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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Erie Railroad canonical 29
Erie Railway Company 2
Erie Railroad (historically) 1

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)

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Referenced by (33)

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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