portion going to Norfolk Southern since the ex-PRR Fort Wayne line had been downgraded under Conrail), the Big Four route between
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The NYC also carried a substantial tax burden from governments that saw rail infrastructure as a source of property tax revenues – taxes that were not imposed upon interstate highways. To make matters worse, most railroads, including the NYC, were saddled with a World War II-era tax of
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The generally level topography of the NYC system had a character distinctively different from the mountainous terrain of its archrival, the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Most of its major routes, including New York to Chicago, followed rivers and had no significant grades other than West Albany Hill and the
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The primary repair shops were established in
Corning's hometown of Albany along with a classification yard and livestock pens on 300 acres of land (known as West Albany). Facilities included locomotive shops, freight and passenger car shops, and roundhouse terminals. These were the New York Central's
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on April 19, 1847. Until the 1840s it used an inclined plane and pulley system at either end of the line to pull passenger cars up the steep hills in Albany and
Schenectady. As locomotive technology progressed, the mainline was extended to the Mohawk River in downtown Schenectady and the Hudson River
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Conrail, in an effort to streamline its operations, was forced to abandon miles of both NYC and PRR trackage. Nevertheless, the majority of the NYC system is still intact and used by both CSX and Amtrak. Among the lines still used are the famed Water Level Route between New York and
Chicago, as well
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In 1914, the operations of eleven subsidiaries were merged with the New York
Central & Hudson River Railroad, re-forming the New York Central Railroad. From the beginning of the merger, the railroad was publicly referred to as the New York Central Lines. In the summer of 1935, the identification
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Following this trend, the NYC began to look for a potential railroad to merge with as early as the mid-1950s and had originally sought-out mergers with the B&O, Milwaukee Road and the NYC-controlled Nickel Plate Road. Unlike the aforementioned mergers, however, a NYC merger proved tricky due to
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An unrelated realignment was made in the 1910s at Rome, when the Erie Canal was realigned and widened onto a new alignment south of downtown Rome. The NYC main line was shifted south out of downtown to the south bank of the new canal. A bridge was built southeast of downtown, roughly where the old
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The back shops at West Albany, New York were unable to keep up with repairs to rolling stock, so additional shops were established east of
Buffalo at Depew (1892), Croton-on-Hudson (Harmon Shops, 1907), and Oak Grove, Pennsylvania (Avis Shops, 1902). The Harmon Shops were particularly important as
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It soon became apparent that the only other railroad with enough capital to allow for a potentially-successful merger was the NYC's chief rival, the PRR: itself a railroad that still had a large passenger trade. Merger talks between the two roads were discussed as early as 1955; however, this was
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in
Westchester and Putnam counties, and the NYC abandoned its ferry service across the Hudson to Weehawken Terminal. This negatively impacted the railroad's West Shore Line, which ran along the west bank of the Hudson River from Jersey City to Albany, which saw long-distance service to Albany
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The Mohawk Valley
Railroad was chartered on January 21, 1851, and reorganized on December 28, 1852, to build a railroad on the south side of the Mohawk River from Schenectady to Utica, next to the Erie Canal and opposite the Utica and Schenectady. The company didn't build a line before it was
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The Auburn and
Syracuse Railroad was chartered on May 1, 1834, and opened mostly in 1838, the remaining 4 miles (6.4 km) opening on June 4, 1839. A month later, with the opening of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad, this formed a complete line from Albany west via Syracuse to Auburn. The
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as the former Boston & Albany line between these points, the Kankakee Belt Route through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and the West Shore Line between Jersey City and the Albany suburb of Selkirk, where the old NYC (now CSX) Selkirk Yard is among the busiest freight yards in the country.
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Conrail, officially the Consolidated Rail Corporation, created by the U.S. government to salvage Penn Central and the other bankrupt railroads' freight business, beginning its operations on April 1, 1976. As mentioned, Conrail assumed control of Penn Central's commuter lines throughout the
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Two major points of contention centered on which railroad should have the majority controlling-interest going into the merger. Perlman's cost-cutting during the '50s and '60s put NYC in a more financially-healthy situation than the PRR. Nevertheless, the ICC, with urging by PRR President
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delayed due to a number of factors: among them, interference by the Interstate Commerce Commission, objections from operating unions, concerns from competing railroads and the inability of the two companies themselves to formulate a merger plan, thus delaying progress for over a decade.
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in 1976. There was some hope that Penn Central, and the other Northeastern railroads, could be restructured toward profitability once their burdensome passenger deficits were unloaded. However, this was not to be, and the railroads never recovered from their respective bankruptcies.
