New York and Erie Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

The New York and Erie Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that operated a major broad-gauge line across New York State, playing a key role in opening up the Southern Tier region to commerce and transportation.

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Label Occurrences
New York and Erie Rail Road 2
New York and Erie Railroad canonical 2
New York and Erie Railroad company 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
category historic American railroad ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 19th century ⓘ
gauge broad gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest major trunk railroads in the United States ⓘ
played a key role in opening the Southern Tier region ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
notableFeature major broad-gauge trunk line across New York State ⓘ
openedRegion Southern Tier of New York to commerce ⓘ
Southern Tier of New York to transportation ⓘ
primaryFunction long-distance freight transportation ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ
regionServed Southern Tier of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
role contributed to economic development of Southern Tier ⓘ
facilitated trade between interior New York and external markets ⓘ
routeDirection east–west ⓘ
served New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Tier cities and towns ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
status absorbed into Erie Railroad ⓘ
successor Erie Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod antebellum United States ⓘ
post–Civil War United States ⓘ
trackGauge 6 ft (1,829 mm) ⓘ
trackType standard heavy rail main line ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania → builtFor → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Starrucca Viaduct
Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania → originalRailroad → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Starrucca Viaduct
Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania → builtBy → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Starrucca Viaduct
this entity surface form: New York and Erie Railroad company
Erie Railroad → formedByMergerOf → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York and Erie Rail Road
Erie Railroad → predecessor → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York and Erie Rail Road
Hornell, New York, United States → hasTransportationHistory → New York and Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Hornell, New York
this entity surface form: New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad