New York Central Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_York_Central_Railroad

GPTKB entity

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:NYC
gptkbp:ceased_operations	1968
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1968
gptkbp:founded	1853
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Erastus_Corning
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	New York Central Railroad
gptkbp:industry	gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:logo	New York Central logo.svg
gptkbp:mainLine	New York City to Chicago
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Grand_Central_Terminal gptkb:Hudson_Line gptkb:Water_Level_Route gptkb:West_Side_Yard
gptkbp:notableCargo	gptkb:coal gptkb:livestock gptkb:wheat manufactured goods passenger service
gptkbp:notableEvent	bankruptcy of Penn Central creation of Penn Central formation of Conrail merger with Pennsylvania Railroad
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:William_J._Wilgus gptkb:Cornelius_Vanderbilt gptkb:Alfred_H._Smith
gptkbp:notableStation	gptkb:Lake_Shore_Limited gptkb:20th_Century_Limited gptkb:Commodore_Vanderbilt gptkb:Dreyfuss_Hudson gptkb:E7_diesel gptkb:Empire_State_Express gptkb:F7_diesel gptkb:J-3a_Hudson gptkb:Mohawk_4-8-2 gptkb:Niagara_4-8-4 gptkb:PA-1_diesel gptkb:RS-3_diesel gptkb:S-1b_Niagara
gptkbp:notableYard	gptkb:Buffalo_Central_Terminal gptkb:Boston_Yard gptkb:Cincinnati_Yard gptkb:Cleveland_Yard gptkb:Collinwood_Yard gptkb:Columbus_Yard gptkb:Croton-Harmon_Yard gptkb:Depew_Yard gptkb:East_Buffalo_Yard gptkb:Elkhart_Yard gptkb:Englewood_Yard gptkb:Indianapolis_Yard gptkb:Jersey_City_Terminal gptkb:Mott_Haven_Yard gptkb:Niagara_Falls_Yard gptkb:Peoria_Yard gptkb:Poughkeepsie_Yard gptkb:Rochester_Yard gptkb:Springfield_Yard gptkb:St._Louis_Yard gptkb:Syracuse_Yard gptkb:Toledo_Yard gptkb:Utica_Yard gptkb:West_Albany_Yard gptkb:Selkirk_Yard gptkb:Albany_Yard Chicago Yard Detroit Yard
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Midwestern_United_States gptkb:Northeastern_United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:New_York_Central_System
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Boston_and_Albany_Railroad gptkb:Hudson_River_Railroad gptkb:Big_Four_Bridge gptkb:Albany_and_Schenectady_Railroad gptkb:Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway gptkb:Michigan_Central_Railroad gptkb:Peoria_and_Eastern_Railway gptkb:Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad gptkb:Rome,_Watertown_and_Ogdensburg_Railroad gptkb:Toledo_and_Ohio_Central_Railway gptkb:West_Shore_Railroad gptkb:Cleveland,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railway
gptkbp:route	over 10,000 miles at peak
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Penn_Central_Transportation_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lehman_Brothers gptkb:William_J._Wilgus gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4