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The New York Central Railroad (reporting mark NYC) was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse.
Description. New York Central Railroad system map (1918).svg. This is a map of the New York Central Railroad system as of 1918, with trackage rights in purple. The two disconnected pieces in West Virginia are not an error; they are remaining portions of the Little Kanawha Syndicate properties that were partially controlled by the NYC-owned P&LE.
NH system map ca. 1929. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ( reporting mark NH ), commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of the New York and New Haven and Hartford and ...
Website. www.thehighline.org. The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf.
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad leased the B&A for 99 years from July 1, 1900. This lease passed to the New York Central Railroad in 1914; throughout this, the B&A kept its own branding in the public eye. The NYC merged into Penn Central on February 1, 1968. New York Central began a major modernization program in 1924.
New York Central Railroad: Syracuse and Utica Direct Railroad: NYC: 1853 1853 New York Central Railroad: Terminal Railway of Buffalo: NYC: 1895 1914 New York Central Railroad: Ticonderoga Railroad: D&H: 1889 1957 Delaware and Hudson Railroad: Tioga Railroad: ERIE: 1876 1885 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad: Tioga Central Railroad: TIOC ...
A New York, Ontario and Western Railway passenger train at Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey Engine 201 crossing Cadosia Trestle in Hancock, New York. In 1866, the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad was chartered under the direction of Dewitt C. Littlejohn, who envisioned a railroad serving a direct connection from the docks opposite New York City to Lake Ontario at Oswego.
20th Century Limited. The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad's "Water Level Route". NYC inaugurated the 20th Century Limited as ...