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Erie Railroad prospered throughout the mid-1950s, but their profits were simultaneously on a decline. The company's 1957 income was half of that of 1956; by 1958 and 1959, Erie Railroad posted large deficits. The Erie's financial losses resulted in them entering negotiations to merge with the nearby Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
In 1861, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed additional legislation to strengthen the company's financial position, and changed the company name to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad (P&E). [4] Other, related legislation authorized various railroad companies to lease the lines of other companies, and the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) entered ...
PA-17: Erie Railway, Delaware Division, Culvert 190.21 1930 1971 Bridge Lanesboro: Susquehanna: Pennsylvania: PA-18: Erie Railway, Cascade Bridge (replaced by embankment) 1971 Bridge Lanesboro: Susquehanna: Pennsylvania
Erie was an important railroad hub in the mid-19th century. However, the railroad north to Buffalo, New York used 6' track up to the New York border, while the railroad west to Cleveland, Ohio and that from the New York border to Buffalo from was on the narrower 4' 10" gauge.
The Erie Gauge War (sometimes called the Erie Railroad War) was a conflict between the citizens of Erie, Pennsylvania, and two railroad companies over the standardization of the track gauge between Erie and the New York border. It started on December 7, 1853, and ended on February 1, 1854.
Union Station is an Amtrak railroad station and mixed-use commercial building in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.It is served by the Lake Shore Limited route, which provides daily passenger service between Chicago and (via two sections east of Albany) New York City or Boston; Erie is the train's only stop in Pennsylvania.
The Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad was a railroad based in Erie, Pennsylvania incorporated on April 1, 1858. Operations began in March 1860. It operated jointly with Buffalo and State Line Railroad from an indeterminate date until February 28, 1870, in connection with the latter's commitment, along with the Erie and North East Railroad, to complete track construction between Jamestown ...
Erie Railroad: New York and North Pennsylvania Railroad: B&O: 1883 1898 Galeton and Eastern Railroad: New York, Ontario and Western Railway: O&W, OW O&W 1890 1957 N/A New York and Pennsylvania Railroad: 1896 1902 New York and Pennsylvania Railway: New York and Pennsylvania Railway: 1904 1935 N/A New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad: ERIE ...