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 (5)

Label Occurrences
Erie Railroad canonical 61
Erie Railroad system 4
Erie Railway Company 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1960 ⓘ
dateFounded 19th century ⓘ
economicRole facilitated trade between the Port of New York and the Midwest ⓘ
formedByMergerOf 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, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Hoboken, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Hoboken

Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City
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 route ⓘ
openedForTraffic 1851 ⓘ
operatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ
predecessor New York and Erie Rail Road ⓘ
primaryRouteLinked Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Chicago ⓘ
Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City

New York City ⓘ
servedCity Akron, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Akron

Binghamton, New York ⓘ
Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland

Elmira, New York ⓘ
Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Hoboken, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Hoboken

Jamestown, New York ⓘ
Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City

New York City ⓘ
Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Toledo

Youngstown, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Youngstown
servedRegion Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to: New York

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 (69)

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

City of Port Jervis, New York → servedBy → Erie Railroad (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Erie Railroad
James Fisk Jr. → employer → Erie Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Erie Railroad
Erie War → hasMainSubject → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie War → hasParticipant → Erie Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Erie Railroad
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 system ⓘ
linked to: Erie Railroad
Pascack Valley Line → historicalOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: PVL
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 → hasTransportationHistory → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Dearborn Station → railwayTerminusFor → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Jubilee Jim → employer → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Gould family → associatedWith → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Otisville station → formerOperator → Erie Railroad ⓘ
Erie Lackawanna Railway → formedByMergerOf → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: EL
Erie Lackawanna Railway → predecessor → Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: EL
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins → petitioner → Erie Railroad Company ⓘ
linked to: Erie Railroad
Hugh J. Jewett → employer → Erie Railroad ⓘ
O.P. Van Sweringen → owned → Erie Railroad ⓘ