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Perlman also enacted several modernization projects throughout the railroad. Notable was the use of Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) systems on many of the NYC lines, which reduced the four-track mainline to two tracks. He oversaw construction and/or modernization of many hump or
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On January 26, 1968, the NYC's last passenger timetable became effective. The final timetable revealed a drastically truncated schedule in anticipation of its merger with the PRR. Most local and long-distance passenger service had ended on December 3, 1967, including that of the
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Young was considered a railroad visionary, but found the New York Central in worse shape than he had imagined. Unable to keep his promises, Young was forced to suspend dividend payments in January 1958. He committed suicide later that month at his Palm Beach, Florida mansion.
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managed to unite the above railroads together into one system, and on March 17, 1853, executives and stockholders of each company agreed to merge. The merger was approved by the state legislature on April 2 and, on May 17, 1853, the New York Central Railroad was formed.
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Mergers of these railroads seemed a promising way for these companies to streamline operations and reduce the competition. The DL&W and Erie railroads had showed some success when they began merging their operations in 1958, finally leading to the formation of the
2042:. The railroad's branch-line service off the Empire Corridor in upstate New York was also gradually discontinued, the last being its Adirondack Division line between Utica and Lake Placid, on April 24, 1965. Many of the railroad's great train stations in
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Mikado type steam locomotive #1977 is reported to have been the last steam locomotive to retire from service on the railroad. But, the economics of northeastern railroading became so dire that not even this switch could change things for the better.
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One problem that many of the Northeastern railroads faced was the fact that the railroad market was saturated for the dwindling rail traffic that remained. The NYC had to compete with its two biggest rivals: the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and the
1002:) on the east side of the Hudson River. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12, 1846, to extend this line south to New York City; the full line opened on October 3, 1851. Prior to completion, on June 1, it leased the Troy and Greenbush.
591:, future president of the consolidated New York Central. On May 7, 1844, the railroad was authorized to carry freight with some restrictions, and on May 12, 1847, the ban was fully dropped, but the company still had to pay the equivalent in canal
493:. At the end of 1925, New York Central Railroad operated 11,584 miles (18,643 km) of road and 26,395 miles (42,479 km) of track; at the end of 1967, the mileages were 9,696 miles (15,604 km) and 18,454 miles (29,699 km).
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The Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad was also merged into the railroad in 1855. It had been chartered in 1834 and opened in 1837, providing a line between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. It was leased to New York Central Railroad in 1853.
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main line crossed the path of the canal, to keep access to and from the southeast. West of downtown, the old main line was abandoned, but a brand-new railroad line was built, running north from the NYC main line to the NYC's former
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in 1887 and 1900, respectively, with both roads remaining as independently-operating subsidiaries. William H. Newman, president of the New York Central lines, resigned in 1909. Newman had been president since 1901, when he replaced
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had the railroad's Hudson, Harlem, and Putnam lines into Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan (Putnam Division trains required a change at High Bridge, New York), while New Jersey and Rockland County, New York were serviced by the
1278:'s Buffalo Belt Line opened in 1871, providing a bypass of Buffalo to the northeast as well as a loop route for passenger trains via downtown. The West Shore Railroad, acquired in 1885, provided a bypass around Rochester. The
2183:: a government-subsidized railroad system. On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over the operation of most regional and long-distance intercity passenger trains in the United States. Amtrak would eventually assume ownership of the
1202:, a competitor since 1883 with trackage along the west shore of the Hudson River and on to Buffalo closely paralleling the NYC, was taken over by the NYC as the West Shore Railroad and developed passenger, freight, and
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was chartered and immediately merged into the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad on August 6, 1850. That line opened June 1, 1853, running much more directly between those two cities, roughly parallel to the Erie Canal.
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Many long-distance and regional passenger trains were either discontinued or downgraded in service, with coaches replacing Pullman, parlor, and sleeping cars on routes in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The
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power rapidly. All lines east of Cleveland, Ohio were dieselized between August 7, 1953 (east of Buffalo) and September, 1953 (Cleveland-Buffalo). Niagaras were all retired by July, 1956. On May 3, 1957, H7e class
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of 1956 helped create a network of government subsidized highways for motor vehicle travel throughout the country, enticing more people to travel by car, as well as haul freight by truck. The 1959 opening of the
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in Albany. On November 1, 1869, he merged the railroad with his Hudson River Railroad to form the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. This extended the system south from Albany along the east bank of the
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On February 1, 1968, the New York Central was absorbed by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad was renamed Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company and then eventually renamed the
925:. It was chartered in 1836 and opened in 1837, without connections to other railroads. In 1854, a southern extension opened to the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad and the line was leased to the railroad.
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terminated in 1959. Ridding itself of most of its commuter service proved impossible due to the heavy use of these lines around metro New York, where governments mandated that the railroad still operate.
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also adversely affected NYC freight business: container shipments could now be directly shipped to ports along the Great Lakes, eliminating the railroads' freight hauls between the east and the Midwest.
