Erie Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

The Erie Railroad was a major 19th- and early 20th-century American railroad that operated extensive passenger and freight services across the northeastern United States, particularly linking New York City with the Midwest.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Erie Railroad canonical 29
Erie Railway Company 2
Erie Railroad (historically) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1960 ⓘ
dateFounded 19th century ⓘ
economicRole facilitated trade between the Port of New York and the Midwest ⓘ
formedByMergerOf New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New York and Erie Rail Road
gauge 6 ft (1,829 mm) broad gauge (originally) ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
laterGauge standard gauge ⓘ
majorTerminal Buffalo ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Hoboken ⓘ
surface form: Hoboken, New Jersey

Jersey City ⓘ
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey
mergedWith Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
mergerDate 1960 ⓘ
notableFeature one of the longest railroads in the United States in the 19th century ⓘ
notableRoute New York–Buffalo route ⓘ
New York–Chicago main line ⓘ
surface form: New York–Chicago route
openedForTraffic 1851 ⓘ
operatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
predecessor New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New York and Erie Rail Road
primaryRouteLinked Buffalo ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Chicago ⓘ
Jersey City ⓘ
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
servedCity Akron ⓘ
surface form: Akron, Ohio

Binghamton, New York ⓘ
Buffalo ⓘ
surface form: Buffalo, New York

Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

Elmira, New York ⓘ
Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Hoboken ⓘ
surface form: Hoboken, New Jersey

Jamestown, New York ⓘ
Jersey City ⓘ
surface form: Jersey City, New Jersey

New York City ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, Ohio

Youngstown ⓘ
surface form: Youngstown, Ohio
servedRegion Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
serviceType freight ⓘ
passenger ⓘ
successor Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
trackConfiguration primarily single-track main line with passing sidings (originally) ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Pascack Valley Line → historicalOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Elmira, New York → servedByRailroadHistorically → Erie Railroad ⓘ
City of Port Jervis, New York → servedBy → Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erie Railroad (historically)
James Fisk Jr. → employer → Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erie Railway Company
Erie War → hasMainSubject → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie War → hasParticipant → Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erie Railway Company
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway → connectedTo → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Railway → formedByMergerOf → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Railway → predecessor → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Daniel Drew → employer → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Daniel Drew → boardMemberOf → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Kent, Ohio → hasRailHistoryWith → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Marion, Ohio, United States → hasRailHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Van Sweringen brothers → owned → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Cleveland Union Terminal → servedRailway → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Upper Montclair station → servedByOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Upper Montclair station → hasStyle → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad lines in Bergen County → partOf → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad lines in Bergen County → operatedBy → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad lines in Bergen County → railSystem → Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erie Railroad system
PVL → historicalOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Pascack Valley Line
Anderson Street station (closed) → formerService → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Delaware and Hudson Railway → connectedTo → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Westwood station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Montvale station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Port Jervis station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line → historicalOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line → formerOwner → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Campbell Hall station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Suffern station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Montclair Heights station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Marion, Ohio → hasRailHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Hornell, New York, United States → hasTransportationHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Hornell, New York