Erie Lackawanna Railway

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Erie Lackawanna Railway was a mid-20th-century U.S. railroad formed from the merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, known for serving the Northeast and Midwest before its assets were absorbed into Conrail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation EL ⓘ
affectedBy Hurricane Agnes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Erie Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
assetsAbsorbedBy Conrail ⓘ
corporatePredecessorOf New Jersey Transit rail operations (via commuter lines) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1976-04-01 ⓘ
dateFormed 1960-10-17 ⓘ
enteredBankruptcy 1972 ⓘ
enteredConrailOn 1976-04-01 ⓘ
era mid-20th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad ⓘ
gainedReputationFor fast freight service ⓘ
reliable timekeeping ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland
notableRoute New York–Buffalo corridor ⓘ
New York–Chicago main line ⓘ
New York–Scranton corridor ⓘ
operatedFreightService yes ⓘ
operatedInMetropolitanArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Cleveland metropolitan area ⓘ
New York metropolitan area ⓘ
operatedPassengerService yes ⓘ
partOfIndustry Class I railroads of the United States ⓘ
predecessor Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
Erie Railroad ⓘ
primaryStateServed Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
regulatoryEnvironment Interstate Commerce Commission era ⓘ
servedRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
successor Conrail ⓘ
transitionedFrom steam locomotives ⓘ
usedMotivePowerType diesel locomotives ⓘ
yearOfMajorFloodDamage 1972 ⓘ

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

Conrail → precededBy → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Morris & Essex Lines → historicalOperator → Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Morris & Essex Lines → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Pascack Valley Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Hoboken Terminal → originalRailroadCompany → Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Elmira, New York → servedByRailroadHistorically → Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation → tookOverOperationsOf → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Conrail → formedFrom → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: CR
Erie Lackawanna Railway → alsoKnownAs → Erie Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Gladstone Branch → ownerPreviously → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Morristown Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Upper Montclair station → servedByOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Main Line (NJ Transit) → historicalPredecessor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Pascack Valley Line → historicalOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: PVL
Erie Railroad → successor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Westwood station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Denville station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Boonton station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Orange station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Montvale station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Port Jervis station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Southern Tier Line → formerOwner → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Campbell Hall station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Highland Avenue station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Suffern station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Montclair Heights station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Mountain Avenue station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
CR (historical) → underlyingCompanyPredecessor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Conrail blue → predecessorFleetsIncluded → Erie Lackawanna ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Final System Plan → describedRailroad → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
USRA Final System Plan reports → relatedTo → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Otisville station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Railway → fullName → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
subject linked to: EL
Erie Lackawanna Railway → operatedAs → Erie Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: EL
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad → mergedInto → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Basking Ridge station → formerOwner → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
East Orange station → formerOwner → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Trail → usesFormerInfrastructureOf → Erie Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Erie Lackawanna Trail → namedAfter → Erie Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Allendale station → formerRailwayCompany → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Watsessing Avenue station → formerOwner → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
New Jersey and New York Railroad → successor → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ
Rutherford station → formerOperator → Erie-Lackawanna Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Erie Lackawanna Railway
Madison station → formerOperator → Erie Lackawanna Railway ⓘ