Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

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defunct railroad railroad company

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was a major 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the New York Central system, linking the Great Lakes region with the Eastern United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway canonical 5
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad 1
Lake Shore Railway 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation LS&MS ⓘ
category Defunct Illinois railroads ⓘ
Defunct Indiana railroads ⓘ
Defunct Michigan railroads ⓘ
Defunct New York (state) railroads ⓘ
Defunct Ohio railroads ⓘ
Predecessor of the New York Central Railroad ⓘ
connectedBodyOfWater Lake Erie ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
connectedCity Buffalo ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

South Bend, Indiana ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, Ohio
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateCeasedToExist 1914 ⓘ
dateFormed 1869 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland and Toledo Railroad

Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad ⓘ
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Shore Railway

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
historicalSignificance key link between Great Lakes and Eastern United States ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
mainLineDirection east–west ⓘ
mergedInto New York Central Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
notableRoute Chicago–Buffalo main line ⓘ
Chicago–Cleveland route ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterMerger New York Central Railroad ⓘ
partOf New York Central Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New York Central Railroad system
primaryTraffic freight service ⓘ
passenger service ⓘ
roleInSystem trunk line of New York Central system ⓘ
servedRegion Eastern United States ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
servedState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
successor New York Central Railroad ⓘ
trackType steam railroad ⓘ
usedMotivePower steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornelius Vanderbilt → owned → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Frederick William Vanderbilt → boardMemberOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
William Henry Vanderbilt → managed → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Shore Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cleveland and Toledo Railroad
Norman B. Ream → boardMemberOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Bellevue, Ohio → railroadHeritage → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