Erie Lackawanna Railway

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defunct railroad railroad company

Erie Lackawanna Railway was a mid-20th-century U.S. railroad formed from the merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, known for serving the Northeast and Midwest before its assets were absorbed into Conrail.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Erie Lackawanna Railway canonical 27
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 3
Erie Lackawanna Railroad 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation EL ⓘ
affectedBy Hurricane Agnes 1972 ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Agnes
alsoKnownAs Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
surface form: Erie Lackawanna Railroad
assetsAbsorbedBy Conrail ⓘ
corporatePredecessorOf New Jersey Transit commuter rail network ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey Transit rail operations (via commuter lines)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1976-04-01 ⓘ
dateFormed 1960-10-17 ⓘ
enteredBankruptcy 1972 ⓘ
enteredConrailOn 1976-04-01 ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad ⓘ
gainedReputationFor fast freight service ⓘ
reliable timekeeping ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
notableRoute New York City–Albany–Buffalo–Niagara Falls corridor ⓘ
surface form: New York–Buffalo corridor

New York–Chicago main line ⓘ
New York–Scranton corridor ⓘ
operatedFreightService yes ⓘ
operatedInMetropolitanArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Cleveland metropolitan area ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
operatedPassengerService yes ⓘ
partOfIndustry Class I railroads of the United States ⓘ
predecessor Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad ⓘ
primaryStateServed Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
regulatoryEnvironment Interstate Commerce Commission era ⓘ
servedRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
successor Conrail ⓘ
transitionedFrom steam locomotives ⓘ
usedMotivePowerType diesel locomotives ⓘ
yearOfMajorFloodDamage 1972 ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Conrail → precededBy → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Class I freight railroads in the United States → historicallyIncluded → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Morris & Essex Lines → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Morris & Essex Lines → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Pascack Valley Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Hoboken Terminal → originalRailroadCompany → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Elmira, New York → servedByRailroadHistorically → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation → tookOverOperationsOf → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
United States Railway Association → appliesToJurisdiction → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
CR → formedFrom → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Conrail
Erie Lackawanna Railway → alsoKnownAs → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Gladstone Branch → ownerPreviously → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Morristown Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Upper Montclair station → servedByOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Main Line (NJ Transit) → historicalPredecessor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
PVL → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
subject surface form: Pascack Valley Line
Erie Railroad → successor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Westwood station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Denville station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Boonton station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Orange station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Montvale station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Port Jervis station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line → formerOwner → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Campbell Hall station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Highland Avenue station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Suffern station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
NJ Transit Morris & Essex Lines → historicalPredecessor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Montclair Heights station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Mountain Avenue station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