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in Massachusetts. Conrail would go on to achieve profitability by the 1990s and was sought by several other large railroads in a continuing trend of mergers, eventually having its assets absorbed by
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583:. Revenue service began on August 2, 1836, extending the line of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad west from Schenectady along the north side of the Mohawk River, paralleling the Erie Canal, to
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The New York Central, like many U.S. railroads, declined after the Second World War. Problems resurfaced that had plagued the railroad industry before the war, such as over-regulation by the
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Totals include B&A, MC, CCC&StL, Cinc Northern and EI&TH, but not P&LE, Fulton Chain, Raquette Lake, Federal Valley, Kankakee & Seneca or Chicago Kalamazoo & Saginaw
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Berkshire Hills on the Boston and Albany. This influenced a great deal about the line, from advertising to locomotive design, built around its flagship New York-Chicago Water Level Route.
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was chartered in 1853 to rival the Syracuse and Utica Railroad by building a more direct route, reducing travel time by a half-hour. The company was merged before any line could be built.
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of the New York Central Railroad were optimized for speed on that flat raceway of a main line, rather than slow mountain lugging. Famous locomotives of the system included the well-known
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Perlman's cuts resulted in the curtailing of many of the railroad's services; commuter lines around New York were particularly affected. In 1958–1959, service was suspended on the NYC's
2540:"Central Road's New Head – William H. Newman of the Lake Shore Elected President – Mr. Van Etten Becomes Second Vice President -- P.S. Blodgett Succeeds Him as General Superintendent"
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the fact that it still operated a fairly-extensive amount of regional and commuter passenger services that was under mandates by the Interstate Commerce Commission to maintain.
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on the west side of the Hudson River. On September 9, 1876, the company was merged into the railroad, but in 1876 the terminal at Athens burned down and the line was abandoned.
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were demolished or abandoned. Despite the savings these cuts created, it was apparent that, if the railroad was to become solvent again, a more permanent solution was needed.
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The Schenectady Detour consisted of two connections to the West Shore Railroad, allowing through trains to bypass downtown Schenectady. The full project opened in 1902. The
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was chartered on May 1, 1836, and similarly had to pay the state for any freight displaced from the canal. The full line opened July 3, 1839, extending the line further to
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was chartered on April 27, 1852, to build a branch of the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls from Lockport towards Buffalo. It opened in 1854, running from Lockport to
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940:. New York Central Railroad bought the company at bankruptcy in 1858 and reorganized it as the Niagara Bridge and Canandaigua Railroad, merging it into itself in 1890.
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meet the revenue specifications for Class I status, but are not technically Class I railroads due to being passenger-only railroads with no freight component.
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was organized in 1877 and opened in 1878, leased by the NYC from opening. This was a connection between Syracuse and Rochester, running from the main line at
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was chartered in 1851. The first stage opened in 1853 from Canandaigua on the Auburn Road west to Batavia on the main line. A continuation west to
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Cleveland and St. Louis, and many other lines of the New York Central, as well as various lines from other companies, and also assumed the NYC
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was chartered in 1836 and opened in 1842, providing another route between the Hudson River and Schenectady, with its Hudson River terminal at
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Penn Central marked the last hope of privately funded passenger rail service in the United States. In response to the bankruptcy, President
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was chartered in 1864 and opened in 1866 as a branch of the railroad from Athens Junction, southeast of Schenectady, southeast and south to
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The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the
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trackage on Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. The elevated section has since been abandoned, and the tunnel north of 35th Street is used only by
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of New York, Connecticut, and in and around Boston. In 1983, these commuter services would be turned over to the state-funded
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was the oldest segment of the railroad's merger and was the first permanent railroad in the state of New York and one of the
1656:: New York–Buffalo and Cleveland via the Empire Corridor 1891–present (as far as Niagara Falls, New York as Empire Service).
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at Albany, providing a way for freight and especially passengers to avoid the extensive and time-consuming locks on the
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2131:. Heavy streamlining and reduction in passenger services led to the success of many of these mergers.
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1412:), begun in 1902, ran between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and
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1732:: Cleveland-Cincinnati 1956–1957 (Special experimental lightweight train)
1676:: Chicago-Detroit/Cleveland 1956 (Special experimental lightweight train)
1545:: New York to Chicago (limited stops) via the Water Level Route 1902–1967
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2888:. MBI Railroad Color History (2nd ed.). Voyageur Press.
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President (1885–1898) & Chairman of the Board (1898–1928)
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Starr, Timothy. (2022). The Back Shop Illustrated, Volume 1.
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The former headquarters of the New York Central Railroad on
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In the mid-1930s, many railroad companies were introducing
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Revenue passenger traffic, in millions of passenger-miles
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Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road and the First Excursion On It
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Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
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locomotives; until the New York Central introduced the
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Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway
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Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1970
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Cleveland Mercury, Chicago Mercury, Cincinnati Mercury
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Revenue freight traffic, in millions of net ton-miles
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Albany industrialist and Mohawk Valley Railroad owner
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Trains left from Grand Central Terminal in New York,
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Solomon, Brian. New York Central Railroad. (2nd ed.)
