Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

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The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad was a regional U.S. railroad based in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, known for its heavy involvement in transporting steel and industrial freight.

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Label Occurrences
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freight railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
connectedWith Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
New York Central Railroad system ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicRole linking steel mills to national rail network ⓘ
supporting Pittsburgh steel production ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Ohio ⓘ
western Pennsylvania ⓘ
nickname Little Giant ⓘ
notableFor heavy steel traffic ⓘ
high freight density relative to route mileage ⓘ
industrial switching operations ⓘ
operatedAlong Beaver River ⓘ
Monongahela River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
operatedIn 20th century ⓘ
parentCompany New York Central Railroad ⓘ
primaryCommodity industrial freight ⓘ
steel ⓘ
primaryTrafficDirection east–west ⓘ
primaryTrafficType bulk freight ⓘ
carload freight ⓘ
railroadClass Class I railroad ⓘ
railroadType regional railroad ⓘ
regionSpecialization heavy industry transportation ⓘ
servedCity Aliquippa, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania ⓘ
McKeesport, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: McKeesport

New Castle, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Youngstown, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Youngstown
servedFacilityType coal mines ⓘ
coke plants ⓘ
manufacturing plants ⓘ
steel mills ⓘ
servedIndustry manufacturing industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
servedRegion Ohio River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region

Pittsburgh metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh region

Youngstown, Ohio area ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
Conrail ⓘ
trackGauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Homestead Steel Works → railConnection → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
Great Allegheny Passage → usesFormerLineOf → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
Connellsville Extension → connectsWith → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
Final System Plan → describedRailroad → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway → connectedTo → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
Great Allegheny Passage → followsFormerRailroad → Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad ⓘ
subject linked to: GAP