With the Erie Canal's completion the state's Southern Tier region (the block of counties running along the border with Pennsylvania from Delaware to Chautauqua County) felt their economic fortunes would seriously erode if they, too, did not have a better means of transportation. New York & New Jersey Junction, New Jersey - Nanuet, New York Newburgh Junction- Campbell Hall - Graham, New York Lanesboro - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania Hornell - Buffalo - Niagara Falls, New YorkĬorning - Attica - Avon - Rochester, New YorkĬorning, New York - Newberry Junction, Pennsylvania Pymatuning, Pennsylvania - Leavittsburg, Ohio Jersey City - Paterson - Middletown - Hornell - Youngstown - Chicago New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois Today, segments of the old Erie system remain in use east of Ohio but most of its network is abandoned west of that point. The Erie's history began during the industry's earliest days and was once a dominant eastern carrier during the 19th century.Īs the 20th century progressed, laden with increasing debt and multiple reorganizations the Erie sought a merger partner, eventually joining the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western to form Erie-Lackawanna in 1960.Īn EL in today's world would have been a successful enterprise but alas its debt, competition against Penn Central, and restrictive government regulations helped bring down the company in the early 1970s. However, it boasted a high and wide, double-tracked main line, a routing that would prove ideal in handling today's profitable intermodal business.
Its network was much smaller than either the Pennsylvania, New York Central, or Baltimore & Ohio. The Erie Railroad was once the fourth way to Chicago, a sometimes forgotten competitor in the hotly-contested market from New York to the Windy City.
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