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was a real estate and railroad empire, built by the
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
2786:"Brief History of the U.S. Passenger Rail Industry"
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NYCSHS – New York Central System Historical Society
1583:: New York-Chicago via southern Ontario and Detroit
1309:, allowing all NYC through traffic to bypass Rome.
955:primary back shops until the end of steam in 1957.
889:
60:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
2683:"The 1936 Million Dollar Rexall Streamlined Train"
1472:, which ran between New York City and Cincinnati.
1438:The railroad hosted the streamlined steam-powered
1435:was the NYC's first streamlined steam locomotive.
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3979:Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
1015:Along the line of the Hudson River Railroad, the
681:. The first section, from Rochester southwest to
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1575:: New York–Chicago all-coach train via Cleveland
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2834:. New York Central Railroad. January 26, 1968.
1853:
1442:of 1936, which toured 47 states to promote the
1347:A full steam-powered New York Central Railroad
1223:(who had replaced Depew as president in 1898).
738:Rochester, Lockport, and Niagara Falls Railroad
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283:May 17, 1853 – January 31, 1968
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2829:"New York Central System: Passenger Timetable"
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900:Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad
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5600:Railroads controlled by the Vanderbilt family
5580:Former Class I railroads in the United States
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179:Owner (1867–1877) & President (1869–1877)
5630:Standard gauge railways in the United States
2713:"The Super Chief – "The Train of the Stars""
2640:"Streamline Steam Engine Attains High Speed"
453:Extensive trackage existed in the states of
150:A map of the New York Central system in 1918
18:New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
2963:Works by or about New York Central Railroad
2938:"Public Timetables of the New York Central"
2473:"A History of Rochester New York Railroads"
1483:in Chicago with western trains such as the
5605:Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area
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3890:Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
3795:Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
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2920:New York Central System Historical Society
2532:
2337:George Henry Daniels, associated publicist
2211:Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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2074:Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad
1184:. From opening, it was leased by the NYC.
546:. It was chartered in 1826 to connect the
5635:Transportation in Albany County, New York
5485:American companies disestablished in 1968
5480:American companies disestablished in 1869
3823:Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Railway
2925:National New York Central Railroad Museum
2400:"Michigan's Railroad History 1825 - 2014"
2332:National New York Central Railroad Museum
2241:Officers of the New York Central Railroad
1724:: New York-Cincinnati via Empire Corridor
982:A New York Central Railroad train on the
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120:Learn how and when to remove this message
5615:Railway companies disestablished in 1968
5610:Railway companies disestablished in 1869
2866:United States Department of the Interior
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1200:New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway
1159:Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
1023:as an elevated bypass of then-abandoned
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391:, along with the intermediate cities of
5565:Defunct railroads in Syracuse, New York
3918:Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
3862:Chicago and Interurban Traction Company
3628:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
2902:
2568:"Michigan's Railroad History 1825–2014"
2452:Munsell, J. Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road
1641:: New York–St. Louis, from 1889 to 1966
1514:Despite having some of the most modern
1383:World War II–era 1940 L-3 and 1942 L-4
1307:Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
1248:Indiana Bloomington and Western Railway
1037:Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad
14:
5495:American companies established in 1914
5490:American companies established in 1853
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3855:Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad
2884:Solomon, Brian; Schafer, Mike (2007).
2669:from the original on February 20, 2021
1834:in the 1920s, that had controlled the
1820:and the Alleghany Corporation he led.
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930:Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad
921:, running from Niagara Falls north to
917:Also in 1855 came the merger with the
5625:Railway companies established in 1914
5620:Railway companies established in 1853
4010:
3544:Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
3521:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
3316:
2975:
2841:from the original on February 4, 2019
2774:from the original on January 9, 2018.
2687:The Story of the Rexall Train of 1936
2620:from the original on October 20, 2017
2575:Michigan Department of Transportation
2407:Michigan Department of Transportation
2369:
2063:Merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad
662:Rochester and Syracuse Direct Railway
27:American Class I railroad (1853–1968)
3897:Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
3848:Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric
3774:Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric
3612:Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
2862:Establishing Trails on Rights-of-Way
2470:
1301:terminal area and West Albany Hill.
