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Contents
● 1 History
❍ 1.1 New York and Erie Rail Road: 1832-1861
❍ 1.2 Erie Railway: 1861-1875
❍ 1.3 New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway: 1875-1893
❍ 1.4 Erie Railroad: 1893-1960
● 2 Locomotives
● 3 Company officers
● 4 See also
● 5 External links
● 6 References
History
New York and Erie Rail Road: 1832-1861
The New York and Erie Rail Road was
chartered April 24, 1832 to connect the Hudson
River at Piermont, north of New York City, west
to Lake Erie at Dunkirk. On February 16, 1841
the railroad was authorized to cross into the
northeast corner of Pennsylvania on the west side
of the Delaware River. Construction began in
1834 plan
1836, and it opened from Piermont to Goshen on September 23, 1841. After some financial problems,
construction resumed in August 1846, and the next section, to Port Jervis, opened on January 7, 1848.
Further extensions opened to Binghamton December 27, 1848, Owego January 1, 1849, and the full
length to Dunkirk May 19, 1851. At Dunkirk steamboats continued across Lake Erie to Detroit,
Michigan.
The line was built as 6 foot (1829 mm) wide gauge; this was believed to be the best way to prevent
traffic being lost to other lines.
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