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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.
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
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.
Miles Nason, another Erie Prohibitionist, headed the Dry Block in the Pennsylvania State Senate. [8] But Erie was primarily a "wet" city. Being a border town, Erie was an important transportation hub in the rum-running of illicit liquor across the lake from Canada during Prohibition in the United States. John G. Carney, in his "Highlights of ...
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 ...
The company went into the hands of a receiver, Robert B. Potter of New York, on April 1, 1867. Potter operated the railroad until December 1868 when it was leased for 12 years by the Erie Railroad. Jay Gould, then president of the Erie, arranged to have the company again placed into receivership, this time with Gould and W. A. O'Doherty as ...
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 ...