1019:was built in 1934 in the borough of
544:first railroads in the United States
342:11,584 miles (18,643 km) (1926)
58:adding citations to reliable sources
29:
5640:Transportation in Buffalo, New York
3911:Joliet and Eastern Traction Company
3876:Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad
3869:Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
2166:Penn Central Transportation Company
1531:Prominent New York Central trains:
1379:, particularly the 1937–38 J-3a's;
896:Rochester and Lake Ontario Railroad
423:, adjacent to its largest station,
292:Penn Central Transportation Company
24:
5540:Defunct New York (state) railroads
3576:Chicago and North Western Railroad
2944:from the original on March 3, 2021
2876:
2859:
2719:. December 6, 2020. Archived from
2693:from the original on March 5, 2021
2290:Frederic E. Williamson (1931–1944)
945:Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad
793:Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad
787:Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad
772:Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad
625:Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad
25:
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3984:Regional Transportation Authority
3883:Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
2913:
2209:in New York and Connecticut, and
1210:. The NYC assumed control of the
5500:Companies based in New York City
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1587:
1431:, all were diesel-electric. The
1295:Hudson River Connecting Railroad
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1087:
1073:
890:Erastus Corning years: 1853–1867
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34:
5645:Transportation in Gary, Indiana
5570:Defunct West Virginia railroads
5520:Defunct Massachusetts railroads
2952:– via canadasouthern.com.
2853:
2849:– via canadasouthern.com.
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2743:"M-10004 City of San Francisco"
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1998:, creating a Budd RDC car (the
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1479:and other NYC trains exchanged
1293:was constructed as part of the
1291:Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge
938:Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge
840:Buffalo and State Line Railroad
654:Rochester and Syracuse Railroad
564:Albany and Schenectady Railroad
534:Albany and Schenectady Railroad
502:Pre-New York Central: 1826–1853
45:needs additional citations for
5555:Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
3904:Fox and Illinois Union Railway
3781:Chicago and West Towns Railway
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2287:Patrick E. Crowley (1924–1931)
2086:Central Railroad of New Jersey
1788:Interstate Commerce Commission
1361:A 1936 postcard featuring the
1321:The streamlined steam-powered
690:Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
669:Buffalo and Rochester Railroad
577:Utica and Schenectady Railroad
571:Utica and Schenectady Railroad
13:
1:
3652:Chicago Great Western Railway
2804:"Railroads: Young Takes Over"
2610:"The New York Central System"
2385:
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2196:Conrail and CSX: 1976–present
1257:
1051:built between 2009 and 2014.
764:Buffalo and Lockport Railroad
758:Buffalo and Lockport Railroad
728:Schenectady and Troy Railroad
722:Schenectady and Troy Railroad
642:Auburn and Rochester Railroad
5535:Defunct New Jersey railroads
3668:Grand Trunk Western Railroad
2768:"Class H-7e Mikado No. 1977"
2731:– via web.archive.org.
2115:and several others into the
1854:Alfred E. Perlman: 1958–1968
1771:Westchester County, New York
1495:. The cars, which contained
1287:Cleveland Short Line Railway
1067:New York Central system maps
1010:New York and Harlem Railroad
963:For current operations, see
844:Erie and North East Railroad
635:Auburn and Syracuse Railroad
621:Auburn and Syracuse Railroad
7:
5590:Penn Central Transportation
2341:New York Central Tugboat 13
2309:
2299:Robert R. Young (1954–1958)
2278:William C. Brown (? – 1914)
2263:James H. Rutter (1883–1885)
2121:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
2117:Norfolk and Western Railway
2103:Other mergers combined the
2070:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
1836:Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
1266:
1216:Boston and Albany Railroads
1060:Vanderbilt years: 1867–1954
996:Troy and Greenbush Railroad
605:Syracuse and Utica Railroad
599:Syracuse and Utica Railroad
363:primarily operating in the
69:"New York Central Railroad"
10:
5661:
5530:Defunct Missouri railroads
5525:Defunct Michigan railroads
5510:Defunct Illinois railroads
3025:Buffalo-Pittsburgh Express
2930:September 5, 2007, at the
2343:, used to push rail barges
2293:Gustav Metzman (1944–1952)
2230:New York Central Lines LLC
2177:Rail Passenger Service Act
2119:(N&W) system, and the
1977:Source: ICC annual reports
1915:Source: ICC annual reports
1808:Robert R. Young: 1954–1958
1781:
1387:; and the 1945–46 S-class
1035:(all other trains use the
988:Bell Laboratories Building
962:
746:on the Erie Canal west to
698:New York and Erie Railroad
540:Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
5515:Defunct Indiana railroads
5475:New York Central Railroad
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3974:Chicago Transit Authority
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3700:New York Central Railroad
3684:Illinois Central Railroad
3560:Chicago and Erie Railroad
3510:
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3348:Chicago metropolitan area
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3005:New York Central Railroad
2886:New York Central Railroad
2597:The Back Shop Illustrated
2296:William White (1952–1954)
2057:
2040:Twentieth Century Limited
2023:West Haverstraw, New York
1756:Cincinnati Union Terminal
1312:
1189:Geneva and Lyons Railroad
1167:Michigan Central Railroad
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965:Hudson Line (Metro-North)
421:New York Central Building
350:New York Central Railroad
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165:New York Central Building
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135:New York Central Railroad
5550:Defunct Ontario railways
3809:Evanston Railway Company
2595:Starr, Timothy. (2022).
