Erie Railroad

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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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

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

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
Erie Lackawanna Railway → predecessor → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Daniel Drew → employer → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Daniel Drew → boardMemberOf → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Kent, Ohio → hasRailHistoryWith → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Van Sweringen brothers → owned → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Upper Montclair station → hasStyle → 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
Westwood station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Montvale station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Port Jervis station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Campbell Hall station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Suffern station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Marion, Ohio → hasRailHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Hornell, New York, United States → hasTransportationHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Hornell, New York