New York Central Water Level Route

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rail corridor railway main line

The New York Central Water Level Route was a major New York Central Railroad main line famed for its relatively flat, water-level alignment that enabled fast, efficient passenger and freight service between the U.S. Midwest and the Northeast.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hudson River rail corridor 1
New York Central Water Level Route canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail corridor ⓘ
railway main line ⓘ
advantage absence of major mountain grades ⓘ
higher average speeds ⓘ
competedWith Pennsylvania Railroad main line NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse intercity passenger rail corridor ⓘ
major freight corridor ⓘ
electrification partially electrified in New York City area ⓘ
follows Erie Canal corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohawk River NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern shore of Lake Erie region ⓘ
southern shore of Lake Ontario region ⓘ
water-level alignment ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor efficient freight service ⓘ
high-speed passenger service ⓘ
relatively flat grades ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketingName Water Level Route NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTrain 20th Century Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
Empire State Express NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator New York Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf New York Central Railroad system NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Albany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detroit (via connecting branches) ⓘ
Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schenectady NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Utica NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEndpoints Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
railroadCompany New York Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorOperator Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ
CSX Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Conrail NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor freight trains ⓘ
long-distance passenger trains ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Mohawk Subdivision → historicalPartOf → New York Central Water Level Route ⓘ
Hastings-on-Hudson station → locatedOnCorridor → New York Central Water Level Route ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson River rail corridor