2353:
2125:Western Maryland Railway
2098:Erie Lackawanna Railroad
1760:Michigan Central Station
1212:Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
1133:acquired control of the
448:Norfolk Southern Railway
5595:Predecessors of Conrail
5560:Defunct Quebec railways
3018:Berkshire Hills Express
2159:Penn Central: 1968–1976
1764:St. Louis Union Station
1337:New York Central Hudson
1163:Canada Southern Railway
619:via the already-opened
5545:Defunct Ohio railroads
3958:Airport Transit System
3463:Union Pacific Railroad
2665:. American-Rails.com.
2284:(1914–1918, 1919–1924)
2090:Lehigh Valley Railroad
1828:Van Sweringen brothers
1792:Interstate Highway Act
1608:: Cleveland-Cincinnati
1414:LaSalle Street Station
1366:
1354:
1340:
1329:LaSalle Street Station
991:
827:
816:
799:1853 company formation
778:Mohawk Valley Railroad
770:, where it joined the
567:waterfront in Albany.
530:
515:
512:Grand Central Terminal
510:The main concourse of
425:Grand Central Terminal
3802:Chicago Surface Lines
3724:Pennsylvania Railroad
3095:Great Lakes Aerotrain
2717:New York Social Diary
2477:gold.mylargescale.com
2349:, company publication
2334:, in Elkhart, Indiana
1824:Alleghany Corporation
1797:Saint Lawrence Seaway
1748:Weehawken, New Jersey
1673:Great Lakes Aerotrain
1625:New York to St. Louis
1492:City of San Francisco
1360:
1346:
1320:
1229:Pennsylvania Railroad
1033:New York Penn Station
981:
959:Hudson River Railroad
822:
806:
526:, known today as the
521:
509:
432:Pennsylvania Railroad
3989:Kenosha Area Transit
3788:Chicago City Railway
3278:20th Century Limited
3257:Southwestern Limited
3123:James Whitcomb Riley
3102:Green Mountain Flyer
3081:Fifth Avenue Special
3074:Empire State Express
3002:Named trains of the
2957:The Steam Locomotive
2903:Munsell, J. (1875).
2864:. Washington, D.C.:
2792:on October 23, 2007.
2747:www.thecoachyard.com
2258:Cornelius Vanderbilt
2207:Metro-North Railroad
2175:signed into law the
2153:20th Century Limited
1992:classification yards
1684:: Chicago-Cincinnati
1681:James Whitcomb Riley
1662:: New York–Cleveland
1653:Empire State Express
1638:Southwestern Limited
1633:: New York–St. Louis
1549:Commodore Vanderbilt
1542:20th Century Limited
1463:Empire State Express
1429:Commodore Vanderbilt
1405:20th Century Limited
1324:20th Century Limited
1131:Cornelius Vanderbilt
1006:Cornelius Vanderbilt
660:). To fix this, the
656:(known later as the
176:Cornelius Vanderbilt
54:improve this article
3201:North Shore Limited
2723:on December 6, 2020
2689:. themetrains.com.
2203:Lower Hudson Valley
1924:
1862:
1620:: Cleveland-Detroit
1614:: Detroit–Cleveland
1535:New York to Chicago
1178:Grand Central Depot
1143:Hudson River Bridge
809:West Shore Railroad
752:Falls Road Railroad
629:West Shore Railroad
136:
3745:Chicago–Valparaiso
3229:Ohio State Limited
3187:New England States
3173:Motor City Special
3137:Lake Shore Limited
3109:Interstate Express
3053:Cincinnati Special
2959:(1938 documentary)
2614:american-rails.com
2577:. October 13, 2014
2545:The New York Times
2517:The New York Times
2409:. October 13, 2014
2273:Samuel R. Callaway
2185:Northeast Corridor
2145:Stuart T. Saunders
2000:M-497 Black Beetle
1922:
1860:
1838:(C&O) and the
1818:Robert Ralph Young
1744:Weehawken Terminal
1721:Ohio State Limited
1706:Lake Shore Limited
1701:New England States
1694:Motor City Special
1668:: New York–Detroit
1606:Cincinnati Mercury
1569:: New York–Chicago
1563:by Amtrak in 1971)
1561:New England States
1556:Lake Shore Limited
1469:Ohio State Limited
1367:
1355:
1341:
1339:locomotive in 1938
1221:Samuel R. Callaway
1208:Weehawken Terminal
992:
884:Erie, Pennsylvania
828:
817:
811:(in red), and the
675:Tonawanda Railroad
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280:Dates of operation
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4038:Class I railroads
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3768:Kenosha Streetcar
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3060:Cleveland Limited
2644:Popular Mechanics
2520:. January 3, 1909
2483:on March 24, 2012
2303:Alfred E. Perlman
2267:Chauncey M. Depew
2113:Nickel Plate Road
2105:Virginian Railway
2002:) powered by two
1984:Alfred E. Perlman
1975:
1974:
1913:
1912:
1840:Nickel Plate Road
1738:: Chicago–Detroit
1696:: Chicago–Detroit
1690:: Chicago-Detroit
1660:Cleveland Limited
1612:Cleveland Mercury
1602:: Chicago-Detroit
1516:steam locomotives
1370:Steam locomotives
1276:Junction Railroad
919:Lewiston Railroad
528:Helmsley Building
379:in the east with
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1736:Twilight Limited
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2082:Reading Company
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5585:Hudson River
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3637:West Chicago
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3597:Crystal Lake
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3449:BNSF Railway
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2790:the original
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262:Pennsylvania
161:Headquarters
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52:Please help
47:verification
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5248:PCC&STL
5133:KCM&OTX
4918:CCC&STL
3741:Crown Point
3585:St. Charles
3364:Chicago "L"
3271:Timberliner
3180:Mount Royal
2860:Lennon, J.
