Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

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The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was a major 19th-century American railroad that formed a key part of the New York Central system, linking the Great Lakes region with the Eastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation LS&MS ⓘ
category Defunct Illinois railroads ⓘ
Defunct Indiana railroads ⓘ
Defunct Michigan railroads ⓘ
Defunct New York (state) railroads ⓘ
Defunct Ohio railroads ⓘ
Predecessor of the New York Central Railroad ⓘ
connectedBodyOfWater Lake Erie ⓘ
Lake Michigan ⓘ
connectedCity Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland

Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit

South Bend, Indiana ⓘ
Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Toledo
country United States ⓘ
dateCeasedToExist 1914 ⓘ
dateFormed 1869 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Cleveland and Toledo Railroad ⓘ
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad ⓘ
Lake Shore Railway ⓘ
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland
historicalSignificance key link between Great Lakes and Eastern United States ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
mainLineDirection east–west ⓘ
mergedInto New York Central and Hudson River Railroad ⓘ
notableRoute Chicago–Buffalo main line ⓘ
Chicago–Cleveland route ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterMerger New York Central Railroad ⓘ
partOf New York Central Railroad system ⓘ
primaryTraffic freight service ⓘ
passenger service ⓘ
roleInSystem trunk line of New York Central system ⓘ
servedRegion Eastern United States ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
servedState Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
successor New York Central Railroad ⓘ
trackType steam railroad ⓘ
usedMotivePower steam locomotives ⓘ

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Cornelius Vanderbilt → owned → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Frederick William Vanderbilt → boardMemberOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
William Henry Vanderbilt → managed → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Lake Shore Railway ⓘ
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Cleveland and Toledo Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Norman B. Ream → boardMemberOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Bellevue, Ohio → railroadHeritage → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Amasa Stone → employer → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → formedByMergerOf → Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: LS&MS
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway → alsoKnownAs → Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: LS&MS
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad → partOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad → predecessorOf → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad → successor → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Vanderbilt railroad system → includes → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Elkhart station → formerRailwayLine → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway main line ⓘ
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Union Station (Erie, Pennsylvania) → servedRailwayCompany → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
Angola, New York, United States → hasRailwayService → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Albion, Michigan → hasRailroadHistory → Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