2599:, Volume 1.
2305:(1958–1968)
2275:(1898–1901)
2269:(1885–1898)
2254:(1853–1865)
2123:(B&O),
2076:(DLW), the
2048:Schenectady
2007:jet engines
1816:in 1954 to
1814:proxy fight
1754:in Boston,
1486:Super Chief
1425:streamlined
1299:West Albany
1182:Port Morris
1049:linear park
1041:Harlem Line
716:broad gauge
700:system and
658:Auburn Road
646:Canandaigua
552:Schenectady
524:Park Avenue
365:Great Lakes
304:Track gauge
5575:Erie Canal
5469:Categories
5363:TSTL&W
5328:SLIM&S
4988:CP&STL
4577:NC&STL
4347:CSPM&O
4307:CNO&TP
4272:CAR&NW
3929:Inter-city
3834:Interurban
3677:Valparaiso
3501:South Bend
3215:Northerner
3208:North Star
2386:References
2246:Presidents
1996:jet trains
1713:North Star
1433:Vanderbilt
1258:Topography
1129:In 1867,
1031:trains to
1000:Rensselaer
813:Erie Canal
560:Erie Canal
434:, to form
405:Cincinnati
246:New Jersey
172:Key people
110:March 2024
80:newspapers
5438:1930–1976
5433:1910–1929
5323:SLB&M
5318:SJ&GI
5308:SFP&P
5298:SB&NY
5293:SA&AP
5213:NYP&N
5208:NOT&M
5198:NJ&NY
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5138:LA&SL
5128:KCM&O
5103:HE&WT
5083:GH&SA
5078:GC&SF
5073:FW&RG
5048:EP&SW
5038:DNW&P
5018:DGH&M
5003:CR&NW
4998:CRI&G
4968:CM&PS
4898:BSL&W
4863:A&STL
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4597:NO&NE
4592:NYS&W
4572:M&STL
4397:D&TSL
4387:DSS&A
4382:D&RGW
4377:DM&IR
4235:AT&SF
3760:Streetcar
3569:Rochester
3513:operators
3443:Manhattan
3393:(Chicago
3384:operators
3292:Wolverine
3250:Pacemaker
3067:Detroiter
3046:Chicagoan
2948:April 22,
2845:April 22,
2697:April 23,
2673:April 23,
2221:in 1999.
2100:in 1960.
2044:Rochester
1832:Cleveland
1666:Detroiter
1590:Mercuries
1580:Wolverine
1573:Pacemaker
1567:Chicagoan
1497:roomettes
1335:behind a
1231:in 1968.
1204:car float
1045:High Line
1021:Manhattan
984:High Line
904:Charlotte
876:6 ft
838:Soon the
815:(in blue)
768:Tonawanda
707:6 ft
702:converted
650:Rochester
413:Rochester
401:Cleveland
385:St. Louis
298:Technical
288:Successor
5426:Timeline
5413:Y&MV
5393:W&LE
5388:WJ&S
5383:VS&P
5358:T&OC
5348:T&FS
5343:T&BV
5313:S&IE
5303:SD&A
5288:PS&N
5283:P&SF
5243:PB&W
5228:OR&L
5168:M&NA
5158:MD&V
5143:LE&W
5108:H&TC
5098:G&SI
5093:GR&I
5088:GM&N
5068:FS&W
5063:FJ&G
5058:F&CC
5053:E&TH
5043:D&SL
5033:DM&N
5023:D&IR
4958:CL&N
4953:CI&W
4948:CI&S
4933:CH&D
4908:CA&C
4888:BR&P
4873:BC&A
4868:BA&P
4848:AB&C
4843:AB&A
4831:pre-1956
4792:TP&W
4782:T&NO
4757:SP&S
4682:QA&P
4672:RF&P
4662:P&WV
4642:P&LE
4557:MN&S
4517:LS&I
4512:L&NE
4492:L&HR
4482:KO&G
4457:GS&F
4447:GM&O
4437:GB&W
4427:FW&D
4407:EJ&E
4402:DW&P
4392:DT&I
4372:DL&W
4362:C&WC
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4297:C&IM
4282:C&EI
4277:CB&Q
4252:B&AR
4247:A&WP
4230:AT&N
4215:AC&Y
3967:Agencies
3593:Freeport
3419:Fox Lake
3264:Sycamore
3243:Ontarian
3145:Mercurys
3116:Iroquois
3088:Genessee
3032:Canadian
2942:Archived
2928:Archived
2836:Archived
2772:Archived
2691:Archived
2667:Archived
2618:Archived
2581:July 30,
2310:See also
2088:and the
1931:Traffic
1869:Traffic
1688:Michigan
1597:Chicago
1489:and the
1397:railfans
1389:Niagaras
1327:departs
1267:Bypasses
923:Lewiston
862: in
744:Lockport
609:Syracuse
475:Illinois
467:Michigan
455:New York
417:Syracuse
361:railroad
359:) was a
323: in
250:New York
242:Missouri
238:Michigan
230:Kentucky
222:Illinois
190:Founders
156:Overview
5455:italics
5368:U&D
5353:T&N
5278:P&S
5263:P&E
5173:M&O
5163:M&I
5028:D&M
4938:C&I
4928:C&G
4923:C&E
4913:C&C
4903:C&A
4893:B&S
4878:B&G
4858:A&D
4787:T&P
4692:S&A
4687:RI/CRIP
4647:P&N
4612:N&W
4507:L&N
4502:L&M
4487:L&A
4442:G&F
4357:C&W
4337:C&S
4317:C&O
4267:B&O
4257:B&M
4046:Current
3737:Chicago
3729:Chicago
3709:Elkhart
3705:Chicago
3693:Addison
3689:Chicago
3673:Chicago
3657:Chicago
3617:Chicago
3605:Harvard
3601:Kenosha
3581:Chicago
3565:Chicago
3553:Momence
3549:Chicago
3537:Calumet
3526:Chicago
3497:Chicago
3483:Chicago
3479:Harvard
3475:Chicago
3471:Kenosha
3467:Chicago
3453:Chicago
3439:Chicago
3435:Antioch
3431:Chicago
3423:Chicago
3415:Chicago
3407:Chicago
3399:LaSalle
3382:Current
3346:in the
2965:at the
2752:June 1,
2727:June 1,
2438:June 1,
2413:May 31,
2189:Conrail
1909:38,901
1901:32,329
1893:51,922
1885:20,692
1877:35,929
1782:Decline
1599:Mercury
1477:Century
1455:⁄
1448:Century
1418:Chicago
1410:Century
1391:: fast
1385:Mohawks
1377:Hudsons
1350:Mercury
1333:Chicago
1139:Buffalo
990:in 1936
857:⁄
683:Batavia
581:freight
554:to the
487:Ontario
471:Indiana
440:Conrail
409:Detroit
397:Buffalo
389:Midwest
387:in the
381:Chicago
318:⁄
270:Vermont
258:Ontario
226:Indiana
94:scholar
4732:SLSFTX
4191:Former
4158:Mexico
4121:Canada
3940:Amtrak
3932:(list)
3717:Joliet
3661:DeKalb
3645:Geneva
3641:Aurora
3633:Aurora
3621:Dolton
3589:Aurora
3530:Joliet
3511:Former
3487:Elburn
3457:Aurora
3403:Joliet
3166:Mohawk
3039:Cayuga
2892:
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2624:May 6,
2487:May 6,
2181:Amtrak
2084:, the
2080:, the
2058:Demise
2052:Albany
2050:, and
1963:1,797
1955:9,292
1947:2,238
1939:4,261
1444:Rexall
1363:Rexall
1313:Trains
1242:, the
1165:, and
1135:Albany
1055:Heyday
1029:Amtrak
971:, and
949:Athens
679:Attica
617:Auburn
491:Quebec
393:Albany
377:Boston
339:Length
266:Quebec
218:Locale
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5333:SOUMS
3493:NICTD
3427:Elgin
3395:Union
3391:Metra
2839:(PDF)
2832:(PDF)
2659:"The
2571:(PDF)
2403:(PDF)
2354:Notes
1968:1967
1960:1960
1952:1944
1944:1933
1936:1925
1906:1967
1898:1960
1890:1944
1882:1933
1874:1925
1525:2-8-2
1393:4-8-4
1381:4-8-2
1374:4-6-4
1365:train
1193:Lyons
874:from
694:Depew
593:tolls
585:Utica
101:JSTOR
87:books
5378:VAND
5373:UTAH
5273:PRDG
5238:OWRN
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5013:CVRR
4993:CPVT
4983:CNOR
4978:CNNE
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3713:Gary
3142:The
2950:2021
2890:ISBN
2847:2021
2815:2018
2808:Time
2754:2024
2729:2024
2699:2021
2680:(2)
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